Dr. Simon Knight

Biography

Simon Knight is a leading researcher at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences. He completed his undergraduate studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA in medical science in 2000 and pursued clinical medicine at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. Qualifying as a doctor in 2002, he began his surgical training in Nottingham before moving to Oxford in 2006 to take a position as a clinical research fellow in transplant surgery, during which time he completed a Master of Surgery (MChir) thesis at the University of Cambridge. After completing his surgical training, he accepted the post of Honorary Consultant Transplant Surgeon and Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Oxford in 2017. Knight is the Director of the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation and has extensive research interests in evidence-based transplant surgery, clinical trials, and health informatics. He has supervised numerous systematic reviews focused on optimizing post-transplant immunosuppression. He collaborates closely with the European Society for Organ Transplantation and the British Transplantation Society, helping to shape clinical practice guidelines and trial designs. He is also involved in several national and international clinical trials and is currently working in the AI Digital Health Lab, investigating the use of machine learning models to aid clinical decision-making related to organ offers.

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