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Professor John J. Morrison MB BCh, BSc. DCH, FRCOG, FRCPI, MD
Dr. Geraldine Gaffney MD, MRCOG
Dr. Declan Egan MB BCh MRCOG
Dr. Michael O'Leary
Clinical Teachers in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Clinical Tutor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Post Doctoral Fellow
Research Nurse
Administration
PHD Students
Research Students

Professor John J. Morrison MB BCh, BSc. DCH, FRCOG, FRCPI, MD
Chairman and Head of Department
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

E-mail: John.Morrisonnuigalway.ie

Professor Morrison has been in post as Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at National University of Ireland, Galway/ Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Galway University Hospital since 1997. Before joining the National University of Ireland, Galway he worked at University College London as a Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Senior Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. He completed RCOG sub-specialty training in Feto-Maternal Medicine at University College London Hospitals. Before that he was a clinical Registrar and Research Fellow at University of Cambridge Clinical School, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. He is a Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist with Western Health board at Galway University Hospital and provides a sub-specialty clinical service in Feto-Maternal Medicine.

His main research areas of interest are:
Myometrial physiology
Pre-term labour
Pre-natal diagnosis and high-risk obstetrics

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Dr. Geraldine Gaffney MD, MRCOG
Senior Lecturer

E-mail: Geraldine.Gaffneynuigalway.ie

Dr. Gaffney qualified at Trinity College Dublin. She trained in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Dublin, London and Oxford. She completed RCOG sub-specialty training in Feto-Maternal medicine. She has been a member of the department in Galway since 1998

Her main research areas of interest are:
Cerebral palsy
Pre-natal diagnosis
Maternal disease in pregnancy

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Dr. Declan Egan MB BCh MRCOG
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Dr. Egan is a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at University College Hospital Galway and provides a sub-specialty service interest in reproductive medicine and is the Director of the In-vitro fertilisation (IVF Unit). Prior to his appointment at UCHG in 1992, he worked at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and completed RCOG sub-specialty training in reproductive medicine.

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Dr. Michael O'Leary
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Clinical Lecturer

Dr. O’Leary graduated from UCD in 1998. He trained in general Obstetrics and
Gynaecology in Dublin and Galway. He underwent subspecialty training as a
Gynae-Oncologist in Christchurch (NZ), Sydney and Brisbane and obtained the
Diploma in Gynaecological Oncology from RANZCOG in 2007. He has been a
Consultant in Galway since January 2009. His areas of interest are Colposcopy
and the treatment of women’s cancers.

Professor Denis Crankshaw, Emeritus Professor at McMaster University, Canada

Professor Crankshaw spent a sabatical year doing Myometrial research
at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University of Ireland Galway.
July 2009 - July 2010. He returned to continue with this research from June - September 2012.

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Clinical Teachers in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Dr. Michael J. Brassil, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.
Dr. John Monaghan, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.
Dr. Naveed A. Khawaja, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.
Dr. Mohammed, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Dr. Maebh Ní Bhuinneann, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Dr. Ulrich Bartels, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
Dr. Heather Langan, Sligo General Hospital, The Mall, Sligo.
Dr. Nandini Ravikumar, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
Dr. Chris King, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
Dr. Edward Aboud, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
Dr. Michael Gannon, Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
Dr. David Mortell, Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
Dr. Sam Thomas, Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Dr. Siobhan Carruthers
E-mail: siobhan.carruthersnuigalway.ie

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Margaret O'Brien

Administrator

Ms. Breda Kelleher
E-mail: breda.kellehernuigalway.ie
Ext:      3537 External: +353 91 493537
[Monday, Thursday, Friday mornings]

Research Fellows

Dr. Nicholas Allen
Dr. Donal Sexton
Dr. Mark Hehir
Mr. Michael O'Sullivan

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Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Clinical Science Institute
NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Tel: +353 91 493537 ext. 3537 Fax: 353-91-494561
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This page was last updated Friday, September 28, 2012