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Professor B. Gerard Loftus
Brendan Gerard Loftus was appointed Professor of Paediatrics at NUI Galway in 1988.  He qualified in medicine at UCD in 1978 and undertook postgraduate training in paediatrics in Dublin and London.  His MD thesis in 1987 was  "Management of Asthma in Early Childhood". 
His areas of clinical interest are diabetes and respiratory disease.  Research interests include childhood asthma and clinical paediatrics. From 1994 to 1997 he served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at NUI Galway. Professor Loftus has also served on national bodies including: The Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board, Comhairle na nOspideal and The National Task Force on Medical Staffing.  He is currently a member of Governing Body at NUI Galway.

Dr. Kevin Dunne
Qualified Cambridge 1975 and worked as junior doctor in Ireland and UK. First Professor McClancy research fellow in Rotunda studying babies with "Near-Miss SIDS". Further experience in developmenatal medicine in Scotland and Consultant Paediatrician in Raeden Centre Aberdeen and Ipswich before present post in Galway 1991. 
Clinical Director of Enable Ireland,Galway looking after children with Physical Disability. Involved with Dr Gaffney and Deidre Mongan in setting up Western Cerebral Palsy Register.

Dr. Edina Moylett
Edina Moylett has been in post as Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at National University of Ireland, Galway/ Consultant Paediatrician at University college Hospital Galway since 2004. Prior to joining the academic staff at NUIG, Dr. Moylett was a member of the paediatric faculty at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas where she completed fellowship training in both paediatric infectious diseases and paediatric allergy and clinical immunology. Formerly a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dr Moylett is a member of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Faculty of Paediatrics.
Her main research interests are:  Clinical Infectious Disease & Disease Epidemiology.

Dr. Donough O'Donovan
Donough O’Donovan has been in post as Consultant Neonatologist/Paediatrician at University College Hospital Galway and clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics at the National University of Ireland, Galway since 2004. Prior to joining the academic staff at NUIG, Dr O’Donovan was a member of the paediatric faculty at Texas Children’s Hospital (1999-2004) in Houston, Texas where he completed fellowship training in Neonatology (1996-1999). Formerly a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dr. O’Donovan is a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and a member of the Faculty of Paediatrics. Research interests include: Neonatal lung disease, Necrotizing enterocolitis & Clinical audit in Neonatology.

Dr. Orla S. Flanagan
Orla Flanagan has been in post as a Consultant Paediatrician with the Brothers of Charity and UCHG since January 2006.  Prior to taking up this post she worked as a lecturer in the Paediatric department from September 2003-June 2005.  A graduate of NUI Galway she completed her training in Community Paediatrics/ Neuro-developmental Paediatrics at Alder Hey in Liverpool. She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians.  Her main research interests are Early Identification of Children with Learning Disabilities and Children with Autism.

Dr. Rosemary Geoghegan
Dr. R. Geoghan is a Lecturer in Paediatrics at NUIG.  A medical graduate with honours from NUI, Galway, she has a Diploma in Child Health from UCD and completed her General Practice training with the Western Health Board Training Program in 1997.  She subsequently obtained membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners and has worked in general practice in Galway city.  A mother of four she has joined the Dept of Children’s Medicine as lecturer in September 2005

BALLINASLOE, PORTIUNCULA HOSPITAL
Dr. Kevin Connolly, FRCPI, DCH, FRCPCH
Dr. Paraic Curran, M.R.C.P.I.
Dr. Regina Cooke, M.R.C.P.I.

DERRY, ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL
Dr. Desmond Browne, FRCP, FRCPCH
Dr. Brian McCord, FRCPCH, MRCP, DCH
Dr. Neil Corrigan, MRCP(Paed.), DCH, FRCPCH
Dr. Cameron Imrie, DCH, FRACP, FRCPCH.
Dr. Damian Armstrong,
Dr. Mary Ledwidge,
Dr. Bernie Trainor,

LETTERKENNY, GENERAL HOSPITAL
Dr. Séamus McGuire, MRCP (U.K.), DCH
Dr. Muhammad Rehman,
Dr. Bernadette Power,
Dr. Sami El -Kashif,
Dr. Asima Khan,

MAYO GENERAL HOSPITAL
Dr. Gabriel Fox, FRCPI, FRCPCH, DCH, FRCP (Edin.), FRCA (Glas.)
Dr. Michael O'Neill, DCH, FRCPCH, MHSA
Dr. Hilary Stokes,
Dr. Asaad El Abbas,

SLIGO GENERAL HOSPITAL
Dr. John Gleeson, MRCPI, FRCPCH
Dr. Hilary Greaney, MRCPI, DCH, M.Sc., MRCPCH
Dr. RohiniNath Tummaluru, MBBS, DCH, MRCPI, FRCPCH, MSc
Dr. Dara Gallagher, M.B., M.R.C.P.I., D.C.H.

GALWAY BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES
Dr. Orla Flanagan, MB MRCPI, DCH. 

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