Michael McBride (doctor)

Dr Michael McBride is a consultant physician and medical officer from Northern Ireland who has served as the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland since September 2006.

Michael McBride
Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland
Assumed office
September 2006
Preceded byHenrietta Campbell
Personal details
Alma materQueen's University Belfast (MB BCh BAO)

He graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1986. In 1991, McBride attained a Research Fellowship at St Mary's Medical School and Imperial College London, where he conducted research into new drug treatments for HIV. From 1994 he worked in the Health Service as a genitourinary medicine and HIV consultant at the Royal Group of Hospitals. He was appointed Medical Director of the Royal Group of Hospitals in August 2002. In September 2006, the Department of Health appointed him as Northern Ireland's Chief Medical officer.[1][2] In November 2014 he was appointed as chief executive of Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, but continued in the role of chief medical officer.[3]

One of the issues he has had to deal with during his time as chief medical officer is the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

References
  1. "DoH Chief Medical Officer | Department of Health". Health. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. Lundy, Claire T (18 January 2007). "The new Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland". The Ulster Medical Journal. 76 (1): 45. PMC 1940300. PMID 17288308. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via PubMed Central.
  3. "McBride new head of Belfast Trust". 28 November 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Dr Michael McBride Q&A: Avoid crowds, follow advice and don't forget the death toll". Retrieved 18 September 2020 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
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