Michael Stephen Murphy
Appointment:
Qualifications:
Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics & Child Health
Department of Child Health, University of Birmingham
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, The Children's Hospital, Birmingham
MD, BSc, FRCPI, FRCPCH, DCH
Membership of Medical and Scientific Societies
Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (Ireland)
Member, American Gastroenterological Association
Member of Council, British Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition (BSPGHAN)
Member of BSPGHAN Endoscopy Working Group
Member BSPGHAN IBD Working Group
Member BSPGHAN Committee for Paediatric IBD National Register
Member, European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)
Member ESPGHAN IBD working group
Editor (Gastroenterology & Nutrition), Archives of Disease in Childhood (1999- )
Previous appointments (training)
 General Paediatric posts (1979 – 1985): The Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford;
Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London; Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
 Action Research Fellowship in Paediatric Gastroenterology: 1985-1987, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
 Clinical & Research Fellowship: 1988-1990 Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition,
Harvard Medical School, The Children's Hospital & Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 Attending Physician: 1990-1991 Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The Children's
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 Lecturer: 1991-1993, Department of Child Health, University of Birmingham, Department of Hepatology,
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Research
 Multi-centre international collaborative studies on IBD (BSPGHAN & ESPGHAN)
 Investigation and management of paediatric IBD
Invited Speaker at National and International Conferences
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Royal Society of Medicine, London
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
British Society for Gastroenterology
British Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
British and Italian Joint conference on Paediatric Gastroenterology (Oxford, UK and Pisa, Italy)
Royal Free Hospital, London
Cork University Hospital, Ireland
European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition
Los Angeles Children’s Hospital
Hong Kong Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology
Parenteral and Enteral Society of Asia, Goa, India
M. Stephen Murphy
Recent Research Publications
1. Cabrera A, Davies P, Matek Z, MurphyMS. Performance of blood tests in diagnosis of inflammatory bowel
disease in a specialist clinic. Arch Dis Child 3003 (In press).
2. Grahnquist L, Chapman S, Hvidsten S, Murphy MS. Evaluation of 99mTc-HMPAO Leukocyte Scintigraphy in
Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr 2003 (In press).
3. Murphy MS, Sood M, Johnson T. Use of the lactose H2 breath test to monitor mucosal healing in coeliac
disease. Acta Paediatr. 2002;91(2):141-4.
4. Davison SM, Chapman S, Murphy MS. 99mTc-HMPAO leucocyte scintigraphy fails to detect Crohn's disease
in the proximal gastrointestinal tract. Arch Dis Child. 2001 Jul;85(1):43-6.
5. Tobin JM, Sinha B, Ramani P, Saleh AR, Murphy MS. Upper gastrointestinal mucosal disease in pediatric
Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis: a blinded, controlled study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2001
Apr;32(4):443-8.
6. Murphy MS. Helicobacter pylori. Arch Dis Child. 2001 Jun;84(6):525.
7. Spray C, Debelle GD, Murphy MS. Current diagnosis, management and morbidity in paediatric inflammatory
bowel disease. Acta Paediatr. 2001 Apr;90(4):400-5.
8. Beath SV, Protheroe SP, Brook GA, Kelly DA, McKiernan PJ, Murphy MS, Booth IW, Freeman J, Bennett J,
Bromley P, Mayer AD, Mirza D, Buckels JA, de Ville de Goyet J. Early experience of paediatric intestinal
transplantation in the United Kingdom, 1993 to 1999. Transplant Proc. 2000 Sep;32(6):1225.
9. Murphy MS, Sibal A, Mann JR. Persistent diarrhoea and occult vipomas in children.
BMJ. 2000 Jun 3;320(7248):1524-6.
10. Sood M, Clarke JR, Murphy MS. Covert biting of the buccal mucosa masquerading as haematemesis or
haemoptysis in children. Acta Paediatr. 1999 Sep;88(9):1038-40.
11. Murphy MS. Guidelines for managing acute gastroenteritis based on a systematic review of published
research. Arch Dis Child. 1998 Sep;79(3):279-84.
12. Sood M, Murphy MS. An inflammatory cloacogenic polyp (ICP). J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1998
Nov;27(5):523, 529.
13. Murphy MS. Growth factors and the gastrointestinal tract.
Nutrition. 1998 Oct;14(10):771-4.
14. Murphy MS. Sedation for invasive procedures in paediatrics.
Arch Dis Child. 1997 Oct;77(4):281-4.
Textbooks and Textbook Chapter contributions
1. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Eds. Winter H, Murphy MS, Cadrenal S. Brian Dekker Ltd (In press)
2. Murphy MS. Achalasia in Childhood. In: Snyder J, Walker WA, eds. Common Problems in Pediatric
Gastroenterology, Yearbook Publications, 1989
3. Murphy MS and Walker WA. Antigen Absorption. In: Metcalfe D, Sampson H, Simon R, eds. Adverse
Reactions to Foods and Food Additives. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Boston, 1992
4. Murphy MS, Walker WA. Development of the Small Intestine. In: Anderson CM, Burke V, Gracey M, eds.
3rd ed. Paediatric Gastroenterology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Melbourne. 1993
5. Murphy MS, Aynsley-Green A. Regulatory Peptides of the Gastointestinal Tract in Early Life. In: Walker
WA, Durie PR, Hamilton JR, Walker-Smith JA, Watkins JB, eds. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease.
Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management. 2nd Edition Philadelphia: BC Decker 1996
6. Murphy MS. Constipation. Cardinal Manifestations; Pathophysiology. In: Walker WA, Durie PR, Hamilton
JR, Walker-Smith JA, Watkins JB, eds. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease. Pathophysiology, Diagnosis,
Management. Philadelphia: BC Decker, 1996
7. Murphy MS. Liver Failure. In: Walker-Smith JA, Walker WA, Hamilton JR, eds. Practical Pediatric
Gastroenterology. 2nd Edition. Charleston: Neville Press Inc. 1996
8. Murphy MS, Booth IW. Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Infancy and Childhood. In: Kirschner N, ed.
Gastrointestinal Bleeding. London: BMJ Publications. 1996
9. Booth IW, McDonald A, Murphy MS. Gastroenterology. In: Insley J, ed. A Paediatric Vade Mecum. London:
Arnold. 1996
10. Murphy MS. Coeliac Disease: Aetiology and Nutritional Management. In: Sadler M, Baballero B, Strain S,
eds. Encyclopaedia of Human Nutrition. London, Academic Press. 1998
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