PROFESSOR PATRICK SHEAHAN
Consultant Otolaryngologist - Head & Neck Surgeon
Medical Education: University College Cork 1991-1997
Internship: Cork University Hospital 1997-1998
Basic Surgical Training: Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, and Waterford Regional Hospital, 1998-2000
Higher Surgical Training in Otolaryngology: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2000-2006
Fellowship in Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery and Thyroid Surgery: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA, Jan – Dec 2007
Fellowship in Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Jan – Nov 2008
Date of Appointment:Jan 1, 2009
Special Interests:
- Head & Neck Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
- Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus / Skull Base Surgery
- General Otolaryngology / ENT Surgery
Positions currently held:
- Consultant Otolaryngologist / Head & Neck Surgeon, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and Cork University Hospital
- Intern Tutor, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital
- Irish Institute of Otolaryngology, member and leader of steering group to advise on reconfiguration of National Head & Neck Cancer Services
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Surgical Service and Practice Subcommittee
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Assessment Committee.
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Otolaryngology Trainers Committee
- Member of the Irish Otolaryngological Society, the American Head & Neck Society, the European Head & Neck Society, the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, the European Academy of Otology & Neurotology.
Qualifications:
- MB BCh BAO BMedSc, University College Cork, 1997
- MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2001
- MD, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2006
- FRCSI (ORL), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2006
- Diploma in Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, 2007
- Specialist Registration with Irish Medical Council, 2007 to present
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