Michael Reade, MBBS, FANZCA
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Titles:
Visiting Instructor, CRISMA Fellow

Contact:
Email: mreade@doctors.net.uk

Degrees:

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE YEAR FIELD

University of Sydney, Australia

MBBS 1989-1995 Medicine, Surgery
Residency:  
Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Australia   1996-2000 Anesthesiology
Fellowship:  
John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK   2000-2003 Anesthesiology
Austin Hospital, University of Melbourne, Australia   2004-2005 Intensive Care
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA   2006 Critical Care
Other:  
University of Oxford, UK DPhil 2000-2003 Intensive Care, Cell Physiology
Board Certifications: Year
Fellowship, Australian and New Zealand College of Anesthetists (FANZCA) 2005
Fellowship, Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FJFICM) 2006

Major Honors/Awards:

  • University of Sydney - First place at graduation in Surgery, University Prize in Surgical Research
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Peter Beaconsfield Prize in Physiological Science
  • University of Oxford - Pfizer Prize, Physiological Society

Research Grants:

Title Source of Support

Royal Australasian College of Physicians IMS Overseas Travelling Fellowship (for involvement with GenIMS study in Pittsburgh)

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

ANZICS Project Grant (to support N-acetylcysteine in cardiopulmonary bypass trial)

Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society

Industry sponsorship of dexmedetomidine vs. haloperidol trial (ACA-AUST-04-20)

Hospira

Australian College of Critical Care Nurses / Abbott Australia Research Grant (dexmedetomidine vs. haloperidol trial)

Australian College of Critical Care Nurses

ANZCA Research Grant (dexmedetomidine vs. haloperidol trial)

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Current Research Interest:

  • Interrogation of the GenIMS database of approx. 2300 patients with community acquired pneumonia, with correlation of clinically derived variables with cell surface markers, mRNA expression, and genetic polymorphisms.

Publications:

  • READE, M.C. & SCOTT, D. (2000).  Anaesthetic management of a parturient with a colloid cyst.  Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 28, 211-213.
  • READE, M.C. (2000).  Medical assistance to civilians during peacekeeping operations: wielding the double edged sword.  Medical Journal of Australia, 173, 586-589.
  • READE, M.C. (2001).  Blood products on operational deployments.  ADF Health, 2: 65-70. 
  • READE, M.C.  (2002).  Medical support during prolonged peacekeeping operations: the British Experience in Kosovo.  ADF Health, 3, 71-76. 
  • READE, M.C., CLARK, M.F., YOUNG, J.D. & BOYD, C.A.R. (2002).  Increased cationic amino acid flux through a newly expressed transporter in cells overproducing nitric oxide from patients with septic shock.  Clinical Science, 102, 645-650.
  • READE, M.C. & YOUNG, J.D. (2003).  Of men and mice (and rats): the importance of species differences in studies of septic shock.  British Journal of Anaesthesia, 90, 115-118.
  • READE, M.C. & YOUNG, J.D. (2003).  Consent in observational studies of critically ill patients: time to open Pandora’s Box.  Anaesthesia, 58, 1-3.
  • CLARK, M.F., READE, M.C., YOUNG, J.D. & BOYD, C.A.R. (2003).  Effects of endotoxin exposure on cationic amino acid transporter function in ovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells.  Experimental Physiology, 88, 201-208.
  • SPEAKE, P.F., GLAZIER, J.D., AYUK, P.T.-Y., READE, M., SIBLEY, C.P. & D’SOUZA, S.W. (2003).  L-Arginine transport across the basal plasma membrane of the syncytiotrophoblast of the human placenta from normal and preeclamptic pregnancies.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 88, 4287-4292.
  • READE, M.C., MILLO, J.L., YOUNG, J.D. & BOYD, C.A.R.  (2005).   Nitric oxide synthase is downregulated, while haem oxygenase increased, in patients with septic shock.  British Journal of Anaesthesia, 94, 468-73.
  • READE, M.C. & FINK, M.P. (2005).  Bench-to-bedside review: Amelioration of acute renal impairment using ethyl pyruvate.  Critical Care, 9, 556-560.

Presentations at Major Meetings:

  • SIEGAL, L. J., READE, M.C., YOUNG, J.D., BOYD, C.A. R. (2004).  Nitric oxide synthases and heme oxygenase mRNA expression in white blood cells during sepsis.  Intensive Care Medicine, 258, S70.
  • READE, M.C., BOYD, C.A.R. & YOUNG, J.D. (2004).  Resveratrol reduces arginine transport in ovine, but not human, septic peripheral blood mononuclear cells.  Intensive Care Medicine, 586, S152.