Biography
Qualifications:
- MB BCh BAO BMedSc University College Cork
- FCARCSI College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
- MD University College Cork
- Fellowship in Ambulatory and Regional Anesthesia from Vancouver General Hospital
Roles:
- Consultant Anaesthesiologist Bon Secours Hospital Cork
- Clinical Senior Lecturer, University College Cork
- Principal Investigator, ASSERT for Health, University College Cork
- Member Scientific Subcommittee in Geriatric Anaesthesiology, European Society of Anaesthesiology
Subspecialty Interests:
- Ambulatory Anaesthesia
- Regional Anaesthesia
- Preoperative Assessment
Teaching Interests:
- University College Cork undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
- 4th year medical students, Senior Anaesthesia Clerkship
- Supervisor for 5th year medical students research projects
- Clinical Supervisor for EE3091: Biomedical Design
- Faculty on Anaesthesia Simulation Courses ASSERT Centre UCC
External Courses and Teaching
- European Society of Anaesthesiology (workshops, lectures)
- Faculty Cork Peripheral Nerve Blockade Course
- Faculty Cork Academy of Regional Anaesthesia
- Director Cork Regional Anaesthesia in Children Course
- Research Interests:
- Medical Device Innovation and Development
- Winner Cleveland Clinic / Enterprise Ireland Clinical Innovation Award 2012
- ProDural project (novel epidural device)
- RespiraSense device (novel respiratory rate monitor) with PMD Solutions
- Persistent Post-Surgical Pain
- Ultrasound guided neuraxial anaesthesia
- Geriatric Anaesthesia
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Projects:
- Irish National Co-ordinator for the European multi-centre POSE trial (Peri-interventional Outcome Study in the Elderly)
- Facing Africa charity: Providing anaesthesia annually as part of a team of volunteer surgeons from the UK, Germany, France and Holland to Ethiopia each year to perform complex facial reconstructive surgery on the victims of the disease noma. http://www.facingafrica.org/
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