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Name
Dr. Adrienne Foran
Position
Consultant Neonatologist
Address
The Rotunda Hospital,
Parnell St.,
Dublin 1.
Cavan General Hospital,
Cavan.
Dr. Alan Finan
1) Consultant Paediatrician,
Cavan General Hospital.
2) Clinical Director for Women
and Children’s Services,
HSE North East.
Dr. Animitra Das
Consultant Paediatrician
Waterford Regional Hospital
Dr. Anne Twomey
Consultant Neonatologist
Dr. Annemarie Broderick
Consultant Paediatric
Gastroenterologist
Dr. Barry Linnane
Paediatric Respiratory
Consultant.
Department of Neonatology,
National Maternity Hospital,
Holles St.,
Dublin 2.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Mid-Western Regional
Hospital, Dooradoyle,
Limerick
Prof Billy Bourke
1) Associate Professor of
Paediatrics, UCD.
2) Consultant Paediatric
National Children’s Research
Centre,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
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Special Interests
•Ambulatory models of general paediatric care
•Low-risk models of obstetric care
•Neonatology
•Neonatology
•General paediatrics
•Cystic fibrosis
•Perinatal data collection and analysis
•Neonatal growth and nutrition
•Cystic fibrosis liver disease
•Inflammatory bowel disease in younger children
•Cystic Fibrosis
•Early Lung disease
•CF Newborn Screening
•Psychological Impact of CF on Child and Family
•Airway Infection and Inflammation
•Pre-school lung function testing
•Asthma
•Pre-School Wheeze
•Paediatric Sleep Medicine
•Campylobacter jejuni infection
•The glycobiology of intestinal infection
•Cystic fibrosis liver disease
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Gastroenterologist, Our Lady’s
Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and
National Children’s Research
Centre.
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
•Proximal GI tract manifestations in Crohn’s
disease
Dr. Brendan O’Hare
Consultant Paediatric
Anaesthetist and Intensivist.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
•Clinical dilemmas in paediatric anaesthesia
•How to keep a research interest and career alive
when involved in majority clinical career
Dr. Carol Blackburn
Consultant in Paediatric
Emergency Medicine
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Dr. Colm P.F. O’Donnell
1) Consultant Neonatologist
NMH & OLCHC.
2) Director of Clinical Research,
National Children’s Research
Centre.
National Specialty Director in
Paediatrics, RCPI.
Consultant Haematologist
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,
National Maternity Hospital,
Holles St,
Dublin 2.
•Paediatric procedural sedation
•Involved in Cochrane Review Group
•Range of issues in acute paediatrics incl. sepsis
management
•Delivery room care of newborn infants
•Neonatal resuscitation
•Respiratory support of preterm infants
•Catheter associated infection
•Randomised clinical trials
•Systematic review and meta-analysis
Dr. Corrina McMahon
Dr Darach Crimmins
Consultant Paediatric
Neurosurgeon
Dr. David Coghlan
Consultant Paediatrician
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St,
Dublin 1.
Department of Paediatrics,
National Children’s Hospital,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24.
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•Neuro-oncology.
•Spina bifida.
•Neural tube defects.
•Hydrocephalus
•Acute childhood illness
•Ambulatory paediatrics
•Medicines for children
•Early childhood development
•Childhood asthma
•Drug/penicillin allergy in children
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Dr. David Corcoran
1) Clinical Senior Lecturer in
Paediatrics, Trinity College,
Dublin.
2) Consultant Neonatologist,
The Rotunda Hospital and the
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St.
Paediatric Department,
The Rotunda Hospital,
Parnell St.,
Dublin 1.
•Neurodevelopmental follow up
•Neonatal echocardiography and tissue Doppler
imaging
Dr. David Rea
Consultant Paediatric
Radiologist
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
•Paediatric radiology
•Paediatric interventional radiology
Dr. David Waldron
Consultant Paediatrician with a
Special Interest in Community
Child Health
1) Consultant Neurologist,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin & Adelaide and Meath
Hospital, Dublin, incorporating
the National Children’s
Hospital.
2) Clinical Senior Lecturer in
Paediatrics, Trinity College,
Dublin.
Consultant Paediatrician
St. Luke’s Hospital,
Freshford Road,
Kilkenny.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
•Community child health
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Department,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
•Obesity
•Diabetes epidemiology
•Psychosocial aspects
•Growth
•Thyroid
1) Consultant Paediatrician,
Cork University Hospital.
2) Senior Lecturer, Department
Department of Paediatric
Medicine,
Cork University Hospital,
•BASELINE birth cohort
•Neonatal brain injury, particularly HIE
•Acid-base disturbance in critically ill neonates and
Dr. David Webb
Dr. Declan Cody
Prof Deirdre Murray
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•Late febrile seizures
•Inflammatory responses in neonatal HIE
•Opsoclonus myoclonus study
•Burden of paediatric epilepsy care in Ireland
•Genetic study of children treated with valproate
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Dr. Dermot Doherty
Dr. Des Cox
of Paediatrics and Child Health,
University College Cork.
Wilton,
Cork.
children
Consultant Paediatric
Intensivist,
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St. & Our Lady’s
Children’s Hospital, Crumlin.
Consultant in Paediatric
Respiratory Medicine
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St.,
Dublin 1.
•Vitamin D in critical illness
•Ischemic brain injury in children
•Cerebrovascular physiology
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
University College Hospital
Galway, Newcastle Road,
Galway.
•Paediatric respiratory research, in particular the
area of wheezing illnesses in early childhood and
cystic fibrosis
•Neonatal clinical care
•Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Dr. Donough O’Donovan
Consultant Neonatologist and
Paediatrician.
Dr. Edina Moylett
Senior Lecturer, Paediatrics.
Room 220,
Clinical Science Institute,
National University of Ireland,
Galway.
•Infectious disease
•Epidemiology
•Clinical Paediatrics
Prof Eleanor Molloy
1) Consultant Neonatologist,
National Maternity Hospital,
Holles St.
2) Senior Clinical Lecturer in
Paediatrics, University College,
Dublin.
3) Associate professor of
Paediatrics,
Royal College of Surgeons of
Ireland.
Consultant Paediatrician with
Special Interest in Metabolic
Disorders
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,
National Maternity Hospital,
Holles St,
Dublin 2.
•Neonatal cardiac function: novel
echocardiographic and biochemical markers to
predict neonatal outcome
•Persistent inflammation and neonatal brain
injury: association of systemic and CSF biomarkers
with MRI
•Neonatal brain injury on MRI and early EEG:
Association with disruption of the blood brain
barrier and systemic antioxidants
National Centre for Inherited
Metabolic Disorders,
Children’s University Hospital,
•Metabolic genetic disorders
•Rare diseases
Dr. Ellen Crushell
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Temple St.,
Dublin 1.
Dr. Ethel Ryan
Consultant Neonatologist &
General Paediatrician
Department of Neonatology,
2nd Floor Maternity Building,
University College Hospital
Galway, Newcastle Road,
Galway.
Cork University Maternity
Hospital,
Wilton,
Cork.
•Simulation teaching and training in Neonatology
and Paediatrics
•Neonatal Resuscitation
•Neonatal Chronic lung Disease / BPD
•Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias
•Cardiovascular support
•Evidence based neonatology
•Near Infra Red Spectroscopy
•Bioethics
Dr. Eugene Dempsey
Consultant Neonatologist
Dr. Hilary Greaney
1) Consultant Paediatrician with
Special Interest in Community
Child Health.
2) National Speciality Director
for Paediatrics.
Consultant Paediatrician with a
Special Interest in Community
Child Health
Sligo Regional Hospital
•Safety of children in cars
•Services for children with disability
•Vitamin deficiency in children with autism
Midlands Regional Hospital,
Portlaoise.
•Epidemiology of development
•Disability
Dr. Joanne Balfe
Consultant Paediatrician
•Neuro-disability
•Paediatric palliative care
•Children with complex medical needs
•Autism
Dr. John Fitzsimons
Consultant Paediatrician
The Children’s Sunshine
Home,
Leopardstown Road,
Foxrock,
Dublin 18.
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth.
Dr. John W. K. Carson
Consultant Paediatrician
Dr. Jacqueline McBrien
Paediatric Unit,
Wexford General Hospital,
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•General paediatrics
•Paediatric infectious disease and vaccination
•Paediatric allergy
•Quality improvement and patient safety
•Asthma
•Disability services
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Wexford.
1) Department of Paediatric
Medicine, University College,
Cork.
2) Department of Paediatric
Medicine,
Cork University Hospital,
Wilton,
Cork.
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St,
Dublin 1.
Dr. Louise Gibson
1) Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics
2) Consultant Paediatrician with
a Special Interest in Community
Paediatrics
Dr. Louise Kyne
Consultant Paediatrician
Dr. Mary Devins
Consultant Paediatrician with a
Special Interest in Paediatric
Palliative Medicine.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Dr. Mary Herzig
Consultant General and
Respiratory Paediatrician
University Hospital Galway,
Department of Paediatrics,
Newcastle Road, Galway.
Dr. Michael Capra
Consultant Paediatric
Oncologist
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Dr. Michael O’Neill
Consultant Paediatrician
Mayo General Hospital,
Castlebar,
Co. Mayo.
Dr. Nuala Murphy
Consultant Paediatric
Endocrinologist
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St.,
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•Cerebral palsy
•Early childhood development
•Childhood disability including autism
•Medical education
•Education
•Child maltreatment
•Child development/disability
•Children’s palliative care
•Paediatric palliative medicine
•Pain and symptom management
•Perinatal ‘hospice’ and palliative care
•Bereavement
•End-of-life issues
•Cystic fibrosis
•Asthma
•Ventilation
•Epidemiology
•Paediatric oncology
•Asthma
•Hypercholesterolaemia
•Clinical prediction rules
•Education
•Vitamin D-role in health and disease
•Type 1 Diabetes
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Dublin 1.
4th Floor Medical Tower,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Prof. Orla Franklin
Consultant Cardiologist.
Dr. Padraig Sheeran
Consultant Paediatric
Anaesthetist and Intensive Care
Medicine
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Dr. Paraic Curran
Consultant Paediatrician
Portiuncula Hospital,
Ballinasloe,
Co. Galway.
Dr. Pat Kiely
Consultant Paediatric
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Dr. Paul McNally
1) Consultant in Paediatric
Respiratory Medicine, OLCHC.
2) Clinical Senior Lecturer,
Trinity College Dublin.
3) Principle investigator, NCRC.
Consultant Paediatrician/
Neonatologist
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
•Early cystic fibrosis lung disease
Department of Paediatrics,
Kerry General Hospital,
Tralee.
•Neonatal haematology and blood transfusion
•Neonatal nutrition
•Neonatal ethics
•Paediatric respiratory – asthma and allergies
•Cystic fibrosis
Dr. Rizwan Ahmed Khan
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•Congenital and fetal cardiac imaging
•Functional imaging
•Prone position for surgery
•TIVA
•BIS monitoring
•Emergency medicine
•Trauma
•Management of head injuries
•All paediatrics including childhood disability
•Downs Syndrome
•General paediatrics
•Prescribing in paediatrics
•Alternative therapies in paediatrics
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Dr. Rizwan Gul
Consultant General
Paediatrician
Dr. Roisin Hayes
Consultant Paediatric
Radiologist
Dr. Sally Ann Lynch
Consultant Clinical Geneticist
Dr. Seamus Hussey
Principal Investigator &
Consultant Gastroenterologist.
Dr. Stephanie Ryan
Consultant Radiologist
Dr. Veronica Donoghue
Consultant Radiologist
Mr. Jonathan McGuinness
Consultant Paediatric
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Midlands Regional Hospital,
Portlaoise,
Co. Laois.
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St,
Dublin 1.
National Centre for Medical
Genetics,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12
and
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St, Dublin 1.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St, Dublin 1.
1) Children’s University
Hospital, Temple St,
Dublin 1.
2) National Maternity
Hospital,
Holles St,
Dublin 2.
Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery,
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•Diabetes mellitus
•Neonatology
•Paediatric oncology
•Abdominal imaging
•Genito-urinary imaging
•Musculoskeletal imaging
•Malformation syndromes
•Autosomal recessive disorders
•Any genetic disorders where the genetic basis is
unclear
•Inflammatory bowel disease
•Host-pathogen interactions
•Autophagy
•Coeliac disease
•Eosinophilic oesophagitis
•Genotype-phenotype correlations
•Outcomes research
•Paediatric Imaging
•Inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary
bypass
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Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
•Marfan’s Syndrome
•Rhinology
•Otology
•Hearing loss
•Small and large bowel dysmotility/constipation
•Oncology (surgical)
•Congenital defects (trachea-oesophageal fistula
and diaphragmatic hernia)
Mr. Lars Nölke
Consultant Cardiothoracic
Surgeon
Mr. Michael P. Colreavy
Consultant ENT Surgeon
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St, Dublin 1.
Mr. T. Sri Paran
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
1) Our Lady’s Children’s
Hospital, Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
2) National Children’s
Hospital,
Tallaght,
Dublin 24.
Prof. Alan Irvine
1) Consultant Paediatric
Dermatologist, OLCHC.
2) Associate Professor of
Dermatology, Trinity College,
Dublin.
Department of Dermatology,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
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•Congenital cardiac conditions
•Ischaemia reperfusion
•Single ventricle
•Extracorporeal life support
•Audit
•Identification of major susceptibility genes for
eczema and food allergy
•Establishment of an Irish atopic dermatitis DNA
bank to facilitate whole genome analysis
•Application of next generation sequencing to
interrogate the transcriptome of atopic skin
•Paediatric Research in Translational Immunology
(PRiTi) Programme
•BASELINE Study: Babies after SCOPE. Evaluating
longitudinal impact using neurological and
nutritional endpoints
•Early life body composition: exploring the origins
of childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction
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through the BASELINE cohort
•Genetics of rare diseases
•Genetics of autism
•Bioethics
•Research ethics
Prof. Andrew Green
Director,
National Centre for Medical
Genetics
National Centre for Medical
Genetics,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Prof. B Gerard Loftus
Professor of Paediatrics & Dean
of College of Medicine, Nursing
& Health Sciences
School of Medicine, Clinical
Sciences Institute, NUI
Galway, Costello Rd, Galway.
•Respiratory disease
•Asthma epidemiology
•Diabetes
Prof. Carlos Blanco
Consultant Neonatologist,
Director of the National
Children’s Research Centre
•Foetal and Neonatal Physiology
•Early origins of adult disease in respect of the
cardiovascular system
Prof. Eileen Treacy
Consultant Metabolic Physician
Prof. Fiona McNicholas
Chair in Child Psychiatry,
University College, Dublin.
The National Maternity
Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin
2 & Our Lady’s Children’s
Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12
Children’s University Hospital,
Temple St,
Dublin 1 & Mater
Misericordiae University
Hospital
Department of Psychiatry,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Prof. Jonathan Hourihane
Consultant in Paediatric
Medicine
Department of Paediatric
Medicine,
Cork University Hospital,
Wilton,
Cork.
•BASELINE study
•Epidemiology of food allergy and anaphylaxis;
allergen sensitisation and tolerance
•Clinical aspects of food allergy
•Quality of life in food allergic children and their
families
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Epidemiology of Rare Diseases
Inborn Errors of Metabolism, in particular
Galactosaemia and Trimethylaminuria
•Eating disorders
•ADHD
•Pharmacology
•22q11 DS
•Teaching on mental health to teachers/schools/
parents
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•Childhood obesity and diabetes
Prof. Owen P. Smith
1) Consultant Paediatric
Haematologist, Our Lady’s
Children’s Hospital, Crumlin.
2) Professor of Haematology
(Childhood Blood Disorders),
Trinity College, Dublin.
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
Prof. Ronan O’Sullivan
1) Head of Paediatrics, SMMS,
UCD.
2) Director, Paediatric
Emergency Research Unit
(PERU), National Children’s
Research Centre.
3) Consultant in Emergency
Medicine, Our Lady’s Children’s
Hospital, Crumlin.
Department of Emergency
Medicine,
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin,
Dublin 12.
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•Childhood and Adolescent leukaemias &
lymphomas
•Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
•Angiogenesis and
haematological malignancies
•The molecular and cellular basis of the
inflammatory- coagulation interface in human
disease
•Clinical trials in paediatric emergency medicine
•Acute asthma
•Febrile illness
•Analgesia and sedation in paediatric emergency
medicine
•Health services research