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Biography: An Inspector Manager in the Regulation (Healthcare) Directorate in the Health Information and Quality Authority. Joan has over 25 years experience working in the healthcare sector both in Ireland and overseas. Having qualified as a paediatric and general nurse, she worked in both the public and private sector as a registered nurse and ward manager. Having completed a Higher Diploma in Quality Healthcare and a Higher Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management, Joan spent six years working as a Clinical Risk Manager in two Dublin maternity hospitals before joining the Health Information and Quality Authority in 2009. Joan has recently completed an MSc in Healthcare Ethics and Law in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
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Biography: Consultant Clinical Microbiologist at Beaumont Hospital and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre since 2010. She graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2000. She is the deputy director of the Hospital’s Microbiology laboratory and leads the Hospital’s antimicrobial stewardship programme. Her interests include; infection surveillance, C. difficile, influenza and the prevention and management of critical care and surgical infections.
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Biography: Consultant Nephrologist, General Nephrology and Transplantation Nephrology Beaumont Hospital.
Research Interests: Genetics of kidney disease in the general population, Genetics of familial kidney disease, Stratification of kidney disease risk in the general population, Identification of novel kidney disease biomarkers, Epidemiology of kidney disease in the community, Kidney transplant.
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Biography: Dr Siobhán MacHale MPhil FRCPI FRCP (Edin) FRCPsych is a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at Beaumont Hospital and Senior Lecturer in the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. As a Consultant in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for 7 years, she developed a particular interest in Psychiatric aspects of Transplantation. She has been delighted to progress with this since her return to Ireland, as a member of the Beaumont Renal Transplant team. She is a founding member of the UK/Ireland Psychological Medicine Transplant group. Today Dr MacHale will speak about Optimising patient adjustment and self care strategies.
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Biography: Consultant Nephrologist, Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Beaumont Hospital.
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All forms of kidney disease but particular interest in renal transplantation, in cancer-associated kidney disease and in kidney diseases associated with pregnancy.
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