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).

Patient Safety

A Qualitative Evaluation of the Barriers and Facilitators Toward Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Across Hospitals in England: Lessons From the “Surgical Checklist Implementation Project”.

Russ SJ, Sevdalis N, Moorthy K, Mayer EK, Rout S, Caris J, Mansell J, Davies R, Vincent C, Darzi A. Ann Surg. 2015 Jan; 261(1):81-91

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Measuring variation in use of the WHO surgical safety checklist in the operating room: a multicenter prospective cross-sectional study.

Russ S, Rout S, Caris J, Mansell J, Davies R, Mayer E, Moorthy K, Darzi A, Vincent C, Sevdalis N. J Am Coll Surg. 2015 Jan; 220(1):1-11.

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Do safety checklists improve teamwork and communication in the operating room? A systematic review.

Russ S, Rout S, Sevdalis N, Moorthy K, Darzi A, Vincent C. Russ S, Rout S, Sevdalis N, Moorthy K, Darzi A, Vincent C.Ann Surg. 2013 Dec;258(6):856-71

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Teamwork In Surgery

Improving postoperative handover: a prospective observational study

Nagpal K, Abboudi M, Manchanda C, Vats A, Sevdalis N, Bicknell C, Vincent C, Moorthy K. Am J Surg. 2013 Oct;206(4):494-501

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Failures in communication and information transfer across the surgical care pathway: interview study.

Nagpal K, Arora S, Vats A, Wong HW, Sevdalis N, Vincent C, Moorthy K. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Oct;21(10):843-9.

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Safety skills training for surgeons: A half-day intervention improves knowledge, attitudes and awareness of patient safety.

Arora S, Sevdalis N, Ahmed M, Wong H, Moorthy K, Vincent C. Surgery. 2012 Jul;152(1):26-31.

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Cancer Prehabilitation

Personalized Prehabilitation Improves Tolerance to Chemotherapy in Patients with Oesophageal Cancer

Christodoulidis G, Halliday L.J, Samara A, Bhuva N, Park W.-H.E, Moorthy K. Curr. Oncol. 2023, 30 (2), 1538-1545.

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Feasibility of implementation and the impact of a digital prehabilitation service in patients undergoing treatment for oesophago-gastric cancer.

Moorthy K, Halliday L, Noor N, Peters CJ, Wynter-Blyth V, Urch CE. Curr. Oncol. 2023, 30 (2), 1673-1682

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The Impact of Prehabilitation on Post-operative Outcomes in Oesophageal Cancer Surgery: a Propensity Score Matched Comparison

Halliday LJ, Doganay E, Wynter-Blyth VA, Hanna GB, Moorthy K. Article. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021;25(11):2733-2741.

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Adherence to Pre-operative Exercise and the Response to Prehabilitation in Oesophageal Cancer Patients

Halliday LJ, Doganay E, Wynter-Blyth V, Osborn H, Buckley J, Moorthy K. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021;25(4):890-899.

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Teaching

Mr Krishna Moorthy

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Upper Gastrointestinal

View profile at Imperial College’s website

As 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.