Pathology
The Bon Secours Cork Pathology Laboratory is accredited to ISO 15189
The Pathology Laboratory is accredited to ISO 15189 (Registration Number 153MT), the International Standard for Medical Testing Laboratories since 2004. The registration is available to view at www.inab.ie.
All information on our services can be assessed in our Lab Manual - please click here to view same
For tests not listed in the Lab Manual please contact Pathology office on T: 021 4801720 to ascertain if testing is possible, giving adequate notice to allow for review of testing requirements, logistics, costs, etc.
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Please click here to access information on our outpatient services including Laboratory tests and costs.
We retain and extend our scope of accredited tests annually to ensure clinical and technical excellence in all of our laboratories. Our experienced team of Pathology Consultants and scientific staff regularly submit work to internationally recognised external quality assurance schemes. In addition, Consultants participate in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings. Patients can be confident that the right result is provided on the right specimen at the right time and interpreted according to the right reference data. We perform over 500,000 tests per year using the most up to date clinically approved methods. We are committed to constantly improving on our turnaround times while maintaining our quality systems.
For Histology outpatient specimens collected outside of the confines of the Bon Secours Health System Cork, a signed Service Level Agreement must be in place between the Pathology Department and the referring Doctor/Dentist/Service.
For further information, queries, comments, compliments or complaints please contact Mary Kelly, Laboratory Services Manager on Tel: 021 480 1748 or by Email: mbkelly@bonsecours.ie
Dr Khalil Alnajjar
Consultant Haematologist
Areas of Interest
Special Interests Include
• Anaemia
• Leukopenia and Neutropenia
• MDS
• Myeloprofiliferative Disorders
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
• Lymphoma
• Multiple Myeloma and MGUS
• Waldenstrom Macroglublinemia
Contact Details
- Dr Khalil Alnajjar
- Suite 6, Clinic A, Cork Clinic,Western Road
Secretary
- Alma Kelleher
- Tel: 021 245 5399
Dr Adeline Chelliah
Consultant Histopathologist
Dr Eileen Kelleher
Consultant Haematologist
Dr Aoife McCarthy
Consultant Histopathologist
Biography
Dr. Aoife McCarthy has recently been appointed to Bon Secours Health System Cork as a Consultant Histopathologist, following post-graduate specialty training in Histopathology in Ireland and North America.
Dr. McCarthy graduated from the School of Medicine in University College Cork, and then completed Basic Specialty Training and Higher Specialty Training in Histopathology in Munster and South Dublin, under the auspices of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. This included a visiting Research Fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Washington.
Dr. McCarthy then undertook a 2-year Clinical and Molecular Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Pathology at University Health Network and University of Toronto, in Canada, which additionally encompassed Gynaecological, Genitourinary and Breast Pathology.
Dr. McCarthy is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom, and a member of United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Canadian Association of Pathologists, The Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland and British Division of the International Academy of Pathology.
Qualifications
MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPath,
Dr Deirdre O'Brien
Consultant Microbiologist
Biography
Dr Deirdre O’Brien graduated with honours from UCC in 2000. She worked as a consultant at the Royal Aberdeen Infirmary, NHS Grampian prior to taking up the post of consultant microbiologist for the Mercy University Hospital and South infirmary Victoria University Hospitals in 2014.
She has extensive experience in all aspects of clinical microbiology including antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control and sepsis. She is actively involved in research and teaching and is a Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine UCC.
Qualifications
MB BCh BAO (Hons), BMedSci, MRCSI, FRCPath(Medical Microbiology), PG Cert HPE
Dr Susan O'Shea
Consultant Haematologist
Biography
Graduated from University College Cork in 1993. Completed Specialist Haematology and Oncology Training in the United States at Duke University Medical Centre. She obtained American Boards of Internal Medicine and American Boards of Haematology as well as a Masters Degree in Clinical research from Duke University. She was a member of Faculty at Duke University medical Centre and was awarded an American Society of Haematology Clinical Scholar Award in 2002.
Following return to Ireland she was Director of the Comprehensive Coagulation Service in Cork University Hospital since 2008. She has a developed a strong expertise and Thrombosis, particularly Thrombosis Prevention and Anticoagulant Management.
On a National level she has been a member of the National haemophilia Council , National Product Selection Committee and National Specialty Director for Haematology Training. She is a founder member and Chair of Venous Thrombosis Ireland.
Areas of Interest
- Management of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
- Choice and Duration of Anticoagulant Therapy
- Prevention of Thrombosis
- Cancer associated Thrombosis
- Perioperative Management of Anticoagulant Therapy
- Immune Thrombocytopenia
- Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Appointments
Referrals & Enquiries email:
Contact Details
- Dr Susan O'Shea
- Lee Road Haematology, Suite 22, The Lee Clinic, Lee Road, Cork
Secretary
- Lorraine
- Tel: 021 492 6518
Dr Juan Carlos Celis Pinto
Consultant Histopathologist
Biography
Dr. Pinto has recently been appointed to Bon Secours Health System Cork as a Consultant Histopathologist, following post-graduate specialty training in Histopathology in Spain.
Dr. Pinto graduated from the School of Medicine in Alfonso X "El Sabio" in Madrid, and then completed Basic Specialty Training and Higher Specialty Training in Histopathology in Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain, under the auspices of the Spanish Society of Anatomical Pathology and the Universidad de Oviedo. This included a visiting Fellowship on Hematopathology at the Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid and Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona.
Dr. Pinto is a member of the Spanish Society of Anatomical Pathology, Spanish Division of the International Academy of Pathology, and a member of European Society of Pathology.
Qualifications
MD, ESP, SEAP
For an appointment, please phone 021 4801720 between 9am - 5pm Mon - Fri
