Global expertise in child healthcare

Professor Ian Maconochie FRCPCH FCEM FRCPI PhD FERC 

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Prof Maconochie is a consultant in paediatric emergency medicine at St Mary's Hospital and former Associate Medical Director of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He is the first professor of paediatric emergency medicine in the UK and a visiting professor to Princess Margaret Children's Hospital in Australia and the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is a world-renowned expert in evidence-based practice, vital signs, resuscitation science and health services evaluation. 

Prof Maconochie is a specialist advisor to the WHO on paediatric triage and emergency care. He is the Paediatric Chair of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, European & UK Resuscitation Councils. He is a Member of the RCPCH Intercollegiate Group on Services for Children in Emergency departments. He has previously been chair of the paediatric section of the European Society of Emergency Medicine; RCPCH Registrar and Officer for Clinical Standards; and a member of the Clinical Effectiveness Committee & the Research & Publication Committee at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. 

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Prof Maconochie has been on the BMJ Hanging committee, deputy EMJ editor, Associate and Deputy Editor for Archives of Diseases of Childhood, and is currently on the editorial board of the African Journal of Emergency Medicine. He has published over 250 peer reviewed papers and reports including the European Guidelines from 2010 and ILCOR COSTR paediatric statements. In particular he has published extensively about vital signs and on PEWS systems.