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David Metcalfe
LLB PhD MRCP MRCS FRCEM FEBEM
Kadoorie Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Consultant in Emergency Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital
- Non-Tutorial Fellow, Green Templeton College
- NIHR Advanced Fellow, University of Oxford
David is the inaugural Kadoorie Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Oxford and Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital. He teaches on the clinical course at Magdalen.
He was previously a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Medical School, a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and was elected Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2020. He currently holds an NIHR Advanced Fellowship.
His research aims to improve the early diagnosis of time-critical conditions and test the effectiveness of interventions used in emergency care.
Recent publications
Clinical outcomes following treatment of extracapsular hip fractures with long compared with short cephalomedullary nails.
Journal article
Goh EL. et al, (2025), Bone Joint J, 107-B, 1325 - 1332
The impact of complications on quality of life and mortality after hip fracture.
Journal article
Goh EL. et al, (2025), Bone Joint J, 107-B, 1118 - 1124
Risk factors associated with the development of complications after a hip fracture.
Journal article
Goh EL. et al, (2025), Bone Joint J, 107-B, 950 - 956
Organised trauma systems and designated trauma centres for improving outcomes in injured patients.
Journal article
Mwandri M. et al, (2025), Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 8
The protocol for a multicentre prospective randomized noninferiority trial of surgical reduction versus non-surgical casting for displaced distal radius fractures in children : Children's Radius Acute Fracture Fixation Trial (CRAFFT) protocol.
Journal article
Perry DC. et al, (2025), Bone Jt Open, 6, 560 - 568