Michael McBride (doctor)

Michael McBride is a consultant physician and medical officer from Northern Ireland who has served as the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland since September 2006.
He graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1986. In 1991, McBride attained a Research Fellowship at St Mary's Hospital Medical School and Imperial College London, where he conducted research into new drug treatments for HIV. From 1994 he worked in the Health Service as a genitourinary medicine and HIV consultant at the Royal Group of Hospitals. He was appointed Medical Director of the Royal Group of Hospitals in August 2002. In September 2006, the Department of Health appointed him as Northern Ireland's Chief Medical officer. In November 2014 he was appointed as chief executive of Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, but continued in the role of chief medical officer.
One of the issues he has had to deal with during his time as chief medical officer is the COVID-19 pandemic.