Research
Krishna's research interests are driven by a desire to improve safety and quality of care in surgery. He has undertaken research to develop and validate different technologies for surgical training. His research includes both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. He is a reviewer for a number of high impact journals such as the Annals of Surgery, the BMJ and the British Journal of Surgery. He is also a reviewer of grants for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).
Teaching
Mr Krishna Moorthy
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer
Clinical Senior Lecturer in Upper Gastrointestinal
View profile at Imperial College’s websiteAs an academic surgeon, Krishna has supervised a number of PhDs and MDs. He also supervises a number of postgraduate research projects and dissertations.
He was the lead for the Master in Surgical Technology and now leads two modules on the Masters in Surgical Innovation in Imperial (link). He is involved in teaching on post-graduate courses in patient safety, quality improvement and surgical technology.He was the local lead for the Royal College of Surgeons Core Skills in Laparoscopic surgery course. He has led and developed surgical training courses in his areas of clinical interest.
He is an active surgical trainer and has trained a number of trainees and established UK and visiting surgeons in oesophagogastric, bariatric and abdominal wall hernia surgery.