Craig McClain, MD, MPH

Director, Global Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship; Co-Director, Neuroanesthesia Program; Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School
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Craig McClain, MD, MPH

Craig McClain, MD, MPH

Director, Global Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship; Co-Director, Neuroanesthesia Program; Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Medical Services

Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
University of Texas
1991
Austin
TX
Medical School
University of Texas Medical Branch
1999
Galveston
TX
Internship
Medicine
Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital
2000
Houston
MA
Residency
Anesthesiology
University of Virginia
2003
Charlottesville
VA
Fellowship
Pediatric Anesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital
2004
Boston
MA
Graduate School
MPH
Harvard School of Public Health
2009
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology (General)
American Board of Anesthesiology (Pediatric Anesthesiology)

Publications

Identification of essential topics and procedural skills for inclusion in a contextualised undergraduate anaesthesia and critical care clerkship in Rwanda: results of a modified Delphi process. View Abstract
Promoting climate-resilient health systems through national surgical plans. View Abstract
Task-sharing spinal anaesthesia care in three rural Indian hospitals: a non-inferiority randomised controlled clinical trial. View Abstract
Alternative strategies for emergency blood transfusion in low-resource settings: A scoping review. View Abstract
Surgical capacity is disaster preparedness: A scoping review of how surgery and anesthesiology departments responded to COVID-19. View Abstract
Correction: Academic global surgical competencies: A modified Delphi consensus study. View Abstract
Academic global surgical competencies: A modified Delphi consensus study. View Abstract
Protecting pregnant women from climate disasters: Strategies in the aftermath of Pakistan's devastating flood. View Abstract
Trends in pediatric non-operating room anesthesia: Data from the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry. View Abstract
The time to act is now: a call to action on planetary health and sustainable surgical systems. View Abstract
The Connection between Climate Change, Surgical Care and Neglected Tropical Diseases. View Abstract
Building sustainable and resilient surgical systems: A narrative review of opportunities to integrate climate change into national surgical planning in the Western Pacific region. View Abstract
Association between Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetric Workforce and Emergent Surgical and Obstetric Mortality among United States Hospital Referral Regions. View Abstract
Empowering Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, and Obstetricians to Incorporate Environmental Sustainability in the Operating Room. View Abstract
The Missing Chapter: The Education of Surgery and Anesthesiology Trainees as Civic Advocates. View Abstract
Epidural analgesia for reduction of postoperative systemic opioid use following selective dorsal rhizotomy in children. View Abstract
Letter: The Withdrawal of the United States From the World Health Organization and Its Impact on Global Neurosurgery. View Abstract
World Health Assembly 73: A Step Forward for Global Surgery. View Abstract
Aerosol barriers in pediatric anesthesiology: Clinical data supports FDA caution. View Abstract
Anesthetic management and outcomes for MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for seizure focus in pediatrics: A single-centre experience with 10 consecutive patients. View Abstract
Climate change: challenges and opportunities to scale up surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care globally. View Abstract
Simulation capacity building in rural Indian hospitals: a 1-year follow-up qualitative analysis. View Abstract
Towards high-quality peri-operative care: a global perspective. View Abstract
Indirect bypass for maternal symptomatic moyamoya in the first trimester of pregnancy: case report. View Abstract
Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda. View Abstract
Guidelines and checklists for short-term missions in global pediatric surgery: Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics Delivery of Surgical Care Global Health Subcommittee, American Pediatric Surgical Association Global Pediatric Surgery Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Committee on International Education and Service, and American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association, Inc. Global Health Special Interest Group. View Abstract
Guidelines and checklists for short-term missions in global pediatric surgery: Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics Delivery of Surgical Care Global Health Subcommittee, American Pediatric Surgical Association Global Pediatric Surgery Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Committee on International Education and Service, and American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association, Inc. Global Health Special Interest Group. View Abstract
Building Workforce Capacity Abroad While Strengthening Global Health Programs at Home: Participation of Seven Harvard-Affiliated Institutions in a Health Professional Training Initiative in Rwanda. View Abstract
Anesthesia Review: Blasting the Boards. View Abstract
Primum Non Nocere: Advocating for a Better Model in Global Surgery and Anesthesia. View Abstract
Factors Influencing the Choice of Anesthesia as a Career by Undergraduates of the University of Rwanda. View Abstract
Factors influencing anesthesia residency selection: impact of global health opportunities. View Abstract
Global Surgery 2030: a roadmap for high income country actors. View Abstract
Anesthesia for intracranial surgery in infants and children. View Abstract
Anesthesia for interventional radiology. View Abstract
Shortage of doctors, shortage of data: a review of the global surgery, obstetrics, and anesthesia workforce literature. View Abstract
Challenges in pediatric neuroanesthesia: awake craniotomy, intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging, and interventional neuroradiology. View Abstract
Ratio of cesarean deliveries to total operations and surgeon nationality are potential proxies for surgical capacity in central Haiti. View Abstract
Attenuating the perioperative stress response: a proposition of a simple solution. View Abstract
The impact of natural disaster on pediatric surgical delivery: a review of Haiti six months before and after the 2010 earthquake. View Abstract
Intraoperative anaphylaxis induced by the gelatin component of thrombin-soaked gelfoam in a pediatric patient. View Abstract
Anesthetic concerns for pediatric patients in an intraoperative MRI suite. View Abstract
Electroencephalogram monitoring during intracranial surgery for moyamoya disease. View Abstract
Pial synangiosis in patients with moyamoya syndrome and sickle cell anemia: perioperative management and surgical outcome. View Abstract
Specific ICU Risks after Pediatric Neurosurgery in Perioperative Complications View Abstract
Complications Following Operative Interventions for Vascular Anomalies in Pediatrics View Abstract
Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology: Anesthetic Considerations View Abstract
The Central Nervous System: Pediatric Neuroanesthesia View Abstract
Perioperative Pediatric Fluid Management View Abstract
Ethical Treatment of Combatants and Noncombatants View Abstract
Pediatric Neurosurgical Anesthesia View Abstract
Detection of unanticipated intracranial hemorrhage during intraoperative magnetic resonance image-guided neurosurgery. Report of two cases. View Abstract
Initial Experience with a Mobile 1.5T MRI for Intraoperative Guidance in Pediatric Neurosurgery View Abstract
Laparoscopic surgery in a patient with Fontan physiology. View Abstract
Total phenytoin concentrations do not accurately predict free phenytoin concentrations in critically ill children. View Abstract
Society of neurosurgical anesthesia and critical care scientific meeting. View Abstract
Report of Scientific Meeting – SNACC 2005 View Abstract
Muscular dystrophy, anesthesia and the safety of inhalational agents revisited; again. View Abstract
Noninvasive Cerebral Oxygenation Monitoring by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Children with Moyamoya Syndrome Undergoing Pial Synangiosis View Abstract
Safe and Effective Treatment with Phenytoin Requires Measurement of Free Levels in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit View Abstract
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Monitoring by Thermal Diffusion Probe in Children with Moyamoya Syndrome Undergoing Pial Synangiosis View Abstract
Muscular Dystrophy, Anesthesia, and the Safety of Inhalational Agents Revisited; Again View Abstract
Decreased prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in black obese children. View Abstract
Should the Results of Animal Studies Change Clinical Anesthetic Care? Point/Counterpoint View Abstract
Total and Unbound Phenytoin Levels in Critically Ill Children View Abstract
Should the Results of Animal Studies Change Clinical Anesthetic Care? View Abstract
Concise Anatomy for Anesthesia View Abstract
Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Cannot Wedge, Malfunction View Abstract
p53-independent induction of WAF1/CIP1 in human leukemia cells is correlated with growth arrest accompanying monocyte/macrophage differentiation. View Abstract
The first intron of human H-ras is regulated by p53: Specific activation mediated by a p53-binding element and general repression by the N-terminus of p53 View Abstract
Hyperphosphorylation of p53 induced by okadaic acid attenuates its transcriptional activation function. View Abstract