John Batchelor
Central Manchester Foundation Trust, UK
Biography
John Batchelor is currently a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Central Manchester Foundation Trust, UK. He is also Honorary Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He was 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 training at University College London, UK. He has written extensively on the subject of minor head injuries. He has presented a paper in Paris in 2012 on 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 hemorrhage. His current research interest lies in the area of risk factors for intracranial hemorrhage in both adults and pediatrics secondary to coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia.