Michael Irwin

Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Michael G. Irwin, MB ChB, MD, FRCA, FHKAM, is Associate Professor and Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Hong Kong, Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia and Administrative Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Queen Mary Hospital.  Prof. Irwin received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.  He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and President of the Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiology, where he is also a member of the education and examination committees and is chief censor.  Prof. Irwin has published more than 88 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals and is a regular invited reviewer for eight journals, including Anaesthesiology, Anaesthesia and Analgesia the British Journal of Anaesthesia, and Anaesthesia.  He is an editor of the Hong Kong Medical Journal, CPD Anaesthesia (UK), Acta Anaesthesia Taiwanica and Acute Pain and a member of the board of directors of the HKU Medical Faculty Clinical Trials Centre. Prof. Irwin's research interests include anaesthetic pharmacology, acute pain management and cardiac preconditioning.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Cardiovascular Medicine in Anesthesia: Basic Science (since 01 April 2008)

All recent recommendations

• 3.2
  The effects of interrupted or continuous administration of sevoflurane on preconditioning before cardio-pulmonary bypass in coronary artery surgery: comparison with continuous propofol.
  Recommended by Michael Irwin with Zhengyuan Xia, Stefan De Hert
  
• 3.0
  Anesthetic propofol enhances plasma gamma-tocopherol levels in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
  Recommended by Michael Irwin with Zhengyuan Xia
  
• 3.0
  Evidence that cardioprotection by postconditioning involves preservation of myocardial opioid content and selective opioid receptor activation.
  Recommended by Michael Irwin
  
• 6.4
  Long-term benefit of postconditioning.
  Recommended by Judy Kersten with Dr Julien Amour, Michael Irwin
  
• 6.4
  Does tight heart rate control improve beta-blocker efficacy? An updated analysis of the noncardiac surgical randomized trials.
  Recommended by Michael Irwin, Alex Sia with Serene Leo