Showcasing My Peer-Reviewed Publications and Their Impact on Research

Publishing peer-reviewed articles is a key way researchers share knowledge, contribute to their fields, and build credibility. This post highlights a selection of my peer-reviewed publications, explaining their focus, findings, and how they have influenced ongoing research. Understanding the scope and impact of these works offers insight into the value of rigorous academic publishing.

Here are a list of my peer-reviewed articles

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and asymptomatic viral carriage in healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study A Shields, SE Faustini, M Perez-Toledo, S Jossi, E Aldera, JD Allen, ... Thorax 75 (12), 1089-1094	321	2020
The perceived impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on medical student education and training–an international survey BMC Medical Education 21 (1), 566	119	2021
Mental health symptoms in a cohort of hospital healthcare workers following the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK K Wanigasooriya, P Palimar, DN Naumann, K Ismail, JL Fellows, P Logan, ... BJPsych open 7 (1), e24	114	2021
A review of retroperitoneal liposarcoma genomics R Tyler, K Wanigasooriya, P Taniere, M Almond, S Ford, A Desai, ... Cancer treatment reviews 86, 102013	82	2020
Radiosensitising cancer using phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B (AKT) or mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors K Wanigasooriya, R Tyler, JD Barros-Silva, Y Sinha, T Ismail, AD Beggs Cancers 12 (5), 1278	74	2020
Malnutrition is associated with adverse postoperative outcome in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer resections C Seretis, P Kaisari, K Wanigasooriya, U Shariff, H Youssef J buon 23 (1), 36-41	66	2018
Rates of anastomotic complications and their management following esophagectomy: results of the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA) RPT Evans, SK Kamarajah, JR Bundred, K Siaw-Acheampong, ...	44	2022
Textbook outcome following oesophagectomy for cancer: international cohort study British Journal of Surgery 109 (5), 439-449	41	2022
Study protocol for a multicenter prospective cohort study on esophagogastric anastomoses and anastomotic leak (the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit/OGAA) RPT Evans, P Singh, D Nepogodiev, J Bundred, S Kamarajah, B Jefferies, ... Diseases of the Esophagus 33 (1), doz007	36	2020
The most frequent cause of 90‐day unplanned hospital readmission following colorectal cancer resection is chemotherapy complications CW Ang, C Seretis, K Wanigasooriya, Y Mahadik, J Singh, MAS Chapman Colorectal Disease 17 (9), 779-786	36	2015
Rapid implementation and validation of a cold-chain free SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing workflow to support surge capacity A Bosworth, C Whalley, C Poxon, K Wanigasooriya, O Pickles, EL Aldera, ... Journal of Clinical Virology 128, 104469	31	2020
Patient derived organoids confirm that PI3K/AKT signalling is an escape pathway for radioresistance and a target for therapy in rectal cancer K Wanigasooriya, L Tee, JD Barros-Silva, M Elasrag, A Stodolna, ... Frontiers in Oncology, 2875	30	2022
Mortality from esophagectomy for esophageal cancer across low, middle, and high-income countries: An international cohort study SK Kamarajah, D Nepogodiev, A Bekele, I Cecconello, RPT Evans, ... European Journal of Surgical Oncology 47 (6), 1481-1488	29	2021
Postoperative and pathological outcomes of CROSS and FLOT as neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal and junctional adenocarcinoma: an international cohort study from the … OGAAO Collaborative Annals of surgery 277 (5), e1026-e1034	23	2023
The perceived global impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on doctors’ medical and surgical training: an international survey R Laloo, R Santhosh Karri, K Wanigasooriya, W Beedham, A Darr, ... International journal of clinical practice 75 (8), e14314	20	2021
MHC class II is induced by IFNγ and follows three distinct patterns of expression in colorectal cancer organoids OJ Pickles, K Wanigasooriya, A Ptasinska, AJ Patel, HL Robbins, C Bryer, ... Cancer Research Communications 3 (8), 1501-1513	15	2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A retrospective Cohort study G Demetriou, K Wanigasooriya, A Elmaradny, A Al-Najjar, M Rauf, ... Frontiers in surgery 9, 990533	14	2022
Predictors of anastomotic leak and conduit necrosis after oesophagectomy: Results from the oesophago-gastric anastomosis audit (OGAA) EA Griffiths, OGAAO Collaborative, JM Halle-Smith, SK Kamarajah, ... European Journal of Surgical Oncology 50 (6), 107983	11	2024
BJS commission on surgery and perioperative care post-COVID-19 British Journal of Surgery 108 (10), 1162-1180	10*	2021
The influence of anastomotic techniques on postoperative anastomotic complications: Results of the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit SK Kamarajah, RPT Evans, D Nepogodiev, J Hodson, JR Bundred, ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 164 (3), 674-684. e5	9	2022
Institutional variations in nutritional aspects of enhanced recovery pathways after elective surgery for colon cancer F Seretis, P Kaisari, K Wanigasooriya, E Rawstorne, C Seretis J BUON 22 (3), 692-5	7	2017
The benefits of index telephone consultations in patients referred on the two-week wait colorectal cancer pathway K Wanigasooriya, DR Sarma, P Woods, P O’Connor, A Matthews, ... The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England	5	2022
The effectiveness of a foundation year 1 doctor preparation course for final year medical students W Beedham, K Wanigasooriya, GR Layton, L Taing Chan, A Darr, ... Journal of medical education and curricular development 8, 2382120520984184	5	2021
Intra-promoter switch of transcription initiation sites in proliferation signaling-dependent RNA metabolism JW Wragg, PL White, Y Hadzhiev, K Wanigasooriya, A Stodolna, L Tee, ... Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 30 (12), 1970-1984	3	2023
Anastomotic leak following oesophagectomy: research priorities from an international Delphi consensus study British Journal of Surgery 108 (1), 66-73	3	2021
Postoperative outcomes in oesophagectomy with trainee involvement BJS Open 5 (6), zrab132	1	2021
Association Between the Prognostic Nutritional Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy S Ravikumar, K Wanigasooriya, S Vijayaraghavalu, L Agbabiaka, S Yahia, ... Journal of Clinical Medicine 15 (1), 164		2025
Low prognostic nutritional index associated with poor survival in patients undergoing emergency laparotomies L Agbabiaka, O Oduneye, K Wanigasooriya Wiley		2025
Clinical utility of optical diagnosis in resect-and-discard management of small and diminutive colonic polyps M Taggarsi, S Ravikumar, K Wanigasooriya, S Vijayaraghavalu, ... Wiley		2025
Transitioning to a firm-based system in general surgery: a quality improvement project M Elkadi, S Yahia, M Zohdy, K Wanigasooriya Oxford University Press		2025
Postoperative outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: an international cohort study from the Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA) D Alderson, J Bundred, RPT Evans, J Gossage, EA Griffiths, B Jefferies, ... Biomed central		2025
93 The immune phenotype of response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer A Ball, K Wanigasooriya, J Silva, A Beggs British Journal of Surgery 112 (Supplement_6), znaf042. 048		2025
Predictors of anastomotic leak and conduit necrosis after oesophagectomy EA Griffiths, JM Halle-Smith, SK Kamarajah, RPT Evans, D Nepogodiev, ...		2024
Postoperative and Pathological Outcomes of CROSS and FLOT as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal and Junctional Adenocarcinoma D Alderson, J Bundred, E Rpt, J Gossage, EA Griffiths, B Jefferies, ...		2023
Colorectal cancer displays three patterns of tumor-specific MHC-II inducibility and dynamics, with implications for combining epigenetic therapy with immunotherapy OJ Pickles, K Wanigasooriya, A Ptasinska, AJ Patel, HL Robbins, C Bryer, ... Cancer Research 83 (7_Supplement), 2989-2989		2023
Improving response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer KS Wanigasooriya University of Birmingham		2023
The influence of anastomotic techniques on postoperative anastomotic complications SK Kamarajah, RPT Evans, D Nepogodiev, J Hodson, JR Bundred, ...		2022
Textbook outcome following oesophagectomy for cancer SK Kamarajah, D Nepogodiev, J Hodson, JR Bundred, I Gockel, A Isik, ...		2022
P-BN13 How has the COVID pandemic affected outcomes in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy? An observational study in a UK Upper GI Surgical Unit G Demetriou, K Wanigasooriya, A Elmaradny, A Al-Najjar, M Rauf, ... British Journal of Surgery 108 (Supplement_9), znab430. 014		2021
A single-centre experience of telephone assessment of patients referred to two week-wait colorectal surgery clinics in England P Woods, K Wanigasooriya, P O'Connor, DR Sarma, N Lal, K Busby, ... Wiley		2021
Gallbladder Torsion: A Rare Diagnostic Challenge C Seretis, K Wanigasooriya, M Cleasby, R Tirumularaju, M Daskalakis Journal of Current Surgery 10 (3), 28-31		2020
Patient-derived organoid models of metastatic colorectal cancer to study response to PIK3CA inhibitors JDB Silva, K Wanigasooriya, H Bermingham, S Patel, R Hoare, ... Annals of Oncology 30, vii26		2019
A review of colorectal cancer diagnoses made through the two-week wait suspected lower gastrointestinal cancer referral pathway K Wanigasooriya, R Karri, S Vayalapra, N Konda, A Beggs, T Ismail BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY 106, 59-59		2019
Anaemia in patients referred within the two-week wait suspected lower gastrointestinal cancer referral pathway is seldom due to malignancy K Wanigasooriya, N Konda, S Vayalapra, RS Karri, P Nightingale, ... Age 1 (1.015), 1.055		2019
36th World Cancer Conference RS Karri, S Vayalapra, K Wanigasooriya, R Tyler, T Ismail cancer 64 (12), 1671-1674		2018
Use of clinical audit to ensure effective and safe management of patients with acute pancreatitis based on British Society of Gastroenterology K Wanigasooriya, H Fowler, S Singh, TRRM Raju Pancreatology 3 (15), S54-S55		2015
Clinical Effectiveness Of Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Interventional Services In A District General Hospital K Wanigasooriya, CV Thompson, M Almond, P Wilson Surgical Endoscopy		2015
DOES THE TWO-WEEK REFERRAL PATHWAY FOR SUSPECTED COLORECTAL CANCER ALTER MANAGEMENT IN PATIENTS OVER THE AGE OF 80? A STUDY OF 354 PATIENTS: 0251 K Goonetilleke, Y Rajjoub, H Youssef International Journal of Surgery 12, S26		2014
Does the 2 week referral pathway for suspected colorectal cancer alter management in patients over the age of 80? A study of 354 patients: T172 K Goonetilleke, Y Rajjoub, K Wanigasooriya, H Youssef Colorectal Disease 16, 146		2014
Defunctioning ileostomy reversal rates and reasons for delayed reversal: does delay impact on complications of ileostomy reversal?–a study of 170 defunctioning ileostomies: T049 K Goonetilleke, M Sutcliffe, F Soliman, K Wanigasooriya, H Youssef Colorectal Disease 16, 121		2014
Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome (ODS) – A challenging but preventable clinical entity K Wanigasooriya, L Broom, D Mittapalli British Journal of Resuscitation 1 (1), 11-14		2012
Complications of elective versus emergency stoma-is there a difference?: P066 J Gill, D Mittapalli, K Wanigasoorya, B Piramanayagam, R Church, ... Colorectal Disease 12, 36		2010
Major histocompatibility complex-class II is induced by Interferon-gamma and follows three distinct patterns of expression in colorectal cancer organoids OJ Pickles, K Wanigasooriya, A Ptasinska, AJ Patel, H Robbins, P Taniere, ...
Comparison of short-term outcomes from the international oesophago-gastric anastomosis audit (OGAA), the esophagectomy complications consensus group (ECCG), and the Dutch upper … BJS open 5 (3), zrab010	11	2021