Rate My Professor Corrin Boyd

Corrin Boyd is a Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care within the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University, where he works in the intensive care unit of The Animal Hospital. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery with Honours (BVMS Hons) from Murdoch University in 2009. Following graduation, he served as a staff veterinarian in the Emergency and Critical Care service. Boyd completed a rotating internship in 2013 and an Emergency and Critical Care residency from 2014 to 2017 at The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University, attaining Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (DACVECC) status in 2017. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Education (GradDipEd), Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies (MVetClinStud), a PhD awarded in 2022 from Murdoch University on the adverse effects of synthetic colloid fluids in dogs under the supervision of Professor Lisa Smart, and Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (MANZCVS) in Emergency and Critical Care. In 2022, he permanently joined the academic staff, teaching emergency and critical care, shock, fluid therapy, coagulation, and kidney injury across third-, fourth-, and fifth-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine courses as well as postgraduate programs.

Boyd's research focuses on shock and fluid resuscitation, particularly the adverse effects of synthetic colloids on coagulation and kidney function, blood transfusion and product storage, coagulopathy in critical illness, anaphylaxis, kidney injury biomarkers, extracorporeal therapies, enteropathogens, patient anxiety in the ICU, technology and ethics in emergency and critical care. He coordinates clinical trials at The Animal Hospital and has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, including the book chapter '71 - Hemorrhagic shock' (2023, with Lisa Smart), 'Clinical Use of Canine Thawed Refrigerated Plasma' (2023, with Weiqin Chee and Claire R. Sharp), 'Temporal tracking of cysteine 34 oxidation of plasma albumin as a biomarker of exercise-induced oxidative stress' (2024), 'Fluid Therapy: Options and Rational Selection' (2025), and contributions to the '2022 Update of the Consensus on the Rational Use of Crystalloids in Veterinary Critical Care'. His work, cited over 300 times, impacts clinical practices in veterinary fluid therapy and critical care management. Boyd has presented at international veterinary congresses and mentors veterinary students and residents.