Steve Thomas MBBS (Lond), MRCP (UK), FRCR, MSc

Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiac and Vascular Radiologist

Address:
Sheffield Vascular Institute, HEDS, ScHARR
University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
UK

Office:

Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 2989
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095
Room: 3025

E-mail: s.m.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I was appointed as Senior Lecturer in 2000. Prior to this I had been undertaking training in Vascular Interventional Radiology as Endovascular Fellow at the Sheffield Vascular Institute at the Northern General Hospital. At the same time I undertook an MSc at the University of Sheffield in Health Services Research.

Prior to moving to Sheffield in 1997, I was a Senior Registrar undergoing training in radiology at St George's Hospital, London.

Research interests

My main research interests include the assessment of clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of radiological and vascular interventions.

Teaching Interests

• ALS Instructor
• Validator for the Radiological Integrated Training Initiative
• Member of Trent Regional RCR MCQ panel
• Core faculty member for the UK Interventional Radiology Core
• Educational supervisor for year 2 SpRs and for a year 5 vascular fellow
• I teach the SpRs in preparation for their FRCR examinations
• Module Lead for the Practical Aspects of Clinical Research, a 30 Credit Module as part of the ScHARR MSc in Clinical Research
• Faculty member on the Sheffield Part II FRCR Course

Professional Activities

• Chairman of the BSIR Registries and Audit Committee
• Council Member BSIR
• Core member of the AAA QIP as BSIR representative
• Member of the NICE Diagnostic Advisory Committee
• Co-ordinator of the registry of endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms – a voluntary UK wide registry, moving to the NVD online registry.
• Co-ordinator of the thoracic stent graft registry – a voluntary UK wide registry
• Member of the BSIR/VS registries group
• Reviewer for various vascular and interventional radiology journals
• Responsible for research and research teaching for radiology SpRs on the North Trent Radiology Training Scheme

Current Projects

• Studies on the cost effectiveness of various non invasive approaches to diagnosis of cardiac disease using cardiac CT and MR techniques.
• Studies of the cost and outcome implications of the organisation of services for investigation and treatment of TIA
• Studies of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of endovascular treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm including clinical trials and economic modelling
• Clinical and cost effectiveness studies related to endovascular treatment for various aspects of vascular disease including carotid disease and peripheral vascular disease

Key Publications

• Chambers D, Epstein D, Walker S, Fayter D, Paton D, Wright K, Michaels J, Thomas S, Sculpher M, Woolacott N. Endovascular stents for abdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review and economic model.Health Technol. Assess 2009; 13(48).
  
• Wardlow J M, Stevenson MD, Chappell F, Rothwell PM,Gillard J, Young G, Thomas SM, Roditi G,and Gough MJ. Carotid Artery Imaging for Secondary Stroke Prevention. Both Imaging Modality and Rapid Access to Imaging Are Important. Stroke 2009;40:3511-3517.
  
• Hon LQ, Ganeshan A, Thomas SM, Warakaulle D, Jagdish J, Uberoi R. Vascular closure devices: a comparative overview. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol.2009 Jan–Feb;38(1):33.43.
  
• Hon LQ, Ganeshan A, Thomas SM, Warakaulle D, Jagdish J, Uberoi R. An overview of vascular closure devices: What every radiologist should know. Eur J Radiol. 2008 Nov 26.
  
• Diagnostic Value of computed tomography (CT) for deep venous thrombosis: results of a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thomas SM, Goodacre SW, Sampson FC, vanbeek EJR. Clinical Radiol. 2008 Mar;63(3);299-304.

Section

Steve Thomas is based in Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS).