Joseph Hewitt

Joseph Hewitt

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

I'm currently an accredited general surgical registrar in the Eastern NSW training network. My Master of Philosophy (Surgery) thesis examines risk assessment in emergency laparotomy. This consists of a systematic review, an interview based study of general surgeons and trainees and an audit of risk assessment in South Australian hospital. I'm also a Clinical Lecturer with the University and am engaged regularly with teaching medical students.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2025 - ongoing Clinical Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2024 - ongoing GSET Registrar Eastern Training Network NSW
    2022 - 2023 Unaccredited Surgical Registrar Central Adelaide LHN
    2020 - 2021 Surgical RMO Central Adelaide LHN
    2019 - 2025 Clinical Associate Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2019 - 2019 Intern Royal Adelaide Hospital

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2021 - 2022 University of Sydney Australia MMed (Clin Epi)
    2013 - 2018 The University of Adelaide Australia MBBS

  • Research Interests
    Surgery Surgical and Health Systems Innovation

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 John, A., Milton, T., Gupta, A., Nguyen, M. T., Stretton, B., Hewitt, J., . . . Callaghan, M. O. (2025). Impact of positive surgical margin location after radical prostatectomy: a network meta-analysis. World Journal of Urology, 43(1), 11 pages.
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    2025 Milton, T. M., Noll, D. N., Stapleton, P. S., Zhang, P. Z., Chieng, J. C., Chow, J. C., . . . Steele, R. S. (2025). Validating the MIMIC score as a predictor of successful spontaneous stone passage in patients managed conservatively for ureteric colic. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 95(4), 773-777.
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    2025 Hewitt, J. N., Milton, T. J., Dobbins, C., & Trochsler, M. I. (2025). Emergency Laparotomy Risk Assessment: A Qualitative Study of General Surgeons and Trainees.. The Australian journal of rural health, 33(4), e70075.
    DOI Europe PMC1
    2025 Kovoor, J. G., Glynatsis, J. M., Glynatsis, N. C., Perrotta, D., Chan, E., Daniell, T., . . . Gupta, A. K. (2025). Factors affecting acute aortic dissection mortality: A multicentre cohort study. Surgery in Practice and Science, 23, 10 pages.
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    2024 Daniel, J., Glynatsis, J. M., Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Bacchi, S., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Gupta, A. K. (2024). Sensorineural hearing loss after cardiac surgery: a systematic review. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 94(4), 536-544.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC2
    2024 Milton, T., Stapleton, P., Noll, D., Satheakeerthy, S., Hewitt, J., & Couchman, A. (2024). Suprapubic catheter change: Evaluating YouTube videos as a resource for teaching junior doctors. Bjui Compass, 5(2), 224-229.
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    2024 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Stretton, B., Gupta, A. K., Jacobsen, J. H. W., To, M. S., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2024). Delayed return of bowel function after general surgery in South Australia. Surgery in Practice and Science, 16, 100234.
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    2024 Kovoor, J. G., Ittimani, C., Godber, H., Herath, A., Ovenden, M., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). No shortcuts: False economy prevention during artificial intelligence implementation in rural Australian health care. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32(2), 408-410.
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    2024 Singh, G., Goel, R., Shapira, Y., Hewitt, J., Ovenden, C., & Selva, D. (2024). Dacryocystorhinostomy videos on YouTube as a source of patient education. International Ophthalmology, 44(1), 7 pages.
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    2024 Hewitt, J. N., Milton, T. J., Jeanes, J., Murshed, I., Nann, S., Wells, S., . . . Trochsler, M. I. (2024). Emergency laparotomy preoperative risk assessment tool performance: A systematic review. Surgery in Practice and Science, 19, 100264-1-100264-8.
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    2023 Noll, D., Green, L., Asokan, G., Barbaro, A., Hewitt, J., Ovenden, C., . . . Trochsler, M. (2023). Is YouTube™ a good source of information for patients to understand laparoscopic fundoplication?. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 105(4), 365-371.
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    2023 Hewitt, J. N., Milton, T. J., Lee, O. T. -S., Tinnion, J., Barbaro, A., Foley, K., . . . Trochsler, M. I. (2023). Emergency laparotomy risk assessment: An audit of South Australian hospitals. Surgery in Practice and Science, 15, 100225.
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    2023 Nann, S., Kovoor, J., Fowler, J., Kieu, J., Gupta, A., Hewitt, J., . . . Maddern, G. (2023). Response to: Revisiting the Methodology and Implications of the Network Meta-analysis on Dupuytren Disease Treatments: A Letter to the Editor.. Hand (N Y), 19(8), 15589447231218397.
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    2023 Hewitt, J. N., Hopping, E., Besley, M., Ralph, Q., Lewis, M., & Moore, J. (2023). A rock in a hard place: a unique case of colonic gallstone ileus. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(1-2), 357-358.
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    2023 Bhanushali, A., Ravichandran, B., Stretton, B., Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Direct oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in orthopaedic trauma: a clear first choice?. ANZ J Surg, 93(4), 815-816.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Jacobsen, J. H. W., Stretton, B., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Claridge, B., . . . Hewett, P. J. (2023). Depression after stoma surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 20 pages.
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    2023 Nann, S., Kovoor, J., Fowler, J., Kieu, J., Gupta, A., Hewitt, J., . . . Maddern, G. (2023). Surgical Management of Dupuytren Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analyses.. Hand (New York, N.Y.), 19(8), 15589447231174175.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Stretton, B., Gupta, A. K., Lam, L., Jiang, M., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Vital signs and medical emergency response (MER) activation predict in-hospital mortality in general surgery patients: a study of 15 969 admissions.. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(10), 2426-2432.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Hewitt, J. N., Barbaro, A., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Stretton, B., . . . Dobbins, C. (2023). Proposal of the Whyalla Direct Access Tool and pathway for rural Australian colonoscopy services. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(5), 1032-1035.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2023 Campbell, J. O., Gupta, A. K., Lu, A., Lim, Y. F., Mishra, N., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Wells, A. (2023). The geographic diversity of authorship in leading general surgery journals; A study of 24,332 authors. The Surgeon, 21(6), 390-396.
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    2023 Kimber, J. S., Kovoor, J. G., Glynatsis, J. M., West, S. J., Mai, T. T. N., Jacobsen, J. H. W., . . . Watson, D. I. (2023). Isopropyl alcohol inhalation versus 5-HT3 antagonists for treatment of nausea: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.. Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 79(11), 1525-1535.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Nann, S. D., Stretton, B., Chong, E. H. L., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Sociocultural and Demographic Factors Predict Readmissions for General Surgery Patients.. World journal of surgery, 47(12), 3124-3130.
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    2023 Kimber, J. S., Kovoor, J. G., Glynatsis, J. M., West, S. J., Mai, T. T. N., Jacobsen, J. H. W., . . . Watson, D. I. (2023). Isopropyl alcohol inhalation versus 5-HT3 antagonists for treatment of nausea: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 79(11), 1525`-1535.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Stretton, B., Nann, S. D., Aujayeb, N., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Surgery’s Rosetta Stone: Natural language processing to predict discharge and readmission after general surgery. Surgery, 174(6), 1309-1314.
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    2023 Ovenden, C. D., Barot, D. D., Gupta, A., Aujayeb, N., Nathin, K., Hewitt, J., . . . Wells, A. J. (2023). Incidence of hydrocephalus following decompressive craniectomy for ischaemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 234, 107989-1-107989-7.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Vo, T., Lam, C., Lam, L., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Opioid prescribing, pain, and hospital stay of general surgery patients with oxycodone allergies in South Australia.. ANZ J Surg, 93(11), 2631-2637.
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    2022 Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., Dobbins, C., & Trochsler, M. I. (2022). Re: Emergency laparotomy: time to improve?. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(5), 1288.
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    2022 Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Kerr, L. D., Jacobsen, J. H. W., Hewitt, J. N., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2022). Sleep and postoperative recovery: waking up to the evidence. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(5), 953-954.
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    2022 Green, L., Noll, D., Barbaro, A., Asokan, G., Hewitt, J., Ovenden, C., . . . Trochsler, M. (2022). YouTube—Friend or Foe? A Closer Look at Videos on Inguinal Hernia Surgery as a Source for Patient Education. Journal of Surgical Research, 280, 510-514.
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    2022 Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J., Kovoor, J., Gupta, A., Edwards, S., Abou-Hamden, A., & Kleinig, T. (2022). Time to hospital presentation following intracerebral haemorrhage: Proportion of patients presenting within eight hours and factors associated with delayed presentation. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 31(11), 7 pages.
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    2022 Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Hewitt, J. N., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Bacchi, S., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2022). Food for IDEAL thought: redesigning junior journal clubs to enhance surgical innovation.. ANZ J Surg, 92(10), 2417-2419.
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    2022 Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Nathin, K., Aujayeb, N., Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., . . . Wells, A. (2022). Geographical distribution of authorship for leading cardiothoracic surgery journals.. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(12), 4465-4473.
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    2022 Gupta, A. K., Kerr, L. D., Stretton, B., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J. N., & Chan, J. C. Y. (2022). Trends in the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis in the COVID-19 Era. Journal of Extra Corporeal Technology, 54(1), 19-28.
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    2022 Hewitt, J. N., Ovenden, C. D., Glynatsis, J. M., Sabab, A., Gupta, A. K., Kovoor, J. G., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2022). Emergency Neurosurgery Performed by General Surgeons: A Systematic Review. World Journal of Surgery, 46(2), 347-355.
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    2022 Bhanushali, A., Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Kieu, J. T., Bright, R. A., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Graff, C. (2022). Outcomes of early versus delayed weight-bearing with intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 48(5), 3521-3527.
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    2022 Gupta, A. K., Leslie, A., Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., Edwards, S., . . . Worthington, M. G. (2022). Cardiac surgery on patients with COVID‐19: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(5), 1007-1014.
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    2021 Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., & Asokan, G. P. (2021). Quality of YouTube Videos on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Patient Education. Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2021, 5 pages.
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    2021 Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Jacobsen, J. H. W., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2021). Gastrointestinal recovery after surgery: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 11(10), e054704-1-e054704-4.
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    2021 Kovoor, J. G., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J. N., Asokan, G. P., & Maddern, G. J. (2021). Does the hospital system enable surgical residents to practice evidence‐based surgery?. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91(10), 1968-1969.
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    2020 Abrahams, J. M., Callary, S. A., Won Jang, S., Hewitt, J., Howie, D. W., & Solomon, L. B. (2020). Accuracy of EBRA-Cup Measurements after Reconstruction of Severe Acetabular Defects at Revision THR.. J Orthop Res, 38(7), 1497-1505.
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    2019 Hewitt, J. N., Gupta, A. K., Maddern, G. J., & Trochsler, M. I. (2019). Adrenaline in local anaesthetics: do students and junior doctors still believe the myth? A survey. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 89(11), 1367-1368.
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