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Biography
Professor Tomás Corcoran is the deputy chair of the CTN Executive and is a Senior Staff Anaesthetist at Royal Perth Hospital where he is also the Director of Research at the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine. He is Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Western Australia, and at the School of Translational Medicine in Monash University. He trained in internal medicine and anaesthesia in Ireland and completed a cardiothoracic anaesthesia fellowship in St Barts Hospital in London before migrating to Australia to complete training in Intensive Care Medicine. He has specialist qualifications (anaesthesia and intensive care medicine) in Australia and Ireland, and he holds a doctorate of medicine (MD) from University College Cork in Ireland. An experienced clinical triallist, he has held four NHMRC project grants totalling $10 million including RELIEF (1043755), Balanced (1042727), PADDI (1079501) and POISE-3 (1162362). In 2019 he was awarded $4.3 million from the MRFF Neurological Disorders 2020 initiative (CIA- APP1200994) to deliver the Long-term Outcomes of Lidocaine Infusions for persistent PostOperative Pain in patients undergoing breast surgery (LOLIPOP) Trial. His career funding total to date is $17,498,750. He has published more than 60 papers, including three in NEJM, one in the Lancet, three in BMJ Open and 10 in leading basic science and anaesthesia and intensive care specialty journal. Professor Corcoran is passionate about delivering the highest quality of evidence to inform clinical practice at a global level, with the principal focus on patient safety and patient-centred outcomes.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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University of Western Australia
Research area keywords
- Anaesthesia
- Internal medicine
- Intensive care medicine
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Active
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LOLIPOP: The Long-term Outcomes of Lidocaine Infusions for persistent PostOperative Pain in patients undergoing breast surgery (LOLIPOP) Trial
Corcoran, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Myles, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Toner, A. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Saunders, C. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Forbes, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Peyton, P. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Leslie, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Schug, S. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Story, D. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Scott, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/06/20 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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Intraoperative dexamethasone and chronic postsurgical pain: a propensity score-matched analysis of a large trial
Myles, P. S. (Leading Author), Corcoran, T. B., Chan, M. T., Asghari-Jafarabadi, M., Wu, W. K. K., Peyton, P., Leslie, K. & Forbes, A., Jul 2024, In: British Journal of Anaesthesia. 133, 1, p. 103-110 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Dexamethasone and persistent wound pain: a prespecified analysis of the randomised Perioperative Administration of Dexamethasone and Infection (PADDI) trial
Corcoran, T. B., Martin, C., O'Loughlin, E., Ho, K., Chan, M., Forbes, A., Leslie, K. & Myles, P., Jul 2023, In: British Journal of Anaesthesia. 131, 1, p. 93-103 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
Machine learning to predict myocardial injury and death after non-cardiac surgery
Nolde, J. M., Schlaich, M. P., Sessler, D. I., Mian, A., Corcoran, T. B., Chow, C. K., Chan, M. T. V., Borges, F. K., McGillion, M. H., Myles, P. S., Mills, N. L., Devereaux, P. J. & Hillis, G. S., Jul 2023, In: Anaesthesia. 78, 7, p. 853-860 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
Postoperative systemic inflammation after major abdominal surgery: patient-centred outcomes
Bain, C. R., Myles, P. S., Martin, C., Wallace, S., Shulman, M. A., Corcoran, T., Bellomo, R., Peyton, P., Story, D. A., Leslie, K., Forbes, A. & the RELIEF Trial Investigators, Nov 2023, In: Anaesthesia. 78, 11, p. 1365-1375 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access17 Citations (Scopus) -
Postoperative systemic inflammatory dysregulation and corticosteroids: a narrative review
Bain, C. R., Myles, P. S., Corcoran, T. & Dieleman, J. M., Mar 2023, In: Anaesthesia. 78, 3, p. 356–370 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access59 Citations (Scopus)