John Batchelor
Honorary Lecturer
Manchester Metropolitan University
UK
Biography
Dr John Batchelor is currently Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Central Manchester Foundation Trust, England UK. He is also Honorary Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He graduated from Leeds University England, in 1982.He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Fellow of the Faculty of Emergency Medicine of England. He undertook his MD thesis at University College London. He has written extensively on the subject of minor head injuries.. He has presented a paper in Paris in 2012 on a Meta-analysis looking at the relationship between cerebral microbleeds and anitiplatelet agents. He has also recently published a meta-analysis on the effect on mortality of platelet transfusions in adults with spontaneous or traumatic antiplatelet associated intracranial haemorrhage. His current research interest lies in the area of risk factors for intracranial haemorrhage in both adults and paediatrics secondary to coagulopthy and thrombocytopenia.
Research Interest
Hematology, Transfusion Medicine,Thrombocytopenia