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About University of Galway
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Academic Staff and Researchers
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Professor John J. Morrison MB BCh, BSc. DCH, FRCOG, FRCPI, MD
Chairman and Head of Department
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Email: John.Morrison[at]
universityofgalway.ie
Professor Morrison has been in post as Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Galway/ Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Galway University Hospital since 1997. Before joining the University of 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
Dr Geraldine Gaffney MD, MRCOG, Senior Lecturer
Email: Geraldine.Gaffney[at]universityofgalway.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
Clinical Teachers in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Academies)
- Dr Naveed A. Khawaja, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
- Dr Marie-Christine de Tavernier, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
- Dr Naser Giuma, Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
- Dr Mohammed, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
- Dr Ulrich Bartels, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
- Dr Hilary Ikele, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
- Dr Heather Langan, Sligo General Hospital, The Mall, Sligo
- Dr. Nirmila Kondaveeti, Sligo General Hospital, The Mall, Sligo
- Dr Vimla Sharma, Sligo General Hospital, The Mall, Sligo
- Dr Matthew McKeever, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Dr Chris King, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Dr Edward Aboud, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Lecturers in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Dr Siobhan Carruthers (Galway)
- Dr Roger Derham (Galway)
- Dr Saba Javed (Donegal Medical Academy)
- Dr Stephen Sludds (Sligo Medical Academy)
- Dr Fiona Kyne (Mayo Medical Academy)
- Dr Roger Derham (Ballinasloe Medical Academy)
Research Fellows
- Dr Nicholas Allen
- Dr Donal Sexton
- Dr Mark Hehir
- Mr Michael O'Sullivan
Administrator
- Ms Breda Kelleher
