Professor Fiona Lecky

MB Ch B, FRCS, DA, MSc, PhD, FCEM

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

f.e.lecky@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4345

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Professor Fiona Lecky
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
3023
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Profile

Fiona Lecky is Clinical Professor in Emergency Medicine at CURE (the Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research) in the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield, Honorary Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Salford Royal Hospital and holds an Honorary Chair as Research Director of the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) at the University of Manchester and Research Professor of the Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). She chaired the 2014 update of the NICE Head Injury Guideline and has been a member of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine Research Committee since 2010.

Fiona has a 60/40 commitment to her University and clinical roles. She supervises under and postgraduate research students and is a lead investigator in international multicentre trauma research initiatives which are her major research interest.

Research interests

Fiona Lecky is Clinical Professor in Emergency Medicine at CURE (the Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research) in the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield, Honorary Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Salford Royal Hospital and holds an Honorary Chair as Research Director of the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) at the University of Manchester and Research Professor of the Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). She chaired the 2014 update of the NICE Head Injury Guideline and has been a member of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine Research Committee since 2010. Fiona has a 60/40 commitment to her University and clinical roles. She supervises under and postgraduate research students and is a lead investigator in international multicentre trauma research initiatives which are her major research interest. Research Professor Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester from November 2018 Topic Adviser National Institute of Health and Care Excellence Head Injury Guideline Update from July 2020

Fiona’s research interests include: Traumatic Brain Injury, Major Trauma, Biomarkers in Emergency Care and Injury Epidemiology. Latterly she has been Chair of the College of Emergency Medicine Research Committee – successfully setting up PhD studentships for Trainee Emergency Physicians, and the NW EM Walport Programme lead with a competitive ACF programme.

Recent publications include those looking at TBI epidemiology, trends in major trauma outcome and clinical effectiveness in trauma care and venour thromboembolism with a particular focus on head injury.

Current projects:

  • Global Emergency Care Research Network (GEMCARN)/Lead applicant/GCRF-QR/£50,000/2019-20
  • Major Trauma Triage tool Study (MATTS)/Co-applicant/NIHR HTA/£612,243/ 2018-2021
  • Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)/Co-applicant /HTA / £500,000/ 2017-2020
  • Collaborative European Neurotrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury TBI/ EU FP7/Co-applicant/ € 30, 000,000 2013-20
  • Trauma Audit & Research Network (TARN) Research Grant / Lead (Sole) applicant/ NHS Trusts / £350,000 per year recurrent /2002 -2008 £600,000 2009 and 2010 / £1 million recurrent for future.
  • Validating Injury Burden Estimates Study Junior – Co applicant / Australian National Health Medical Research Council /ASD600,000/2018-20
  • Canadian Program on Low Value Clinical Practices in Injury Care – Co applicant / Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Can$ 800,000 / 2015-2023
  • STUdy of the Management of BLunt chest wall trauma (STUMBL)/ Co-researcher/ HCRW/ £300,000/ 2016-2018
  • Injury Research Workshop /Newton Fund Lead Applicant, £30,000/ 2016-2018
  • Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy (DiPEP) Study – Co Applicant/ Health Technology Assessment/ £600,000 20-14-18
Publications

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Conference proceedings papers

  • Essat M, Sutton A, Fuller G, Reid S, Smith JE, Hutchinson P, Perkins GD, Wilson MH, Lecky F & Pandor A (2024) 2754 Pre-hospital and emergency care cervical spine immobilisation following blunt trauma: a systematic review. RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Abstracts (pp A21.1-A21) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Davies M, Lawrence T, Edwards A, Lecky F, McKay C, Stokes K & Williams S (2021) 288 The clinical burden of severe sports injuries in England and Wales. Poster Presentations RIS download Bibtex download
  • Singh R, Choudhari K, Sinha S, Mason S, Lecky F & Dawson J (2020) What Is the Outcome After TBI? The SHEFBIT Cohort Experience. JOURNAL OF HEAD TRAUMA REHABILITATION, Vol. 35(2) (pp E232-E233) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marincowitz C, Lecky F, Allgar V, Hutchinson P, Elbeltagi H, Johnson F, Quinn E, Tarantino S, Townend W & Kolias A (2019) 049 Development of a clinical decision rule for the early safe discharge of patients with mild traumatic brain injury and findings on CT brain scan: a retrospective cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 36(12) (pp 808) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Prosser C, Edwards D, Lecky F & Bouamra O (2019) 017 Bypassing the nearest emergency department for a more distant neurosurgical centre in traumatic brain injury patients. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 36(12) (pp 783) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marincowitz C, Lecky F, Allgar V & Sheldon T (2019) 016 An evaluation of the impact of the NICE head injury guidelines on inpatient mortality from traumatic brain injury: an interrupted time series analysis. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 36(12) (pp 782) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Singh R, Mason S, Lecky F & Dawson J (2019) What is the Global Outcome after TBI? Experience with a Large Prospective Cohort. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 33 (pp 26-26) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Singh R, Mason S, Lecky F & Dawson J (2019) Prevalence of Depression after TBI in a Large Prospective Cohort; The SHEFBIT Study. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 33 (pp 26-26) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marincowitz C, Lecky F, Townend W, Borakati A, Fabbri A & Sheldon T (2019) The Risk of Deterioration in GCS13-15 Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Identified by CT Imaging. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 33 (pp 68-68) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marincowitz C, Lecky F, Allgar V & Sheldon T (2019) The Impact of the NICE/SIGN Head Injury Guidelines on Deaths and Hospital Admissions in England and Scotland: An Interrupted Times Series. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 33 (pp 67-68) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marincowitz C, Lecky F, Townend W, Allgar V, Fabbri A & Sheldon T (2019) The Development of a Prediction Model in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury with CT Scan Abnormality: Preliminary Findings of A Multi-Centre Cohort Study. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 33 (pp 67-67) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Marincowitz C, Lecky F, Otesile O, Maas A & Menon D (2019) The CENTER-TBI Registry: The epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) Patients Presenting to 55 European Hospitals. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 33 (pp 86-86) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beaumont O, Lecky F, Bouamra O, Kumar DS, Coats T, Lockey D & Willett K (2019) Helicopter and Ground Emergency Medical Services Transportation to Hospital After Major Trauma in England, A Comparative Cohort Study. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 106 (pp 11-11) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Foley J, Cronin M, Brent L, Lawrence T, Lecky F, Simms CK, Gildea K, Ryan J, Deasy C & Cronin J (2018) Cycling-related major trauma in Ireland. Conference proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury, IRCOBI, Vol. 2018-September (pp 189-190) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Saleh M, Saatchi R, Burke D & Lecky F (2017) Computational Analysis of Factors Affecting the Probability of Survival in Trauma Injuries. 2017 Fourth International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and in Industry (MCSI), 24 August 2017 - 27 August 2017. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hunt P, Lecky F & Bouamra O (2017) 35 To pan-scan or not to pan-scan? Further analysis of the tarn database 2012–2017. Emergency Medicine Journal, Vol. 34(12) (pp A884.2-A885) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thompson AJ, Lecky F & Body R (2017) Assessing The Cost-Effectiveness Of The Manchester Acute Coronary Syndrome (MACS) Decision-Aid: A Feasibility Study. Value in Health, Vol. 20(9) (pp A587-A588) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Saleh M, Saatchi R, Lecky F & Burke D (2017) Fuzzy Logic to Determine the Likelihood of Survival for Trauma Injury Patients. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 242 (pp 385-388) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kolias A, Fountain D, Bouamra O, Adams H, Bond S, Lawrence T, Lecky F & Hutchinson P (2016) SURVIVAL AFTER SURGERY FOR ACUTE SUBDURAL HAEMATOMA IN ADULTS - AN OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY OF 2,498 PATIENTS. JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, Vol. 33(3) (pp A12-A12) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cnossen MC, Scholten AC, Lingsma HF, Synnot A, Tavender E, Gantner D, Lecky F, Steyerberg EW & Polinder S (2016) Adherence to guidelines in adult patients with traumatic brain injury: A systematic review. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 30(5-6) (pp 516-517) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cottle L & Lecky F (2016) Adherence to the 2014 NICE head injury guidelines in a UK adult inner city trauma centre. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 30(5-6) (pp 700-700) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Holliman D, Russell W & Lecky F (2015) The Head Injury Transportation Straight to Neurosurgery (HITS-NS) Trial. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, Vol. 122(6) (pp A1543-A1543) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lecky F, Stacey T, Kehoe T & Yates D (2014) TBI IN AN AGING POPULATION WITH CO-MORBIDITIES AND THEIR THERAPIES. JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, Vol. 31(5) (pp A23-A23) RIS download Bibtex download
  • O'Reilly DA, Bouamra O, Kausar A, Malde DJ, Dixon EJ & Lecky F (2014) The Epidemiology and Outcome from Pancreatoduodenal Trauma in the UK 1989-2013. PANCREAS, Vol. 43(8) (pp 1397-1397) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Holliman D, Russell W, Fuller G, Mendelow AD, Han K, Mackway-Jones K, Coats T, Goodacre S, Mason S, Curran A & Lecky F (2013) The Head Injury Transportation Straight To Neurosurgery (HITS-NS) Trial: Introduction To The Study, Challenges Of The Set-Up Phase And Progress. JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, Vol. 119(2) (pp A552-A552) RIS download Bibtex download
  • O'Reilly DA, Malde DJ, Bouamra O, Kausar A & Lecky F (2013) The epidemiology and outcome from pancreatoduodenal trauma in the UK 1989-2011. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 100 (pp 49-50) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Russell W, Fuller G, Mendelow D, Bhattathiri P, Han K, Mackway-Jones K, Coats T, Goodacre S, Mason S & Lecky F (2012) The Head Injury Transportation Straight to Neurosurgery (HITS-NS) Trial: An Introduction to the Study and the Challenges of the Set-Up Phase. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 26(4-5) (pp 534-535) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fuller G, Bouamra O, Woodford M & Lecky F (2012) Temporal Trends in Head injury outcomes from 2003 to 2010 in England and Wales, and the Effect of Specialist Neurosciences Care: A Cohort Study. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 26(4-5) (pp 484-484) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ruff L & Lecky F (2012) MORTALITY IN EXTRADURAL HAEMATOMAS-IS TIME TO THEATRE A FACTOR?. INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, Vol. 38 (pp S221-S222) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fuller G, Dunning J, Batchelor J & Lecky F (2012) An External Validation of the PECARN Clinical Decision Rule for CT Head Imaging of Infants with Minor Head Injury. BRAIN INJURY, Vol. 26(4-5) (pp 429-430) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hogg K, Hinchliffe E, Haslam S & Lecky F (2011) The role of multiple biomarkers in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS, Vol. 9 (pp 733-733) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hasler R, Exadaktylos A, Bouamra O, Benneker L, Clancy M, Sieber R, Zimmermann H & Lecky F (2011) Predictors of spinal injury in adult major trauma patients: European cohort study. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 98 (pp 12-13) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hogg K, Hinchliffe E, Haslam S, Gandara E & Lecky F (2011) Biomarkers in mortality prediction after venous thromboembolism. JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS, Vol. 9 (pp 865-865) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kausar A, Lecky F, Bouamra O & O'Reilly D (2010) Pancreatoduodenal trauma in the UK 1989-2009. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol. 97 (pp 191-191) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Christensen MC, Ridley S, Lecky FE, Munro V & Morris S (2007) Cost of blunt trauma in England and Wales. CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, Vol. 35(12) (pp A184-A184) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jones GT, Atherton K, Wiles N, Lecky FE, Hawes S, Silman AJ & Macfarlane GJ (2005) Predicting persistent neck pain (whiplash) following a motor vehicle collision.. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, Vol. 52(9) (pp S78-S78) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Atherton K, Jones GT, Wiles NJ, Silman AJ, Lecky FE, Hawes SJ, Littlewood AJ, Main CJ & Macfarlane GJ (2004) PREDICTING PERSISTENCE OF NECK PAIN FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PERSONS ATTENDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. RHEUMATOLOGY, Vol. 43 (pp 7-7) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bryden DC, Lecky FE, Hui N, Moulton C & Little RA (2002) The effects on outcome of emergency intubation in acutely ill and injured patients. INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, Vol. 28 (pp S171-S171) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lecky F (1999) Multicentre prospective placebo-controlled trial of high dose methylprednisolone in traumatic brain injury. ICRAN 99: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY (pp 117-121) RIS download Bibtex download

Reports

  • Banerjee J, Baxter M, Coats T, Edwards A, Griffiths R, Kumar DS, Lecky F, Sammy I, Turpin S, Weldon A & Woodford M (2017) Major Trauma in Older People. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lecky F, Mason S, Benger J, Cameron P & Walsh C (2012) Framework for Quality and Safety in the Emergency Departments. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lecky FE, Mason S, Benger J, Cameron P & Walsh C () IFEM Framework for Quality and Safety in the Emergency Department. RIS download Bibtex download

Posters

  • Sammy IA, Chatha H, Lecky F, Bouamra O, Fragoso Iniguez M, Sattout A & Hickey M (2016) First rib fractures as an indicator of injury severity in major trauma. International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) 2016, Cape Town. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download

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