Dr Shay McGuinness is Director of Research at the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand, and Clinical Director of the Air Ambulance Service, Auckland District Health Board. Dr McGuinness is the New Zealand representative on the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (ANZICS-CTG) Executive and is the Chair of the ANZICS-CTG Capacity Working Group Sub-committee. Dr McGuinness trained at medicine and surgery in Sheffield, United Kingdom. He has published more than 25 journal papers including articles in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). He has been a Principal or Co-investigator on peer reviewed research grants exceeding (NZ)$2.9 million including 5 NZHRC grants. His research interests include randomised clinical trials in non-invasive ventilation and renal failure.