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Email
bruce.biccard@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

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Jayne Bullock
pa@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

Bruce Biccard

Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science

Bruce Biccard's research interests include perioperative medicine, perioperative outcomes and global surgery. He is a proponent of international collaborative research. He is Director of the African Perioperative Research Group (APORG) which has delivered the African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS), the ASOS-2 Trial, the African Covid-19 Critical Care Outcomes Study (ACCCOS), the African Surgical Outcomes Study in Paediatric patients (ASOS-Paeds), and the African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS). He is the co-Lead for the NIHR Global Health Group on Perioperative and Critical Care. He is a NRF A-Rated Scientist. Bruce has published a book titled ‘Safer surgery for Africa: Challenges and Solutions’.

Key publications

The African Critical Illness Outcomes Study (ACIOS): a point prevalence study of critical illness in 22 nations in Africa

Baker T. et al, (2025), The Lancet, 405, 715 - 724

Outcomes after surgery for children in Africa (ASOS-Paeds): a 14-day prospective observational cohort study

Torborg A. et al, (2024), The Lancet, 403, 1482 - 1492

Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Biccard BM. et al, (2021), The Lancet Global Health, 9, e1391 - e1401

Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study

Bishop D. et al, (2019), The Lancet Global Health, 7, e513 - e522

Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study

Biccard BM. et al, (2018), The Lancet, 391, 1589 - 1598

Recent publications

Community experiences of surgery in peri-urban Cape Town

Isiagi M. et al, (2026), South African Medical Journal, e3631 - e3631

Implementation strategy for data-driven surgical systems: a South African perspective

Kluyts H-L. et al, (2026), BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 33, e101769 - e101769

Targeted ERAS implementation for postoperative care after Bellwether procedures in Africa: A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial from Ethiopia

Belachew FK. et al, (2025)

The impact of the MMed research requirement on registrar training and specialist registration in South Africa: An internet e-survey

Biccard BM. et al, (2025), South African Medical Journal, e2788 - e2788

The Ethiopian Surgical Outcome Study (Ethio-SOS): a 7-day multicentre national prospective observational cohort study

Awedew AF. et al, (2025), BMJ Global Health, 10, e020147 - e020147

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