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Research & publications

Evidence, earned the hard way.

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Three hundred publications did not come from a library. They came from theatres, deployments and laboratories — and over £5 million in competitive funding.

Doctoral research

PhD — University of Warwick

Outcomes of Laparoscopic Fundoplication: two randomised controlled trials plus pooled analyses. Findings: total/subtotal fundoplication superior to partial for reflux control; intraoperative manometry may predict postoperative dysphagia.

Supervision & examining

The next generation.

Supervised MSc projects on tourniquet mechanics and thoracostomy device design (Imperial, 2016). PhD examiner at Imperial and UCL on trauma imaging, performance & outcomes, and AI/mobile technology in the NHS (2017–2023).

Funding

£5m+ in competitive grants

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2017

Point-of-care coagulation diagnostics

Innovate UK

£1,900,000
2022

Compassionate Leadership Study

UHS Charity

£1,500,000
2017

Point-of-care coagulation diagnostics

SBRI

£300,000
2016

Point-of-care coagulation diagnostics

SBRI

£150,000
2017

Point-of-care coagulation diagnostics

SBRI

£100,000
2018

Sweati biosensor

Private

£100,000
2017

Wireless monitoring of tissue ischaemia

ICiC

£85,379
2016

Spinal Injury Prevention Project

FIA

€150,000
2019

AI in Medical Education

Self-funded study

$83,650

Projects

Completed & ongoing

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Completed

Exercise Ice Maiden

Physiological sensor monitoring on an all-female Antarctic crossing; multi-centre military–academic collaboration.

Completed

Spinal Injury Prevention in Motorsport

Accelerometry, seating and mount mitigation within championship regulations.

Completed

NIHR DEC — Point-of-care TEG (Phase 1)

Bedside viscoelastic clot assessment for major haemorrhage.

Professor Khan on expedition fieldwork in the desertExpedition fieldwork — research lived first-hand

Ongoing studies

  • Ethomics of Surgery — AI mapping of expert motor pathways for surgical planning and training
  • Motorsport Impact Mitigation Devices — with McLaren / Mercedes and Imperial Engineering
  • Materials for Mitigating Primary Blast — body armour and visceral protection
  • Ventilatory strategies in Blast Lung — APRV vs ARDSNet, multi-institutional
  • Metabolic phenotyping of the gut microbiome in major haemorrhage — ADMST / ICL / DSTL
  • REBOA NIHR Study; 4D Manufacturing — intelligent surgical implants

Selected publications

Recent work

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Sport England grants of £323,556 and £100,000 (2018) secured in support of Asian Sports Foundation projects.

  • Kauvar DS, Khan M — Contemporary Diagnosis of Vascular Injury (2024)
  • European multi-centre studies on appendicitis and biliary pancreatitis (EJTES 2023; JAMA Surgery 2023); consensus on splenic trauma; COOL trial updates
  • Khan M & Kessel B — series on REBOA and haemorrhage control (Journal of Endovascular Resuscitation & Trauma Management, 2022–2023)
  • Transfusion strategies, hybrid ER, and mass-casualty blood product limitations (2021–2023)
  • Systematic reviews: rhabdomyolysis management (EAST guideline), laparoscopic splenectomy in trauma, chyle leak post-oesophagectomy, contaminated hernia repair (2021–2023)