Leo Kearns is the Chief Executive Officer of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He joined us as CEO in 2006, and since then has led a major programme of transformation. Under his leadership, RCPI has adopted a proactive and progressive role in the improvement of patient care in the Irish health system. Leo has played a national leadership role in the development of the National Clinical Programmes, of which there are now over 35. He has also been centrally involved in the development of Clinical Directors within the Irish health sector, and in the introduction of Professional Competence. In addition to his role of CEO of RCPI, Leo served as National Lead for Transformation and Change in the office of the Director General HSE from 2013-2015. He is also Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group for the Implementation of Hospital Groups, a member of the National Patient Safety Advisory Board, the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee, the National Committee on Quality Indicators, and the National Steering Group on Clinical Programmes.
Joanna is our Deputy CEO and has overall responsibility for our Programme Management Office, which is managing a digital transformation and business change programme for RCPI.
Leah has overall responsibility for the Office of Corporate Affairs, comprising the following departments: Alumni, Communications, Policy and Advocacy, College and Faculties, Traffic Medicine, Heritage Centre and the Forum of Postgraduate Medical Training Bodies.
Ann has overall responsibility for our Education, Innovation and Research function, which comprises our Education Development, Quality Improvement and Research departments and our Postgraduate Medical Education Centre.
John Magner has overall responsibility for our international medical graduate training programmes.
Martin has overall responsibility for Operations at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, which comprises our Examinations department, Medical Training Programmes and Professional Competence Schemes.
Audrey’s role is to support RCPI’s engagement with its alumni worldwide by developing, promoting and fostering high-quality, life-long relationships between the College and its 10,000 trainees, members and fellows. The role encompasses subscriptions, marketing and communications, events and the roll out of benefits and services. In addition Audrey is responsible for merchandise, credentials, RCPI Fellowship ceremonies and international chapters.
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.
Contact Shane for queries relating to the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.
Kate manages the Communications department at RCPI.
For general press enquiries or if you want to speak to a trusted medical expert, contact Yvonne in our Communications Department.
Georgina is the Programme Manager for our Continuous Quality Improvement Programme, which is working to improve the quality of postgraduate medical education and training delivered by RCPI. The Keane, Imrie and McCraith reports currently form the main focus of work for this programme. Through this improvement programme, we are implementing the recommended measures in a planned, coordinated way that is aligned with our overall business strategy as a college. Georgina is responsible for project managing these initiatives, bringing them to successful implementation.
Stephen manages the National Quality Improvement Programmes in
Philip provides project support to National Quality Improvement Programmes in
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.
Ciara manages the International Affairs Department at RCPI.
Taimse is the Team Lead for training on the International Clinical Fellowship Programme and the Joint Residency Training Programme. She manages all matters related to the International Training Programmes, post-recruitment.
Contact Gabriela for information about our International Clinical Fellowship Programme. She is responsible for the Recruitment & Selection Process for ICFP. She looks after the new candidates interested in ICFP.
Contact Stephanie for information about our International Clinical Fellowship Programme. She is responsible for Post Interview/Site Management. She looks after the current ICFP trainees.
Contact Laura for information about our International Clinical Fellowship Programme. She is responsible for Post Interview/Site Management. She looks after the current ICFP trainees.
Sean is the General Manager of our conference and events centre at No.6 Kildare Street.
Orla manages the National Quality Improvement Programme and the RCPI Quality Improvement Department.
Victoria is the Quality Executive and works on many of our Quality Improvement Programmes. Contact Victoria for more information on any of our healthcare quality improvement programmes.
Thelma manages the Professional Competence Department at RCPI
Dr Lucia Prihodova is the Research Manager at the at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Lucia’s research focuses on psychosocial, medical and health-care system determinants of long term health outcomes. Lucia has a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at University of Groningen, Netherlands and is an author and co-author of 15 journal articles in the area of chronic diseases.
Dr Brian Nolan is the Research Coordinator of the Research Collaborative in Quality and Patient Safety (RCQPS). Brian has an honours degree in Science and a PhD in Neuropharmacology, both from University College Dublin with research published in a range of international journals. Within the RCPI he has worked in research administration and data analysis specifically working on Quality Improvement and Physician Wellbeing studies.
Contact Mairead for information about our policy work in RCPI.
Margaret Ryan is the Manager of the National Office for Traffic Medicine.
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