Cancer Centre Accreditation and Designation

‌In 2022 our Cancer Centre became a member of the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes and entered the accreditation and quality improvement programme. In May 2024 the OECI audit board visited Galway, Sligo, and Letterkenny to review our cancer care, research and education facilities and services. 

Cancer Managed Clinical Academic Network (MCAN) and Accreditation Teams

The HSE West and North West Cancer Centre provides cancer services at five regional hospital sites under the governance of the Cancer Managed Clinical Academic Network (MCAN). Click here to view or download annual reports.

Prof Michael Kerin Cancer MCAN Director
Prof Maccon Keane (Galway)
Dr Joseph Martin (Galway)
Dr Margaret Murray (Galway)
Dr Gerry O’Dowd (Letterkenny)
Prof Kevin Barry (Mayo)
Dr Andrew Hodgson (Sligo)
Cancer MCAN Associate Clinical Directors
Geraldine Cooley Cancer MCAN General Manager
Olive Gallagher Cancer MCAN Director of Nursing 
Pauline McGough Cancer MCAN Business Manager 
Jackie Lillis Cancer MCAN Quality and Patient Safety Coordinator   
Gearoid McGann  Cancer MCAN Executive Administrator
Helen O'Reilly OECI Accreditation Manager
Prof Michael O'Dwyer Cancer Centre Scientific Director (University)
Emer Hennessy Cancer Centre Research Manager (University)
Prof Aoife Lowery Clinical Research Lead (CRF/University)
Prof Corrado Santocanale Basic Research Lead (University)
Dr Roisin Dwyer and Dr Aideen Ryan Translational Research Leads (University)
Dr Nicola Miller Biobanking Lead (University)

 

Scientific Advisory Board

Prof Frank Gannon (Chair) Former Director EMBO, SFI, and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
Ms Jaqueline Daly 

Director, East Galway-Midlands Cancer Support Centre, Ireland

Prof William Gallagher

Professor of Cancer Biology, UCD and Director All-Island Cancer Research Institute, Ireland

Prof Mark Lawler

Professor of Digital Health and Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, QUB

Dr Roisin O’Cearbhaill

Research Director, Gynecologic Medical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Prof M. Sharon Stack

Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, USA