Bio
Tom was awarded his PhD for a thesis on patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for facial skin cancer in 2020. Tom has published over 60 papers, with his main research interests focusing on improving the care we offer to patients through the use of PROMs, big data and innovative technology solutions. Tom believes that through the integration of all of these aspects we will be able to deliver better, more personalised medical care at lower costs to the population. Through a prestigious scholarship from the University of Oxford he was able to visit the Patient Reported Outcomes, Values and Experience (PROVE) Centre at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, bringing back knowledge to the UK from this world leading group in the field of PROMs.
POSITONS HELD:
Clinical Lecturer, Swansea University Medical School
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Registrar, Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastics
Welsh Clinical Academic Training (WCAT) Fellow
QUALIFIED AT: University of Oxford, Queens College
Selected Awards / Grants / Achievements
Deeper insights into hand surgery outcomes: the feasibility of Ecological Momentary Computerised Adaptive Testing in thumb base arthritis.
British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) /Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH)
£30,000
“The epidemiology, healthcare and societal burden and costs of Melanoma in Wales: Analyses of standalone and linked national databases”
Tenovus iGrant
£7706
The PROMISCR (Patient Reported Outcome Measures In Skin Cancer Reconstruction) Study’
Pathway to Portfolio Research grant, from ABM University Health Board
£11,726
Jill and Herbert Hunt Travelling Fellowship, University of Oxford
Margaret Witt Scholarship Fund for Clinical Excellence, Royal College of Surgeons of England
International Innovation Award, BAPRAS Winter Scientific Meeting
Distinction, Final Examinations BM BCh, University of Oxford
Publication List
Surgical activity in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide observational cohort study
Dobbs TD, Gibson JAG, Fowler AJ, Abbott TE, Shahid T, Torabi F, Griffiths R, Lyons RA, Pearse RM, Whitaker IS
Br J Anaesth 2021 June 11;S0007-0912(21)00273-7. PMID: 34148732
Mortality after surgery with SARS-CoV-2 infection in England: a population-wide epidemiological study
Abbott TEF, Fowler AJ, Dobbs TD, Gibson JAG, Shahid T, Dias P, Akbari A, Whitaker IS, Pearse RM
Br J Anaesth 2021 Jun 11;S0007-0912(21)00312-33. PMID: 34148733
Resource requirements for restarting elective surgery in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a modelling study
Fowler AJ, Dobbs TD, Wan T, Laloo R, Hui S, Nepogodiev D, Bhangu A, Whitaker IS, Pearse RM, Abbott TEF
Br J Surg 2021 Jan 27;108(1):97-103. PMID 33640927
The Patient Reported Outcome Measures In Skin Cancer Reconstruction (PROMISCR) study – anglicisation and initial validation of the FACE-Q Skin Cancer module in a UK cohort
Dobbs TD, Ottenhof M, Gibson JAG, Whitaker IS, Hutchings HA
J Plas Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021 Mar;74(3):615-624. PMID 33127351
Anaphylactic Reaction Rates to Blue Dyes Used for Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping – Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Perenyei M, Barber ZE, Gibson JAG, Hemington-Gorse S, Dobbs TD
Ann Surg 2021 June 1;273(6):1087-1093. PMID 22055586
Gibson JAG, Dobbs TD, Griffiths R, Song J, Akbari A, Whitaker S, Watkins A, Langan SM, Hutchings HA, Lyons RA, Whitaker IS.
Br J Dermatol 2020 May;182(5):1136-1147. PMID 31529485
Part 1: Harnessing the PROMise of outcome measures
Dobbs TD, Rodrigues J, Hart A, Whitaker IS
J Plast Reconstr Surg 2019 Mar;72(3):363-365. PMID 30655241
Part 2: Can improvement in outcome measurement in plastic surgery be achieved in today’s health systems?
Geoghegan L, Dobbs TD, Rodrigues J
J Plast Reconstr Surg 2019 Mar;72(3):366-368. PMID 30660465
Patient reported outcome measures for facial skin cancer: a systematic review and evaluation of the quality of their measurement properties
Dobbs TD, Samarendra H, Hughes S, Hutchings H, Whitaker IS
Br J Dermatol 2019 May;180(5):1018-1029. PMID 30362522
Patient reported outcome measures for soft tissue facial reconstruction: a systematic review and evaluation of the quality of their measurement properties
Dobbs TD, Gibson J, Hughes S, Thind A, Patel B, Hutchings H, Whitaker IS
Plast Reconstr Surg 2019 Jan;143(1):255-268. PMID 30334937
A United Kingdom based prospective cohort study to Anglicise and validate the FACE-Q Skin Cancer module in facial skin cancer patients undergoing surgical reconstruction – The PROMISCR (Patient Reported Outcome Measure In Skin Cancer Reconstruction) study
Dobbs TD, Hutchings H, Whitaker IS
BMJ Open 2017 Sep 24;7(9) e016182. PMID 28947443