Dr Brendan Mcgrath

Overview

Brendan qualified from the University of Sheffield and trained initially in general medicine in Yorkshire, the North East and then Australia. He returned to specialise in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, appointed as a consultant at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, at Wythenshawe Hospital in 2009.

Brendan’s research interests in patient safety and airway management led to the initiation of the UK National Tracheostomy Safety Project, collaborating widely in developing educational resources to guide the multidisciplinary response to airway emergencies. Realising that the real work was in prevention of airway emergencies, Brendan helped to develop the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative in 2012, bringing together international expertise from Harvard to Melbourne with the goal of improving tracheostomy care ‘everywhere’ through quality improvement initiatives. Brendan has worked on and led a number of domestic and international quality improvement projects and research studies, securing significant grant funding. His contributions in his field were recognised by appointment as:

• Difficult Airway Society Professor of Anaesthesia & Airway Management 2021
• Royal College of Anaesthetists Macintosh Professor 2021
• Visiting Professor to Harvard Medical School in 2016
• NHS England National Clinical Advisor for Tracheostomy in 2015

He remains European lead of the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative, supporting UK and European sites to improve care for patients and their families.

Brendan and his team have won a number of awards for their work, including:

• British Medical Journal Award for Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine Team of the Year 2020
• Intensive Care Society Improvement Project Award 2020
• National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia Research Award 2019 

Outside of medicine, Brendan is entertained by a young(ish) family, plays guitar in the family rock band, "Death Metal Children of Rock," attempts to support Liverpool FC whilst living near Old Trafford, and tries to ride his road bike when it isn’t raining (too hard).

Qualifications

MB ChB FRCP FRCA DICM EDIC PGCertMedEd AHEA FFICM MAcadMedEd PhD

Memberships of committees and professional bodies

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, Manchester University NHS FT

Difficult Airway Society Professor of Anaesthesia & Airway Management 2021

Royal College of Anaesthetists Macintosh Professor 2021

Trevor Magill Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School & Boston Children's Hospital

NHS England National Clinical Advisor for Tracheostomy

Chair & Director, National Tracheosotmy Safety Project

European Lead, Global Tracheostomy Collaborative

Committee member, Anaesthesia Research Society

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Fellow of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine

Associate of the Higher Education Academy

Member of the Academy of Medical Educators 

Member of the Association of North Western Intensive Care Units

Member of the Difficulty Airway Society