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Peter-John Wormald

Peter-John Wormald

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Medicine

D-Index
90
Citations
40426
World Ranking
12022
National Ranking
383

Overview

Peter-John Wormald is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has a significant body of research focused primarily on medicine, with specialization in subfields such as surgery, otorhinolaryngology, molecular biology, epidemiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their research prominently addresses areas including sinusitis and nasal conditions, head and neck surgical oncology, nasal surgery and airway studies, mycobacterium research and diagnosis, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Peter-John Wormald has contributed to several publications in various high-profile venues. Key publication venues include:

  • International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
  • Allergy
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their recent papers reflect a focus on topics related to allergy, rhinology, microbiomes, and microbial interactions. Notable recent publications are:

  • International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: rhinosinusitis 2021, 2020, published in International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
  • Pharokka: a fast scalable bacteriophage annotation tool, 2022, published in Bioinformatics
  • The international sinonasal microbiome study: A multicentre, multinational characterization of sinonasal bacterial ecology, 2020, published in Allergy
  • Corynebacterium accolens Has Antimicrobial Activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Pathogens Isolated from the Sinonasal Niche of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients, 2021, published in Pathogens
  • Proteomic analysis of nasal mucus samples of healthy patients and patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, 2020, published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alkis J. Psaltis
  • Sarah Vreugde
  • George Bouras
  • Clare Cooksley
  • Mahnaz Ramezanpour

Best Publications

  • EPOS 2012: European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2012. A summary for otorhinolaryngologists

    Wytske J. Fokkens;Valerie J. Lund;Joachim Mullol;Claus Bachert

  • European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020

    Wytske J. Fokkens;Valerie J. Lund;Joachim Mullol;Claus Bachert

  • International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Rhinosinusitis.

    Richard R. Orlandi;Todd T. Kingdom;Peter H. Hwang;Timothy L. Smith

  • International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: rhinosinusitis 2021

    Richard R. Orlandi;Todd T. Kingdom;Timothy L. Smith;Benjamin Bleier

  • European position paper on endoscopic management of tumours of the nose, paranasal sinuses and skull base.

    VJ Lund;H Stammberger;P Nicolai;P Castelnuovo

  • Oral steroids and doxycycline: two different approaches to treat nasal polyps.

    Thibaut Van Zele;Philippe Gevaert;Gabriele Holtappels;Achim Beule

  • The effect of bacterial biofilms on post-sinus surgical outcomes.

    Alkis J Psaltis;Erik K Weitzel;Kien R Ha;Peter-John Wormald

  • Endoscopic removal of sinonasal inverted papilloma including endoscopic medial maxillectomy.

    Peter John Wormald;Eng Ooi;C. Andrew van Hasselt;Salil Nair

  • Short course of systemic corticosteroids in sinonasal polyposis: A double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial with evaluation of outcome measures

    Pravin Hissaria;William Smith;Peter J. Wormald;James Taylor

  • The microbiome of chronic rhinosinusitis: culture, molecular diagnostics and biofilm detection

    Sam Boase;Andrew Foreman;Edward Cleland;Lorwai Tan

  • Confocal scanning laser microscopy evidence of biofilms in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.

    Alkis J. Psaltis;Kien R. Ha;Achim G. Beule;Lor Wai Tan

  • Mechanical Endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy with Mucosal Flaps

    Angelo Tsirbas;Peter John Wormald

  • Powered Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy

    Peter John Wormald

  • Correlation between preoperative symptom scores, quality-of-life questionnaires, and staging with computed tomography in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

    David A M Wabnitz;Salil B Nair;Peter John Wormald

  • Characterization of bacterial and fungal biofilms in chronic rhinosinusitis.

    Andrew Foreman;Alkis James Psaltis;Lor Wai Tan;Peter-John Wormald

  • Adenoids: comparison of radiological assessment methods with clinical and endoscopic findings

    P. J. Wormald;C. A. J. Prescott

  • Salvage frontal sinus surgery: The endoscopic modified Lothrop procedure

    Peter John Wormald

  • The International Frontal Sinus Anatomy Classification (IFAC) and Classification of the Extent of Endoscopic Frontal Sinus Surgery (EFSS)

    Peter John Wormald;Werner Hoseman;Claudio Callejas;Rainer K. Weber

  • A comparative study of three methods of nasal irrigation.

    Peter-John Wormald;Tim Cain;Lyndell Oates;Lianne Hawke

  • Staphylococcus aureus biofilms: Nemesis of endoscopic sinus surgery.

    Deepti Singhal;Andrew Foreman;Josh‐Jervis Bardy;Peter‐John Wormald

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo L. Carrau
Ricardo L. Carrau The Ohio State University
Rodney J. Schlosser
Rodney J. Schlosser Medical University of South Carolina
Clive A. Prestidge
Clive A. Prestidge University of South Australia
Stephen C. Moratti
Stephen C. Moratti University of Otago
Claus Bachert
Claus Bachert Karolinska Institute
J. Gregory Caporaso
J. Gregory Caporaso Northern Arizona University
Simon P. Robinson
Simon P. Robinson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Valerie J. Lund
Valerie J. Lund University College London
Tom Coenye
Tom Coenye Ghent University
Noam A. Cohen
Noam A. Cohen University of Pennsylvania

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