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  1. Reasons for not seeking formal healthcare after injuries: A qualitative study with injured individuals in four low- and middle-income countries

    Article • Global Public Health, April 2026, Taylor & Francis

    John Whitaker

  2. Delays in seeking and reaching care for injured patients in four low-income and middle-income countries: a cohort study

    Article • BMJ Global Health, March 2026, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  3. Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma (ADMST): preparedness for the next conflict through collaboration in research and innovation

    Article • BMJ Military Health, August 2025, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  4. Community perspectives on barriers to injury care in Northern Malawi: a three delays framed assessment using focus groups and photovoice

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker

  5. Identifying and prioritising barriers to injury care in Northern Malawi, results of a multifacility multidisciplinary health facility staff survey

    Article • PLOS One, September 2024, PLOS

    John Whitaker

  6. Preface to special issue ofBMJ Military Healthon defence engagement

    Article • BMJ Military Health, July 2024, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  7. Commonalities and differences in injured patient experiences of accessing and receiving quality injury care: a qualitative study in three sub-Saharan African countries

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2024, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  8. One Health: opportunities for Defence Engagement (Health)

    Article • BMJ Military Health, June 2024, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  9. Using Defence Engagement (Health) to progress the Women Peace and Security agenda

    Article • BMJ Military Health, June 2024, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  10. Development and external validation of the ‘Global Surgical-Site Infection’ (GloSSI) predictive model in adult patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery

    Article • BJS, June 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker

  11. Equitable access to quality injury care; Equi-Injury project protocol for prioritizing interventions in four low- or middle-income countries: a mixed method study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker

  12. Understanding the health system utilisation and reasons for avoidable mortality after fatal injury within a Three-Delays framework in Karonga, Northern Malawi: a retrospective analysis of verbal autopsy data

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2024, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  13. Access to quality care after injury in Northern Malawi: results of a household survey

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker

  14. Health system assessment for access to care after injury in low- or middle-income countries: A mixed methods study from Northern Malawi

    Article • PLoS Medicine, January 2024, PLOS

    John Whitaker

  15. Individual characteristics associated with road traffic collisions and healthcare seeking in low- and middle-income countries and territories

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, January 2024, PLOS

    John Whitaker

  16. Understanding the Global Landscape of Civilian-Military Trauma System Integration: Insights from a Comprehensive Survey

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  17. Exploring the global health and defence engagement interface

    Article • BMJ Military Health, November 2023, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  18. Using nominal group technique to identify the planning considerations for UK Armed Forces medical personnel delivering defence engagement first aid training activities

    Article • BMJ Military Health, November 2023, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  19. Exploring the cost-effectiveness of high versus low perioperative fraction of inspired oxygen in the prevention of surgical site infections among abdominal surgery patients in three low- and middle-income countries

    Article • BJA Open, September 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker, Mostafa Shalaby, Mr Mark Monahan

  20. Novel application of multi-facility process map analysis for rapid injury care health system assessment in Northern Malawi

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2023, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  21. Impact of malnutrition on early outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, March 2023, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  22. Surveillance Post Surgery for Retroperitoneal Soft Tissue Sarcoma

    Article • February 2023, MDPI AG

    John Whitaker

  23. Individual Characteristics Associated with Road Traffic Collisions and Healthcare Seeking in 15 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Territories

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  24. Global economic burden of unmet surgical need for appendicitis

    Article • BJS, July 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mohammad Alherz, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker, Mostafa Shalaby, Mr Mark Monahan

  25. High Quality Care following orthopaedic injury in Zambia: a qualitative, patient-centred study

    Article • Injury, July 2022, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  26. Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, July 2022, Elsevier

    Mohammad Alherz, John Whitaker, MD Amaniel Kefleyesus, Martin Karamanliev, Mostafa Shalaby, Prof. Shadi Hamouri

  27. Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound

    Article • Annals of Surgery, June 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Mohammad Alherz, John Whitaker, Mostafa Shalaby

  28. Correction to: Identifying, Prioritizing and Visually Mapping Barriers to Injury Care in Rwanda: A Multi-disciplinary Stakeholder Exercise

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker

  29. Equitable access to quality trauma systems in low-income and middle-income countries: assessing gaps and developing priorities in Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa

    Article • BMJ Global Health, April 2022, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  30. Access to care following injury in Northern Malawi, a comparison of travel time estimates between Geographic Information System and community household reports.

    Article • Injury, February 2022, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  31. Use of short medical courses as a defence engagement tool

    Article • BMJ Military Health, June 2021, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  32. Assessing trauma care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and evidence synthesis mapping the Three Delays framework to injury health system assessments

    Article • BMJ Global Health, May 2021, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  33. Non-fatal injuries in rural Burkina Faso amongst older adults, disease burden and health system responsiveness: a cross-sectional household survey

    Article • BMJ Open, May 2021, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  34. Development and use of clinical vignettes to assess injury care quality in Northern Malawi

    Article • Injury, April 2021, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  35. Framework for the evaluation of military health systems

    Article • BMJ Military Health, February 2021, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  36. The UK defence anaesthesia experience with the Zambia Anaesthesia Development Programme: a surgical response

    Article • BMJ Military Health, January 2021, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  37. Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries

    Article • The Lancet, January 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Shadi Hamouri, Mohammad Alherz, Fernando Cordera, John Whitaker, MD Amaniel Kefleyesus, Mostafa Shalaby, Mr Mark Monahan

  38. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in children: an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study

    Article • BMJ Global Health, December 2020, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Mohammad Alherz, John Whitaker, Ademola Adeyeye , Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Mostafa Shalaby

  39. Identifying, Prioritizing and Visually Mapping Barriers to Injury Care in Rwanda: A Multi-disciplinary Stakeholder Exercise

    Article • Extremophiles, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker

  40. Assessing barriers to quality trauma care in low and middle-income countries: A Delphi study

    Article • Injury, December 2019, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  41. Trainees and Reserve Service: maximising opportunities and avoiding pitfalls: a surgical perspective

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, October 2019, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  42. Assessing trauma care health systems in low- and middle-income countries, a protocol for a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis

    Article • Systematic Reviews, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker

  43. External injuries, trauma and avoidable deaths in Agincourt, South Africa: a retrospective observational and qualitative study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2019, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  44. Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left‐sided colorectal resection

    Article • BJS Open, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Mohammad Alherz, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker, Mostafa Shalaby

  45. Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy

    Article • BJS, January 2019, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Mohammad Alherz, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker

  46. Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Mostafa Shalaby, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Mohammad Alherz, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Prof Marcello Migliore, John Whitaker

  47. Engagement and role of surgical trainees in global surgery: Consensus statement and recommendations from the Association of Surgeons in Training

    Article • International Journal of Surgery, April 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    John Whitaker

  48. Beyond bombs and bayonets: Defence Engagement and the Defence Medical Services

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, August 2017, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  49. Pneumoscrotum following computed tomography pneumocolon

    Article • BMJ, April 2017, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  50. Non-freezing cold injury, lessons from history for future prevention

    Article • Trauma, December 2015, SAGE Publications

    John Whitaker

  51. Stenting for a stabbing

    Article • BMJ, November 2015, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  52. Work-Based Assessments: Do Not Forget The Formative!

    Article • Journal of Surgical Education, May 2014, Elsevier

    John Whitaker

  53. Who’s trusting in a truss?

    Article • Hernia, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker, Dr DARYLL M BAKER

  54. A high quality library service

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, September 2013, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  55. Severe conjunctivochalasis in association with classic type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

    Article • BMC Ophthalmology, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Whitaker

  56. Cold Injuries in Contemporary Conflict

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, September 2012, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  57. Beware the BATUS Cactus – Cactus Dermatitis in Exercising Soldiers on the Albertan Prairie

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, September 2012, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  58. Challenges Faced by British Military Ophthalmic Services During the First World War

    Article • Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, June 2011, BMJ

    John Whitaker

  59. Hibernoma in a 16-year-old boy

    Article • Scottish Medical Journal, February 2011, SAGE Publications

    John Whitaker

  60. Early experience

    Article • British Journal of General Practice, October 2009, Royal College of General Practitioners

    John Whitaker

  61. Patient perceptions of the burden of coeliac disease and its treatment in the UK

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, May 2009, Wiley

    John Whitaker

  62. Factors influencing poor visual outcome in patients treated with photodynamic therapy for choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, May 2007, Wiley

    John Whitaker