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Professor Rupert Pearse

Rupert

NIHR Professor of Intensive Care Medicine

Centre: Translational Medicine and Therapeutics

Email: r.pearse@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0) 20 3594 0351
X: @rupert_pearse

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ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4373-5934

Rupert Pearse graduated in 1996 from St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK. He also completed much of his clinical training in the south-west Thames region. His clinical duties are based on the busy Adult Critical Care Unit at the Royal London Hospital where he oversees the care of patients with critical illnesses of various causes. In 2006, Rupert was appointed Senior Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine at Queen Mary University of London and was promoted to Professor in 2014. He is an active member of several national and international societies for anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. He leads the Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Research Group. Rupert’s main research interest is in improving patient outcomes following major surgery, and has led numerous large multi-centre randomised trials, epidemiological studies and mixed-methods research projects in his field.

Research

Group members

Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine Research Group

Summary 

My research is focused on improving the care pathway for patients before, during and after major surgery. This includes the study of risk factors for poor health, interventions during surgery which may improve patient outcomes, through to better ways to make decisions about surgical treatments together with patients. Increasingly, my work involves the care of patients who need surgical treatments in low and middle-income countries as well as high-income countries.

Publications

  • Abbott TEF, Dias P, Vairale J et al. (2026). Safety of routine antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery (SAPPHIRE): a prospective multi-centre cohort study. nameOfConference


  • Fadipe C, Duys R, Bedwell GJ et al. (2026). Improving surgical patients’ safety in African hospitals: exploring healthcare professionals’ experiences of Phase 1 of the ‘5Rs to Rescue’ programme. nameOfConference


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  • Frempong S, Kandiyali R, Mason J et al. (2026). Cost‐effectiveness analysis of total intravenous vs. inhalation anaesthesia among adults aged ≥ 50 y undergoing major non‐cardiac surgery. nameOfConference


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  • Committee ACIOSIW, Bedwell GJ, Parker R et al. (2026). One in seven has severe pain: a point-prevalence study of hospitalised patients across Africa. nameOfConference


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  • Jhanji S, Booth K, Hiller L et al. (2026). Total Intravenous vs Volatile Inhalational Anesthesia for Major Noncardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.. nameOfConference


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  • Wijeysundera DN, Cuthbertson BH, Duceppe E et al. (2026). Prognostic value of the Duke Activity Status Index for preoperative cardiac risk stratification: an international pooled cohort study. nameOfConference


  • Belachew FK, Ambese TY, Dersso D et al. (2026). Critical care capacity in Africa: postpandemic ICU capacity, service readiness and patient profiles across public and private hospitals in Ethiopia. nameOfConference


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  • Crowther M, Dyer R, Bishop D et al. (2026). Cross-sectional Survey to Assess Hospital System Readiness for Hemorrhage During and After Cesarean Delivery in Africa. nameOfConference


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  • Fazzini B, Kelly E, Mathieson G et al. (2026). Beyond measures, what matters? Acceptability of advanced monitoring for acute respiratory failure during non-invasive respiratory support: perceptions from patients and critical care practitioners. Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation


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  • Fowler AJ, Abbott TEF, Harrison EM et al. (2026). Long-term outcomes for patients at high risk of death after surgery in the UK: a retrospective cohort study. nameOfConference


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