Overview
Background
Professor Craig A McBride PhD, FRACS, FACS is a full-time Senior Staff Specialist Paediatric Surgeon at Children's Health Queensland. He is also an educator, a researcher, and a father to two boys. In addition to his public work, he has a private practice at www.betterkids.com.au.
Professor McBride is originally from Aotearoa/New Zealand and worked in three of the four Paediatric Surgical units in that country, before moving to the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne for the final two years of his surgical training. Following Fellowship in 2007, he moved to Brisbane and has been here ever since.
He has specialised interest and expertise in thoracic, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, burns and trauma. He is also a member of both the Children's Health Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee and the Clinical Ethics Response Group at Queensland Children's Hospital, as well as being involved in the Queenslannd Children's Critical Incident Panel and the Clinical Incident Subcommittee of the Queensland Paediatric Quality Council.
Craig has published research in many areas related to children's health.
Availability
- Dr Craig McBride is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Human Biology, The University of Auckland
- Bachelor of Medicine Surgery, The University of Auckland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Paediatric, Child and Youth Health, The University of Queensland
- Foreign Fellow, American College of Surgeons, American College of Surgeons
- Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Australian and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons
- Honorary Academic, Bond University, Bond University
- Honorary Academic, Griffith University, Griffith University
- Honorary Academic, Queen Mary University of London, Queen Mary University of London
- Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Research interests
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Vascular Access
Vascular access, particularly as it pertains to children and particularly long-term vascular access
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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic
Congenital Hyperinsulinism Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia Meso-Rex Shunts Choledochal Cysts Registries for rare conditions such as the above
Works
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2011
Conference Publication
Debate: Given the lack of evidence, pressure garments are overused
McBride, Craig A. (2011). Debate: Given the lack of evidence, pressure garments are overused. Australia and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 October 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
The use of negative pressure in burns
McBride, Craig A. (2011). The use of negative pressure in burns. Australia and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 October 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
The first cut is (not) the deepest: the variability in dermatome sections
McBride, Craig A. (2011). The first cut is (not) the deepest: the variability in dermatome sections. Australia and New Zealand Burns Association Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 October 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
Debate: It is burning desire to treat, not prior subspecialty training, that counts to be a surgeon in a burns centre
McBride, Craig A. (2011). Debate: It is burning desire to treat, not prior subspecialty training, that counts to be a surgeon in a burns centre. Australia and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 October 2011.
2010
Journal Article
Parent attitudes towards medical student attendance and interaction in the paediatric burns outpatient clinic
Sakata, Shinichiro, McBride, Craig A. and Kimble, Roy M. (2010). Parent attitudes towards medical student attendance and interaction in the paediatric burns outpatient clinic. Burns, 36 (3), 418-421. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.05.019
2010
Journal Article
Style over substance: A needless contact burn from a protruding car exhaust pipe
Sakata, Shinichiro, McBride, Craig A. and Kimble, Roy M. (2010). Style over substance: A needless contact burn from a protruding car exhaust pipe. Burns, 36 (1), 141-141. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.02.001
2010
Conference Publication
g of the transition zone in total colonic aganglionosis: a pilot study
McBride, Craig A. and Desai, Devang (2010). g of the transition zone in total colonic aganglionosis: a pilot study. 23rd International Symposium of Paediatric Surgical Research, Tokyo, Japan, September 2010.
2009
Journal Article
Easy come, easy go : A simple and effective orthodontic enamel anchor for endotracheal tube stabilization in a child with extensive facial burns
Sakata, Shinichiro, Hallett, Kerrod B., Brandon, Matthew S. and McBride, Craig A. (2009). Easy come, easy go : A simple and effective orthodontic enamel anchor for endotracheal tube stabilization in a child with extensive facial burns. Burns, 35 (7), 983-986. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.01.007
2009
Journal Article
Avoiding the tragedy of another balcony collapse
Sakata, S., McBride, C. A., Nixon, J. W. and Kimble, R. M. (2009). Avoiding the tragedy of another balcony collapse. Medical Journal of Australia, 190 (11), 651-652. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02603.x
2009
Conference Publication
The myth of training post equality
McBride, Craig A. and Beasley, Spencer W. (2009). The myth of training post equality. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 6-9 May 2009.
2008
Journal Article
Morgagni's hernia: Believing is seeing
McBride, Craig A. and Beasley, Spencer W. (2008). Morgagni's hernia: Believing is seeing. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 78 (9), 739-744. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04641.x
2008
Journal Article
Incorrect Acticoat application causing iatrogenic injury to a child with a palmar burn
Sakata, Shinichiro, West, Simon, McBride, Craig and Taylor, Russell (2008). Incorrect Acticoat application causing iatrogenic injury to a child with a palmar burn. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 20 (2), 183-184. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01073.x
2008
Conference Publication
Further uses of the trainee operative logbook
McBride, Craig A. and Beasley, Spencer W. (2008). Further uses of the trainee operative logbook. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong Conjoint Annual Scientific Congress, Hong Kong, China, 12-16 May 2008.
2008
Conference Publication
The hernia of Morgagni - believing is seeing
McBride, Craig A. and Beasley, Spencer W. (2008). The hernia of Morgagni - believing is seeing. 6th Cowlishaw Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 2006. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04641.x
2007
Conference Publication
Can the trainee operative logbook be used as an assessment tool of the level of supervision provided by training centres?
McBride, Craig A. and Beasley, Spencer W. (2007). Can the trainee operative logbook be used as an assessment tool of the level of supervision provided by training centres?. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, 6-11 May 2007.
2006
Conference Publication
Morgagni - still teaching from beyond the grave
McBride, Craig A. (2006). Morgagni - still teaching from beyond the grave. Robert McMahon Seminar, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 2006.
2005
Journal Article
The risk of metachronus (asynchronous) contralateral torsion following perinatal torsion
Beasley, Spencer W. and McBride, Craig A. (2005). The risk of metachronus (asynchronous) contralateral torsion following perinatal torsion. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 118 (1218), 112.
2005
Journal Article
Tongue-tie
McBride, Craig (2005). Tongue-tie. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 41 (5-6), 242-242. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00681.x
2002
Conference Publication
The paediatric bag urine: is it useful or should we bag it?
McBride, Craig A. (2002). The paediatric bag urine: is it useful or should we bag it?. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 11-15 May 2002.
2002
Conference Publication
Vesicoureteric reflux and the micturating cystourethrogram: do we know what we think we know?
McBride, Craig A. (2002). Vesicoureteric reflux and the micturating cystourethrogram: do we know what we think we know?. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 11-15 May 2002.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Craig McBride is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Multimedia informed consent for paediatric research: a mixed methods exploration of perspectives
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Amanda Ullman
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of nitric oxide on inflammation and coagulation in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Antje Blumenthal
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