Current NHS consultant posts held
Dr Martin James has been a Consultant Hepatologist & Gastroenterologist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust since September 2008. After 2 years training in South Africa, he completed clinical training, including an MRC Clinical Research Fellowship leading to PhD, in 2006. He undertook 18 months sub-specialty training in transplant hepatology & ERCP at Australian National Liver Transplantation Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
Research interests
Dr James is an active clinical researcher and is one of the principal investigators in the National Institute of Health Biomedical Research Unit at Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, Nottingham. Research interests are management and consequences of decompensated chronic liver disease, HPB endoscopy and upper GI bleeding.
Languages spoken
English, French
Publications
1: Jairath V, Kahan BC, Gray A, Doré CJ, Mora A, Dyer C, Stokes EA, Llewelyn C,
Bailey AA, Dallal H, Everett SM, James MW, Stanley AJ, Church N, Darwent M,
Greenaway J, Le Jeune I, Reckless I, Campbell HE, Meredith S, Palmer KR, Logan
RF, Travis SP, Walsh TS, Murphy MF. Restrictive vs Liberal Blood Transfusion for
Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Rationale and Protocol for a Cluster
Randomized Feasibility Trial. Transfus Med Rev. 2013 Jul;27(3):146-53.
2: Dolman GE, Nieboer D, Steyerberg EW, Harris S, Ferguson A, Zaitoun AM, Ryder
SD, James MW, Aithal GP, Guha IN. The performance of transient elastography
compared to clinical acumen and routine tests - what is the incremental
diagnostic value? Liver Int. 2013 Feb;33(2):172-9.
3: Harman DJ, McCorry RB, Jacob RP, Lim TR, O'Neill R, Ryder SD, James MW, Aithal
GP, Guha IN. Economic modelling of early transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic
shunt insertion for acute variceal haemorrhage. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013
Feb;25(2):201-7.
4: McCorry RB, Palaniyappan N, Chivinge A, Kaye P, James MW, Aithal GP.
Development and evaluation of a nurse-led transient elastography service for the
staging of hepatic fibrosis in patients with suspected chronic liver disease.
QJM. 2012 Aug;105(8):749-54.
5: Hu MC, Kaye PV, Beckingham IJ, James MW. Recurrent epigastric pain with
obscure GI bleeding; think beyond the bowel? Gut. 2012 Oct;61(10):1512, 1520.
6: Le Jeune IR, Gordon AL, Farrugia D, Manwani R, Guha IN, James MW. Safe
discharge of patients with low-risk upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB): can
the use of Glasgow-Blatchford Bleeding Score be extended? Acute Med.
2011;10(4):176-81.
7: Goddard AF, James MW, McIntyre AS, Scott BB; British Society of
Gastroenterology. Guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia. Gut.
2011 Oct;60(10):1309-16.
