Dr David Laith Rawaf

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Web Editor for the WHO Collaborating Centre

Contact

Location

Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

Summary

MBBS (MD - Merit), Student President
BSc (Hons) - Psychology, Immunology & Biomedical sciences
MSc - Trauma & Orthopaedic Sciences
MRCS
USMLE

Anatomy Demonstrator
Medical and Surgical Simulation Innovator
Surgeon
Clinical Researcher
Public Health Medical Writer
Digital Health Innovator
Medical Device Consulting
Spinal Injuries Advocate & ATLS provider
Personal Tutor
Clinical Knee Research Fellow
Aesthetics procedural simulation
EV Innovator
Mechanic and Test Driver
Musician

David is an MBBS (MD - Merit), BSc (Hons), MSc graduate and anatomy demonstrator from St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of London. Currently whilst working as a Trauma & Orthopaedics Elevtive Registrar and previously as an Orthopaedic Core Trainee and A&E Clinical & Education Fellow at University College London Hospital, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier Hospitals with clerkships at Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore & Chino Valley & Montclair Medical Centres - Los Angeles, he works on creating and maintaining the design aspects for the Imperial College WHO Collaborating Centre (for Public Health Education & Training), Imperial College School of Public Health and the Global Health BSc programme as well as medical writing, research and hosting conferences. He also holds an honorary contract with North Hampshire Hospitals as a Clinical Knee Research Fellow.

In addition to clinical roles, David is the Clinical Excellence Lead for Inovus Medical, the world-leaders in high-fidelity medical and surgical simulation devices coupled with a ground-breaking platform destined to change the face of training future generations of surgeons. David is also heavily involved in medical device & software consulting, including validation, accreditation and approval through bodies such as the FDA.

David has a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and improving training, with his career-core values driven through long-term experience in driving innovation, improvements through change management through employment of efficiency & safety, and advancements in medical and surgical simulation.

In his spare time, David is an avid session musician & enjoys keeping fit!

Publications

Journals

Kyriazidis IP, Jakob DA, Vargas JAH, et al.Kyriazidis IP, Jakob DA, Vargas JAH, Franco OH, Degiannis E, Dorn P, Pouwels S, Patel B, Johnson I, Houdlen CJ, Whiteley GS, Head M, Lala A, Mumtaz H, Soler JA, Mellor K, Rawaf D, Ahmed AR, Ahmad SJS, Exadaktylos A close, 2023, Accuracy of diagnostic tests in cardiac injury after blunt chest trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis., World J Emerg Surg, Vol:18

Mangieri CW, Valenzuela CD, Strode MA, et al.Mangieri CW, Valenzuela CD, Strode MA, Erali RA, Shen P, Howerton R, Clark CJ close, 2023, Effect of preoperative liver-directed therapy prior to hepatic resection., Am J Surg, Vol:225, Pages:703-708

Ahmad SJ, Degiannis K, Borucki J, et al.Ahmad SJ, Degiannis K, Borucki J, Pouwels S, Rawaf DL, Head M, Li CH, Archid R, Ahmed AR, Lala A, Raza W, Mellor K, Wichmann D, Exadaktylos A close, 2023, The most influential COVID-19 articles: A systematic review., New Microbes New Infect, Vol:52, ISSN:2052-2975

Haeuser E, Serfes AL, Cork MA, et al.Haeuser E, Serfes AL, Cork MA, Yang M, Abbastabar H, Abhilash ES, Adabi M, Adebayo OM, Adekanmbi V, Adeyinka DA, Afzal S, Ahinkorah BO, Ahmadi K, Ahmed MB, Akalu Y, Akinyemi RO, Akunna CJ, Alahdab F, Alanezi FM, Alanzi TM, Alene KA, Alhassan RK, Alipour V, Almasi-Hashiani A, Alvis-Guzman N, Ameyaw EK, Amini S, Amugsi DA, Ancuceanu R, Anvari D, Appiah SCY, Arabloo J, Aremu O, Asemahagn MA, Jafarabadi MA, Awedew AF, Quintanilla BPA, Ayanore MA, Aynalem YA, Azari S, Azene ZN, Darshan BB, Babalola TK, Baig AA, Banach M, Barnighausen TW, Bell AW, Bhagavathula AS, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhattacharyya K, Bijani A, Bitew ZW, Bohlouli S, Bolarinwa OA, Boloor A, Bozicevic I, Butt ZA, Cardenas R, Carvalho F, Charan J, Chattu VK, Chowdhury MAK, Chu D-T, Cowden RG, Dahlawi SMA, Damiani G, Darteh EKM, Darwesh AM, das Neves J, Weaver ND, De Leo D, De Neve J-W, Deribe K, Deuba K, Dharmaratne S, Dianatinasab M, Diaz D, Didarloo A, Djalalinia S, Dorostkar F, Dubljanin E, Duko B, El Tantawi M, El-Jaafary S, Eshrati B, Eskandarieh S, Eyawo O, Ezeonwumelu IJ, Ezzikouri S, Farzadfar F, Fattahi N, Fauk NK, Fernandes E, Filip I, Fischer F, Foigt NA, Foroutan M, Fukumoto T, Gad MM, Gaidhane AM, Gebregiorgis BG, Gebremedhin KB, Getacher L, Ghadiri K, Ghashghaee A, Golechha M, Gubari MIM, Gugnani HC, Guimaraes RA, Haider MR, Haj-Mirzaian A, Hamidi S, Hashi A, Hassanipour S, Hassankhani H, Hayat K, Herteliu C, Ho HC, Holla R, Hosseini M, Hosseinzadeh M, Hwang B-F, Ibitoye SE, Ilesanmi OS, Ilic IM, Ilic MD, Islam RM, Iwu CCD, Jakovljevic M, Jha RP, Ji JS, Johnson KB, Joseph N, Joshua V, Joukar F, Jozwiak JJ, Kalankesh LR, Kalhor R, Kamyari N, Kanchan T, Matin BK, Karimi SE, Kayode GA, Karyani AK, Keramati M, Khan EA, Khan G, Khan MN, Khatab K, Khubchandani J, Kim YJ, Kisa A, Kisa S, Kopec JA, Kosen S, Laxminarayana SLK, Koyanagi A, Krishan K, Defo BK, Kugbey N, Kulkarni V, Kumar M, Kumar N, Kusuma D, La Vecchia C, Lal DK, Landires I, Larson HJ, Lasrado S, Lee PH, Li S, Liu X, Maleki A, Malik P close, 2022, Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-2018, Bmc Medicine, Vol:20, ISSN:1741-7015

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