Dr Stephen Macdonald
Stephen Macdonald graduated from Edinburgh University. He worked in a number of clinical specialties before undertaking specialist training in Emergency Medicine in Western Australia. He obtained his Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) in 2010.
He joined CCREM in 2009 as the inaugural Research Registrar. This post, which is accredited by ACEM, provides formal research training alongside clinical work in the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Perth Hospital. During this time Dr Macdonald successfully completed research projects on the topics of heart failure and chest pain assessment in the ED. He also served as the trainee representative on the ACEM Trainee Research Committee.
In 2011 Dr Macdonald was appointed as a clinical academic at the University of Western Australia, based at Armadale Health Service - a busy general hospital 30km southeast of Perth.. He divides his time between clinical work and research in the Emergency Department. His research interests include acute cardiac care, sepsis and critical illness.
Qualifications
| 1992 | BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh, UK |
| 1994 | MB ChB, University of Edinburgh, UK |
| 1997 | MRCP, Royal Colleges of Physicians, UK |
| 2002 | MRCGP (Distinction), Royal College of General Practitioners, UK |
| 2004 | Diploma in Child Health, University of Western Australia, Australia |
| 2010 | FACEM - Fellow of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine |
Top Publications
- Macdonald SPJ, Nagree Y. 2008. Rapid risk stratification in suspected acute coronary syndrome using serial multiple cardiac biomarkers: A pilot study. Emergency Medicine Australasia 20(5):403-409.
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- Clyne CD, Nicol MR, Macdonald S, Williams BC, Walker SW. 1993. Angiotensin II stimulates growth and steroidogenesis in zona fasciculata/reticularis cells from bovine adrenal cortex via the AT1 receptor subtype. Endocrinology 132(5):2206-2212.
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- Macdonald SPJ, Nagree Y, Fatovich DM, Phillips M, Brown SGA. 2012. Serial multiple biomarkers in the assessment of suspected acute coronary syndrome: Multiple Infarct Markers in Chest pain (MIMIC) study. Emergency Medicine Journal in press.
- Macdonald SPJ, Arendts G, Nagree Y, Xu X-F. 2012. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) predicts renal injury in acute decompensated cardiac failure; a prospective observational study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 12(1):8.
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- Macdonald SPJ, Nagree Y, Fatovich DM, Flavell HL, Loutsky F. 2011. Comparison of two scoring systems for emergency department risk stratification of suspected acute coronary syndrome. Emergency Medicine Australasia 23(6):717-25.
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