Biography
Dr Modar Youssef has recently been appointed to the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork.
Dr Youssef completed his medical degree and was awarded Doctor of Medicine Diploma (MD) in 2000.
He enrolled in RCPI Basic Specialist Training in Medicine and was awarded RCPI BST- Medicine 2010. He completed... read more
Dr Modar Youssef has recently been appointed to the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork.
Dr Youssef completed his medical degree and was awarded Doctor of Medicine Diploma (MD) in 2000.
He enrolled in RCPI Basic Specialist Training in Medicine and was awarded RCPI BST- Medicine 2010. He completed RCPI membership examinations and was awarded MRCPI, RCPI 2013.
He was enrolled in the RCPI Registrar Training Programme in General Internal Medicine (RCPI RTP) completed 2 years of certified structured training and acquired wide experience in multiple GIM Sub-Specialities including: Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Medicine of Elderly, Stroke Rehabilitation and Respiratory medicine. He was awarded RCPI RTP GIM Certificate in 2014.
He worked as a Registrar in Respiratory medicine in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital for 2 years and in 2016 he started Five years RCPI Higher Specialist Training Scheme in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine. His training was between Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Beaumont University Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Connolly Hospital.
He passed the European Respiratory Society ERS HERMES Speciality Examination September 2019 Madrid, Spain.
During his training he gained vast experience in all Respiratory medicine sub-specialities including one year in Heart and Lung Transplantation and Intensive Care Medicine. July 2021 he was awarded CSCST in Respiratory & General Internal Medicine by the RCPI.
In 2021 he was awarded Post-CSCST Clinical and Research fellowship by the RCPI in the field of Post COVID-19 in Connolly Hospital. During his fellowship he acquired extensive experience in management of Post Covid-19, Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, Airways Disease , ILD and Lung Cancer. His research was on Vitamin D deficiency and its correlation with the increased morbidity and mortality in Covid-19 and he published two papers on this subject.
He was appointed as Respiratory Consultant & General Physician in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 2022-2023.
His work in Beaumont included managing acute and chronic respiratory failure patients in the Respiratory Assessment (RAU)/Respiratory High Dependency Unit, patients in the Cystic Fibrosis unit and Respiratory Ward. Outpatients clinics including: General Respiratory, Cystic Fibrosis, Rare Lung Disease, Alpha One Antitrypsin Deficiency & Non- CF Bronchiectasis Clinics.
Areas of Interest
General Respiratory
Airways diseases.
Post Coivd -19
Bronchiectasis
Breathing Related Sleep Disorders
Respiratory Failure Management
Interstitial Lung Diseases
Bronchoscopy
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