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Academia

The lecture theatre and the operating theatre.

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Some professors lecture from the literature. Professor Khan lectures from Helmand Province — and examines for the Royal College that trained him.

Appointments

Professorial & academic appointments

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  • Visiting Professor in Security Sciences & Technology, Imperial College London (2023–present)
  • Senior Medical Advisor, FIA University, Geneva (2023–present)
  • Honorary Professor of General Surgery, University of Sussex (2020–present)
  • Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda (2018–present)
  • Adjunct Professor of Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore (2018–present)
  • Clinical Lead (ED, Acute Care & Trauma), London NIHR DEC / Imperial (2016–present); NIHR NWL Trauma & Plastics/Hand Leads (2016–present)
  • Senior Researcher, Motor Knowledge Institute, ATC UAE (2013–present)
  • Visiting Professor in Plasma Physics, Imperial College London (2019–2022)
  • Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London (2014–2019)
  • Senior Lecturer in Military Surgery, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (2016–2019)
Professor Khan in Royal Navy working dressCdr KHAN · Royal Navy — chairs on two continents

Teaching & examining

Setting the standard.

  • Examiner, Joint Intercollegiate FRCS (2021–present)
  • Chair of Examiners, ATACC Group / RCSEng Diplomas — Fellowship & Diploma in Anaesthesia, Trauma & Critical Care; Diploma in Motorsport Medicine (2021–present)
  • Course Director, Prehospital Emergency Surgical Training (PEST)
  • Trauma Course Lead (BSc Surgery); Faculty, MSc programmes at Imperial
  • Extensive international faculty across definitive trauma skills and austere surgery courses
Professor Khan teaching in theatreIn theatre · where the teaching happens

Editorial & journal service

Behind the literature.

Associate Editor / Editorial Board: Trauma (Sage); boards of the Journal of Endovascular Trauma Management and the Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service. Reviewer for The Lancet, BMJ Open, EJTES, European Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, EMJ, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, and more.

International organisations

In the room.

American College of Surgeons, WSES, ESTES, AAST, IATSIC, DCR Society, Motorsport UK, and the Ambroise Paré International Military Surgery Forum, among others.

Professor Khan lecturing at the London Trauma ConferenceLondon Trauma Conference · on the podium