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david.metcalfe@ndorms.ox.ac.uk

David Metcalfe

LLB MSc MA(Oxon) PhD MRCP MRCS FRCEM FEBEM

Kadoorie Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

  • Consultant in Emergency Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital
  • Non-Stipendiary Lecturer, St John's College
  • Visiting Professor, University of Pavia, Italy

David is the inaugural Kadoorie Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Oxford, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, and Fellow in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine at Thames Valley Air Ambulance. He teaches on the clinical course at St John's College and is Visiting Professor at the University of Pavia in Italy.

He was previously a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Medical School, a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and elected Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 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.