For general press enquiries, contact Ian in our Communications Department.
Kate manages the Corporate Communications department at RCPI.
Contact Mairéad for queries relating to our policy groups or if you have an idea for a policy paper.
Reporting to the Head of Professional Affairs, the Education Development Manager role is to achieve and maintain academic excellence by researching, developing and providing medical education to national and international best practice standards. The Education Development Manager and team works in collaboration with RCPI education stakeholders to provide a full range of educational expertise, support and services in the provision of high-quality educational interventions.
Tracey develops the educational content of courses in RCPI.
Contact Fiona for information about RCPI training programmes, courses and educational support in the South/South West Hospital Group. You will find her in Room 2.60, School of Medicine, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Rd, UCC, Cork.
Contact Muire for information about RCPI training programmes, courses and educational support in UL Hospitals Group. You will find her in the RCPI Office, Postgraduate Training Dept, Room 2938, Ground Floor, Nurses Home, University Hospital Limerick. Muire is in the office Monday 8:30am – 1:30pm, Tuesday 8:30am – 1:30pm, Wednesday 8:30am – 1:30pm, Thursday 10am – 1:30pm
Hadas Levy B.A. Psychology, M.Sc. Counselling Psychology manages the RCPI Health and Wellbeing Office.
Harriet is Keeper of Collection and manages the RCPI Heritage Centre. Contact Harriet with any questions about the Heritage Centre, its collection and to make an appointment to visit.
Contact Dale for information about our International Clinical Fellowship Programme. She is responsible for Recruitment, Post Interview and Site Management for Medicine, Pathology, Public Health and Occupational Medicine. She looks after the current ICFP trainees.
Contact Danielle for information about our International Clinical Fellowship Programme. She is responsible for Recruitment, Post Interview and Site Management for Paediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. She looks after the current ICFP trainees.
Contact Katerina for information about Clinical Fellowship training in
Contact Lauren for information on the Joint Residency Training Programmes. She is responsible for Recruitment to the Joint Residency Training Programmes and Post Interview/ Site Management. She looks after the current JRTP trainees.
Taimse manages all matters relating to the International Clinical Fellowship Programme and the International Residency Training Programme.
Dervela leads and manages a centralised programme management service for RCPI related specialty national clinical programmes whose objectives are to define models of care for specific clinical services.
Ciara is the manager of our Postgraduate Medical Education Centre. She is responsible for management and delivery of RCPI educational programmes, and conferences. Contact Ciara for information regarding queries on any items relating to educational programmes, and conferences.
Contact Kerry for information regarding Faculty Events and Conferences.
Lyndsey looks after quality improvement.
Contact Niamh for information regarding mandatory courses for BST training programmes.
Contact Paula for information regarding mandatory courses for HST training programmes.
Contact Rebecca for information regarding the Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme.
Contact Shane for queries relating to the Institute and Faculty events.
Thelma manages the Professional Competence Department at RCPI
We are always happy to answer your questions and advise you on how prepare your application for CPD approval. Please note, at present, the fastest way to contact us is by logging into our support desk here
We have a highly experienced Professional Competence support team in our Dublin headquarters. They are always happy to answer your questions and advise you on how to maintain Professional Competence. As the team are presently working at home, the fastest way to contact this department is by logging in to our support desk here
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Victoria manages the Quality Improvement department and works on many of our Quality Improvement Programmes. Contact Victoria for more information on any of our healthcare quality improvement programmes.
Rachel manages a number of Quality Improvement projects and initiatives in RCPI. She is also the Founder and Managing Director of the Paediatric Acute Intervention Resuscitation Skills (PAIRS) Group.
Dr Lucia Prihodova is the Research Manager at the at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Lucia holds a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at University of Groningen, Netherlands and her research focuses on various aspects of health systems related to work environment, workforce training and wellbeing and patient outcomes.
Dr Niamh Humphries is a Reader in Health Systems Research who joined the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in April 2016. She holds a PhD in Sociology and has worked in health workforce research since 2006. In 2017 she was awarded a prestigious HRB Emerging Investigator Award for a 4 year research project focussed on hospital doctor retention and motivation, which will involve fieldwork in Ireland and Australia. Her current research interests are health worker migration, health worker retention and the working lives of health workers.
Dr Jennifer Creese joined the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in February 2020 as Postdoctoral Researcher with the HDRM Project. She holds a PhD in Social Science from The University of Queensland, Australia, specialising in social anthropology and ethnography. She has previously held research positions studying migration experiences, health care resilience, and dementia family care in Australia. Jennifer is the recipient of an Australian Federal Government Australian Postgraduate Award and Research Training Program scholarship 2015-2019. Her current research interests are migrant health worker experiences, health care organizational cultures and the working lives of health workers.
Dr John-Paul Byrne joined the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in February 2019 as Postdoctoral Researcher with the HDRM Project. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Maynooth University and has previously held research positions on projects studying working conditions in Ireland and Denmark, and the experience of patient-centred care in Ireland. John-Paul is a recipient of the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship from the Irish Research Council (2012). His current research interests are psychosocial work conditions, working lives, and the social structures of work in healthcare.
Dr Terry McWade is CEO of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Dr McWade, who qualified as a medical doctor at Trinity College Dublin, has led a number of technology and medical education innovations including the world’s first online surgical training programme - a collaborative venture between the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Harvard Medical School and Intuition. He has previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry at Servier Laboratories, as Managing Director of Servier Denmark, and at its Paris headquarters. He led the healthcare consulting practice of the Boston Consulting Group in London and is former CEO of Exceptis Technologies, where he led the sale of this business to Trintech Group in 2000. Prior to establishing Valitacell, Terry was Deputy CEO of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (2004-2013). He is the former Chairman of the European Vaccine Initiative, Deputy Chairman of the Dublin Dental Hospital and serves on a number of committees of the Irish Medical Council. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and has a MSc in Healthcare Ethics and Law.
Sheila Gallagher is the Chief Financial Officer of RCPI. She joined the College in January 2019 and is responsible for the strategic financial management and growth of RCPI. Sheila graduated from DCU with a degree in business in 1998 and trained as a Chartered Accountant with British Land Investments. She spent a number of years as Finance Director in RTE before taking up the position as CFO in RCPI.
Colm has overall responsibility for our Training and Education departments. He joined the College in November 2019. Colm graduated from UCD with a B. Comm in 1992 and in 1993 with a Masters in Business from the UCD Smurfit School of Business. He spent a number of years in UCD in various senior managerial roles before joining the RCPI. The most recent of these being Head of UCD Smurfit’s student recruitment and admissions.
Dr Ann O’Shaughnessy is Head of Professional Affairs at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Reporting to the CEO, the Head of Professional Affairs has a strategic leadership and management role in the quality assurance of continuing education programmes for doctors and other health professionals. As a member of the senior management team, the Head of Professional Affairs develops and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and representatives.
John Magner has overall responsibility for our international medical graduate training programmes.
Michael joined RCPI in 2017 to oversee IT operations and infrastructure, project delivery and support, as well as telecommunications for the College. He is tasked with taking the RCPI’s technology and information systems to the next level through the digital strategy programme.
Sandra is the HR Manager in RCPI, where she is responsible for the management of the Human Resources function, delivery of the Human Resources business plan, development and implementation of a comprehensive Human Resources framework based on best practice in support of the RCPI strategic plan. Sandra has a BA in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from the National College of Ireland, a Diploma in Professional Coaching from the Irish Coaching Institute, Dublin and a Certificate in Health and Safety from IBEC and University College, Dublin. Prior to RCPI, Sandra worked with C&F Automotive, Rehab Care, Associated Hardware Ltd, United Drug and Intel.
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