George Smith

George Smith

Senior Lecturer

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Hull York Medical School

Summary

George completed his BSc and medical degree at St George's Hospital in London before beginning his clinical career in posts on the south coast. He undertook his doctorate at the University of Hull where he was first exposed to clinical research and began his academic career. He was then successful in gaining a Yorkshire and Humber higher surgical rotation position and subsequent clinical lecturer post in general surgery with an interest in vascular.

George completed this training and gained fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2016. He has since then undertaken clinical duties as a consultant at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and research as a Senior Lecturer at the Hull York Medical School.

George has taught as a faculty member of the National Vascular Surgery Aspire course as well as regular clinical teaching within the Medical School.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

The association between completion of supervised exercise therapy and long-term outcomes in patients with intermittent claudication, concomitant sarcopenia and cardiometabolic multimorbidity

Ravindhran, B., Igwe, C., Nazir, S., Prosser, J., Harwood, A., Lathan, R., Harwood, A. E., Carradice, D., Smith, G. E., Chetter, I. C., & Pymer, S. (online). The association between completion of supervised exercise therapy and long-term outcomes in patients with intermittent claudication, concomitant sarcopenia and cardiometabolic multimorbidity. Annals of vascular surgery, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2024.04.032

The prognostic value of simple frailty and malnutrition screening tools for determining surgical risk in patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia undergoing major vascular surgery: A retrospective cross-sectional study

Palmer, J., Pymer, S., Smith, G., Ingle, L., Harwood, A., & Chetter, I. (online). The prognostic value of simple frailty and malnutrition screening tools for determining surgical risk in patients with chronic limb threatening ischaemia undergoing major vascular surgery: A retrospective cross-sectional study. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2024.124

Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication

Ravindhran, B., Prosser, J., Lim, A., Lathan, R., Mishra, B., Hitchman, L., Smith, G. E., Carradice, D., Thakker, D., Chetter, I. C., & Pymer, S. (2024). Tailored risk assessment and forecasting in intermittent claudication. BJS Open, 8(1), Article zrad166. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrad166

A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery

Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Long, J., Gwilym, B., Wall, M., Juszczak, M., Smith, G., Popplewell, M., Bosanquet, D., Hinchliffe, R., Pinkney, T., & Chetter, I. (2024). A feasibility survey to inform trial design investigating surgical site infection prevention in vascular surgery. Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, 3(2), 76-83. https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2024.116

Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tailored Risk Assessment and Forecasting in Intermittent Claudication: A Proof of Concept Decision Support Tool

Ravindhran, B., Prosser, J., Lim, A., Mishra, B., Lathan, R., Hitchman, L., Smith, G., Carradice, D., Thakker, D., Pymer, S., & Chetter, I. (2024, June). Tailored Risk Assessment and Forecasting in Intermittent Claudication: A Proof of Concept Decision Support Tool. Presented at The European Society for Vascular Surgery Translational Spring Meeting 2024, Stockholm, Sweden

Research interests

George's primary research focus is within surgical wounds and wound infection and in undertaking both basic science and clinical testing of new and existing dressing technologies.

Other topics of research include:

Surgical site infections - Avoidance of antibiotics in treatment and prevention of wound infection

Wound healing - microbiome and the effects of shockwave therapy in wound healing

Through knee amputations - quality of life and biomechanics outcomes after amputation

Vascular access for dialysis - factors affecting early fistula patency

Peripheral vascular disease - Non invasive control of symptoms of claudication

Prehabilitation - optimising outcomes in severely co-morbid or frail vascular surgery patients

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Surgical Speciality Lead

Funder

Royal College of Surgeons

Grant

£39,000.00

Started

1 December 2020

Status

Ongoing

Project

THrough knee AMputation impact on Quality of Life compared to abovE knee amputaTion (HAMLET)

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£830,442.00

Started

1 June 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

The DRESSINg trial: A multicentre randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of Dialkylcarbamoylchloride (DACC) coated post-operative dressings versus standard care in the prevention of Surgical Site Infection in clean or clean contaminated vascular surgery

Funder

Healthcare Infection Society

Grant

£80,076.00

Started

1 October 2023

Status

Ongoing

Project

Comparing Outcomes of Through knee and Above knee Amputation

Funder

British Assoc of Chartered Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation (BACPAR)

Grant

£2,000.00

Started

17 April 2019

Status

Complete

Project

DRESSINg: DACC in the REduction of Surgical Site INfection

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£305.00

Started

1 February 2017

Status

Complete

Project

The Ulsys “smart sock” – transforming venous leg ulcer care with a patient centred electronically assisted self-care compression system.

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£468.00

Started

16 August 2019

Status

Complete

Project

Comparing OutcomeS of Through knee and Above knee Amputation (COSTAA) Gemma Boam

Funder

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Grant

£1,000.00

Started

6 February 2020

Status

Complete

Project

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy compared to best available treatment for patients with intermittent claudication - NIHR RDS PPI Application

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£500.00

Started

28 November 2021

Status

Complete

Project

RDS Amputation PPI

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£500.00

Started

1 April 2023

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Bacterial Modulation of Cellular Senescence in Impaired Skin Healing

Funder

British Skin Foundation

Grant

£85,000.00

Started

1 April 2022

Status

Ongoing

Project

Validation of a mixed digital reporting outcome measure for surgical site infection diagnosis

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£0.00

Started

1 December 2022

Status

Complete

Project

Improving outcomes in patient with diabetic foot disease

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£494.00

Started

1 June 2018

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

George has supervised 9 doctorates with excellent outcomes and most students continuing their research after the period of formal research.

There are regular opportunities for projects in the department and a full multidisciplinary team of researchers and clinicians available to support students.

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