Craig D. McClain

Craig McClain, MD, MPH, is a pediatric anesthesiologist who has academic interests in pediatric neuroanesthesia and global anesthesia. At Boston Children’s Hospital, he is the Co-Director of the Pediatric Neuroanesthesia Service and founder/director of the Global Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship. He is also a founding faculty member of the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Harvard Medical School.

A woman wearing a black blouse and slacks is pictured walking down a cleared pathway in a lush, green jungle in Fiji.
Environment

From Scalpels to Security

by Callum Forbes, Abbie Naus, Elizabeth McLeod, Craig D. McClain

Examining the intersection of global surgery, climate change, and human security

An intubated patient tries to gesture at a medical worker holding his hand at the Sotiria hospital ICU during the coronavirus outbreak, in Athens, Greece, on April 25, 2020. Picture shows the hand of a patient in a hospital bed being held by the blue-gloved hand of a medical worker. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
Poverty

Scaling up Surgery and Anesthesia, Post-Coronavirus

by Craig D. McClain, Laura Hoemeke, Natalie Sheneman

Expanding access to surgery and anesthesia globally would be a win–win for health security and universal health coverage