Simon Stanworth

MA, FRCP (Paeds, UK), PhD, FRCPath

Associate Professor of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine

Consultant Haematologist

Dr Simon Stanworth is a Consultant Haematologist for NHSBT at the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust), and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford. He has over 15 years of clinical research experience since gaining his PhD in 1995 from the University of Oxford. His research is centred on clinical indications of blood transfusion components, through systematic reviews and clinical studies/trials. Highlights have included several international randomised trials published in NEJM. He has published extensively, having over 150 peer-reviewed research articles, with an h-index 48; more recently he has been involved with 5 national guidelines. He is secretary of the South Central Regional Transfusion Committee. Dr Stanworth is a current scientific member of the BEST Collaborative from 2007.

Recent publications

Haematological management of major bleeding associated with direct oral anticoagulants - UK experience.
Journal article

Green L. et al, (2019), Br J Haematol
Approaches to understanding and interpreting the risks of red blood cell transfusion in neonates.
Journal article

Keir AK. et al, (2019), Transfus Med
A multicentred study to validate a consensus bleeding assessment tool developed by the biomedical excellence for safer transfusion collaborative for use in patients with haematological malignancy.
Journal article

Dyer C. et al, (2018), Vox Sang, 113, 251 - 259
British Society of Haematology Guidelines on the spectrum of fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate products: their handling and use in various patient groups in the absence of major bleeding.
Journal article

Green L. et al, (2018), Br J Haematol, 181, 54 - 67
Serum hepcidin potentially identifies iron deficiency in survivors of critical illness at the time of hospital discharge.
Journal article

Shah A. et al, (2018), Br J Haematol

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