Andrew Wilkinson (paediatrician)

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This article is about the British paediatrician. For the British paediatric surgeon, see Andrew Wood Wilkinson.

Andrew Wilkinson CBE FRCP FRCPCH is a Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics and Perinatal Medicine at All Souls College, Oxford. Wilkinson is most notable for being an international authority in neonatology and a lead author of the Standards of Care for NICU and NICE guidelines on retinopathy of prematurity.[1][2]

Life[edit]

Wilkinson took his clinical training at University of Birmingham Medical School, achieving a MB BCh in 1968.[2]

Career[edit]

Wilkinson's first position was a house officer in medicine and surgery at City Hospital, Birmingham.[2] In 1969 Wilkinson moved to Warwick Hospital, where he began to specialise in paediatrics.[2] In 1970, Wilkinson was promoted to senior house officer with positions at Birmingham, Warwick, and King Edward VII's Hospital. In 1973, Wilkinson took a position at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In the same year, he was promoted to registrar at Southampton General Hospital.[2] From 1974 to 1975, Wilkinson became a Nuffield Medical Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.[2] Wilkinson then spent two years in the US, as a visiting Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco at the Cardiovascular Research Institute.[2] Returning in 1978 he became a clinical lecturer in paediatrics at the University of Oxford.[2] In 1981, Wilkinson was promoted to consultant paediatrician and worked within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust until 1992.[2] From 1992 to 1997 Wilkinson was clinical reader at the University of Oxford. In 2011, Wilkinson was elected to be an Emeritus Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford[2]

Societies[edit]

From 1983 to 1989, Wilkinson was the Honorary Secretary and Chair of the Academic Board of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.[2] From 1999 to 2002 Wilkinson was President of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine.[3] From 2003 to 2006 Wilkinson was President of the Neonatal Society.[4]

Bibliography[edit]

The following are the most cited papers that Wilkinson contributed to.

  • Wood, Nicholas S.; Marlow, Neil; Costeloe, Kate; Gibson, Alan T.; Wilkinson, Andrew R. (10 August 2000). "Neurologic and Developmental Disability after Extremely Preterm Birth". New England Journal of Medicine. 343 (6): 378–384. doi:10.1056/NEJM200008103430601. PMID 10933736.
  • Costeloe, Kate; Hennessy, Enid; Gibson, Alan T.; Marlow, Neil; Wilkinson, Andrew R.; Group, for the EPICure Study (1 October 2000). "The EPICure Study: Outcomes to Discharge From Hospital for Infants Born at the Threshold of Viability". Pediatrics. 106 (4). ISSN 0031-4005. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  • Painter, Sally L; Wilkinson, Andrew R; Desai, Parul; Goldacre, Michael J; Patel, C K (June 2015). "Incidence and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity in England between 1990 and 2011: database study". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 99 (6): 807–811. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305561. PMID 25427778.
  • Jiang, Ze D; Zhou, Yi; Ping, Li L.; Wilkinson, Andrew R (August 2011). "Brainstem auditory response findings in late preterm infants in neonatal intensive care unit". Acta Paediatrica. 100 (8): e51–e54. doi:10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02232.x. PMID 21342255.
  • Lewandowski, Adam J.; Augustine, Daniel; Lamata, Pablo; Davis, Esther F.; Lazdam, Merzaka; Francis, Jane; McCormick, Kenny; Wilkinson, Andrew R.; Singhal, Atul; Lucas, Alan; Smith, Nic P.; Neubauer, Stefan; Leeson, Paul (5 December 2012). "Preterm Heart in Adult LifeClinical Perspective". Circulation. 127 (2): 197–206. doi:10.1161/circulationaha.112.126920. ISSN 0009-7322. PMID 23224059.
  • Lucey, J. F.; Rowan, C. A.; Shiono, P.; Wilkinson, A. R.; Kilpatrick, S.; Payne, N. R.; Horbar, J.; Carpenter, J.; Rogowski, J.; Soll, R. F. (1 June 2004). "Fetal Infants: The Fate of 4172 Infants With Birth Weights of 401 to 500 Grams--The Vermont Oxford Network Experience (1996-2000)". Pediatrics. 113 (6): 1559–1566. doi:10.1542/peds.113.6.1559. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 15173474. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

Awards and honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Professor Andrew Wilkinson". The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Professor Andrew Wilkinson". People. All Souls College, University of Oxford. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Past Officers". British Association of Perinatal Medicine. BAPM. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "The Neonatal Society: Past Officers". Neonatal Society. The Neonatal Society. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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