Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow
Qualifications
PhD – University College London
MBBS – Imperial College London
MA(Cantab) Neurophysiology – University of Cambridge
Professional membership
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
Roles on external bodies
Academic representative – Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine specialist registrar subcommittee
Research
Research interests
Stress physiology
Bioenergetics and redox biology
Critical illness
Perioperative medicine
Other research
Clinical chronobiology
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsMartin, D., & McKenna, H. (2022). High Altitude Physiology and Medicine. In Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine (pp. 219-225). Elsevier. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.11652-6
McKenna, H. T., O’Brien, K. A., Fernandez, B. O., Minnion, M., Tod, A., McNally, B. D., . . . Martin, D. S. (2021). Divergent trajectories of cellular bioenergetics, intermediary metabolism and systemic redox status in survivors and non-survivors of critical illness. Redox Biology, 41, 101907. doi:10.1016/j.redox.2021.101907
McKenna, H. T., Murray, A. J., & Martin, D. S. (2020). Human adaptation to hypoxia in critical illness. Journal of Applied Physiology, 129(4), 656-663. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00818.2019
McKenna, H. T., & Murray, A. J. (2020). Reconsidering critical illness as an uncharacterised acquired mitochondrial disorder. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 21(2), 102-104. doi:10.1177/1751143719892788
McKenna, H., van der Horst, G. T. J., Reiss, I., & Martin, D. (2018). Clinical chronobiology: a timely consideration in critical care medicine. Critical Care, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s13054-018-2041-x
Stevens, J. L., McKenna, H., Gurusamy, K. S., Van Schoor, J., Grocott, M. P. W., Jell, G., & Martin, D. (n.d.). Perioperative antioxidants for adults undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. doi:10.1002/14651858.cd013174
Morkane, C. M., McKenna, H., Cumpstey, A. F., Oldman, A. H., Grocott, M. P. W., & Martin, D. S. (2018). Correction to: Intraoperative oxygenation in adult patients undergoing surgery (iOPS): a retrospective observational study across 29 UK hospitals. Perioperative Medicine, 7(1). doi:10.1186/s13741-018-0106-7
McKenna, H., & Reiss, I. K. M. (2018). The case for a chronobiological approach to neonatal care. Early Human Development, 126, 1-5. doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.08.012
Martin, D., McKenna, H., & Galley, H. (2018). Rhythm and cues: role of chronobiology in perioperative medicine. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 121(2), 344-349. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2018.04.035
Stevens, J. L., McKenna, H., Murray, A., Jell, G., Guliyeva, M., & Martin, D. (2018). Effects of major hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgery and general anaesthesia on skeletal-muscle mitochondrial respiration: a pilot study. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 121(2), e18. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2018.05.016
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
· “Chronobiology for Clinicians”, Royal College of Anaesthetists Patient Safety in Perioperative Practice Conference, April 2021
· “Perioperative Fuel: Can you have too much?”, Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) virtual conference; June 2020
· “Ventilation and oxygenation in COVID-19”, Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM) virtual conference; October 2020.
· “Hypoxia: Consequences in Intensive Care Medicine”, Hypoxia Symposium, Lake Louise, Canada, January 2019 (Plenary lecture)
· “Circadian rhythms in health and disease”, Neonatology Symposium, London, November 2018
· “Optimising sleep for night shifts”, Scottish Intensive Care Society, Edinburgh, November 2018
· “High altitude: a translational model for critical illness”. Moorfield Academy Event, London. November 2017
· “Oxygen and the acutely ill patient”, Pre-Hospital Emergency Anaesthesia Course, North Weald Airfield, Essex. October 2017
Other academic activities
· “Direct measurements of intracellular mitochondrial function in critically ill patients”, Intensive Care Society Gold Medal Award Final, State of the Art Meeting, London, December 2018.
· “Exploring the role of mitochondria in critically ill patients”, selected prize presentation for the National Institute of Health Research Training Camp, Ashridge House, July 2018 (Highly commended).
· “Critical illness and Sherpa physiology: Lessons from a comparative approach”. International Atacama-Leh Symposium: Coping with hypoxia at high altitude: How lung, blood and brain respond and crosstalk. San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. March 2018