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Revolutionising Burns, Scar, and Laser Treatment Research: The Continuing Work of Our Trailblazing Medical Founder
We provide bespoke, highly specialised care based on the latest scientific research in scar treatment, laser therapy, and other skin changes that effect our patients’ well-being.
Alex’s early research and MD
Alex has conducted high-quality research throughout her career. In her early years as a doctor, she spent two years working on a science laboratory project focused on angiogenesis and melanoma. Obtaining her Medical Doctorate (MD) in 2011, she has been able to lead multiple projects thanks to the experience gained from this additional research training.
Alex working with Fiona Wood
Her most influential research experience was in Perth, Australia, working with Fiona Wood. The mantra ‘every patient is a research patient’ helped her gain a broader understanding of integrating high-quality research into daily clinical practice, involving the entire team.
Alex as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Once at Buckinghamshire Burns Unit, Alex quickly initiated key research projects with junior doctors, research fellows, nurses, and allied health professionals. The focus has been on conducting systematic reviews of current practices, challenging standard procedures, introducing new therapies, and assessing health outcomes to improve burns care in the UK.
Alex and Restore Research Charity
Alex has been supporting the Restore research charity for several years as a scientific advisor, and has also led some of the charity’s projects at Buckinghamshire NHS Trust. Her input has been vital to the charity’s success, and she recently accepted the role of Clinical Director. Her ongoing involvement will drive the charity’s research, aiming for better health outcomes and furthering the long-term goal of becoming a key international burns and scar research body.
About Alex’s research
Key Research Papers
See below peer-reviewed research papers that are available at the clinic or on pubmed.
Burns Care Research
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Jun 1:95:55-61.doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2024.05.026.
Acute healing outcomes in paediatric partial thickness burns using Epiprotect® and Biobrane®: A retrospective comparative study
Ameer Khamise 1, Hadas Lapid 2, Ankit Mishra 3, Alexandra Mary Murray 4
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Mar:90:315-322. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2024.01.007. Epub 2024 Feb 5.
Cold burn injuries in the United Kingdom: retain–>A 5-year cohort study of patients presenting to a regional burn unit
Alexander J Baldwin 1, Deepika Bhojwani 2, Alexandra Murray 2
JPRAS Open. 2024 Jan 24:39:313320. doi:10.1016/j.jpra.2024.01.008. eCollection 2024 Mar.
Assessing the effect of the cost-of-living crisis on hot water bottle-related burns in the United Kingdom, a single-centre retrospective observational study
Mahaveer S Sangha 1, Michelle Baker 1, Alexander J Baldwin 1, Alexandra Murray 1
Multicenter StudyAnn Plast Surg. 2019 Mar;82(3):274-276.doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000001847.
Ensuring Sustainability for UK Burns Services: Workforce Planning for Burns Consultants
Chevonne Brady 1, Sarah-Jayne Edmondson, Alexandra Murray
Burns. 2018 Nov;44(7):1721-1737.doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.01.012. Epub 2018 Feb 16.
Time to start putting down the knife: A systematic review of burns excision tools of randomised and non-randomised trials
Sarah-Jayne Edmondson 1, Irfan Ali Jumabhoy 2, Alexandra Murray 2
Burns. 2020 May;46(3):514-519.doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2019.03.018. Epub 2019 Jun 20.
Acid attacks: Broadening the multidisciplinary team to improve outcomes
Marie Song 1, Alexander Armstrong 2, Alexandra Murray 2
Burns. 2018 Jun;44(4):1011.doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.12.005. Epub 2018 Feb 15.
Workforce planning to sustain UK burns services
Chevonne Brady 1, Sarah-Jayne Edmondson 2, Alexandra Murray 2
Burns. 2017 Dec;43(8):1640-1653.
doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.07.025. Epub 2017 Oct 13.
Eschar removal by bromelain based enzymatic debridement (Nexobrid®) in burns: An European consensus
Christoph Hirche 1, Antonella Citterio 2, Henk Hoeksema 3, Ján Koller 4, Martina Lehner 5, José Ramón Martinez 6, Stan Monstrey 3, Alexandra Murray 7, Jan A Plock 8, Frank Sander 9, Alexandra Schulz 10, Benjamin Ziegler 11, Ulrich Kneser 11
Review Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;2014(12):CD007174.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007174.pub2. Epub 2014 Dec 23.
Immunonutrition as an adjuvant therapy for burns
Hannah B Tan 1, Stefan Danilla, Alexandra Murray, Ramón Serra, Regina El Dib, Tom O W Henderson, Jason Wasiak
Burns. 2015 Mar;41(2):417. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.10.027. Epub 2014 Nov 20.
A survey of skin substitute use in United Kingdom and Australasia
Scar Treatment & Laser Research
Randomized Controlled Trial. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2019 Jun;72(6):863-870.doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2019.01.027. Epub 2019 Feb 10.
Carbon dioxide laser treatment in burn-related scarring: A prospective randomised controlled trial
Helen Douglas 1, Jessica Lynch 2, Karl-Anton Harms 3, Tadyn Krop 3, Lauren Kunath 4, Christine van Vreeswijk 4, Sarah McGarry 4, Mark W Fear 3, Fiona M Wood 5, Alexandra Murray 4, Suzanne Rea 5
J Biophotonics. 2017 Apr;10(4):511-522. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201500342. Epub 2016 May 31.
Investigation of optical attenuation imaging using optical coherence tomography for monitoring of scars undergoing fractional laser treatment
Shaghayegh Es’haghian 1, Peijun Gong 1, Lixin Chin 1 2, Karl-Anton Harms 3, Alexandra Murray 3, Suzanne Rea 3 4, Brendan F Kennedy 1 2, Fiona M Wood 3 4, David D Sampson 1 5, Robert A McLaughlin 1 6
Biomed Opt Express. 2016 Nov 2;7(12):4886-4898.doi: 10.1364/BOE.7.004886. eCollection 2016 Dec 1.
In vivo label-free lymphangiography of cutaneous lymphatic vessels in human burn scars using optical coherence tomography
Peijun Gong 1, Shaghayegh Es’haghian 1, Karl-Anton Harms 2, Alexandra Murray 2, Suzanne Rea 3, Fiona M Wood 3, David D Sampson 4, Robert A McLaughlin 5
Other Research
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2020 Sep;73(9):1593-1603.doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2020.05.010. Epub 2020 May 19.
Pre-transplant management and sensitisation in vascularised composite allotransplantation: A systematic review
Luke Geoghegan 1, Majid Al-Khalil 2, Alexander Scarborough 3, Alexandra Murray 4, Fadi Issa 5
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Nov;74(11):3080-3086. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.06.016. Epub 2021 Jul 2.
Risk of surgical site infection in hand trauma, and the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A cohort study
Alexander J Baldwin 1, Anna Jackowski 1, Aiman Jamal 1, James Vaz 1, Jeremy N Rodrigues 2, Michael Tyler 1, Alexandra Murray 1, Justin C R Wormald 3
Oncol Rep. 2010 Oct;24(4):1049-58. doi: 10.3892/or.2010.1049.
Sorafenib enhances the in vitro anti-endothelial effects of low dose (metronomic) chemotherapy
Alexandra Murray 1, Samantha J Little, Paul Stanley, Anthony Maraveyas, Lynn Cawkwell
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Restore Research Charity
is a charity based in Buckinghamshire that funds research primarily from the University of Oxford and Buckinghamshire NHS Trust. Alex is the charity’s Clinical Director.
What the charity does:
Fund
medical research, as advised by an independent committee of scientists and clinicians.
Collaborate
with other charities that have like-minded interests and mutual causes
Support
a Fellows programme for those undertaking cutting edge research.
Inform
the public, the NHS, and scientific community about our new medical knowledge
Engage
with businesses and schools, as well as related services like the fire brigade.
Its mission is to:
- to promote and provide research into the treatment of burns and life-changing wounds with particular emphasis on scarring.
- to lessen the burden, physically and psychologically, of abnormal scarring on the individual and society as a whole.