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Simon Stanworth
MA, FRCP (Paeds, UK), PhD, FRCPath
Professor of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
- Consultant Haematologist
Clinical indications of blood components, through systematic reviews and clinical studies/trials.
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
Paediatric traumatic brain injury: clinical presentation, treatment approaches, management strategies, and outcomes. Insights from the CENTER-TBI study
Journal article
Graziano F. et al, (2026), Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care, 6
Blood loss due to diagnostic testing in extremely preterm infants in 22 European countries: a prospective observational study
Journal article
Houben NAM. et al, (2026), Eclinicalmedicine, 97
Monitoring and feedback using data in transfusion medicine: A study of practices from the BEST Collaborative.
Journal article
Metcalf RA. et al, (2026), Transfusion
Bridging evidence and practice: the role of implementation science to optimize plasma transfusion in cirrhosis.
Journal article
Afzal A. et al, (2026), Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH
Patterns of testing and the high burden of iron deficiency anemia in cirrhosis: a national cohort study
Journal article
Maynard S. et al, (2026), Blood Red Cells & Iron, 2, 100070 - 100070
