SPEAKERS.

Dr Lynda McSorley, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Lead for Cancer Genetics St Vincent’s Hospital and St Vincent’s UCD Cancer Centre, Dublin Medical degree from RCSI and completed Higher Specialist Training in Medical Oncology through the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2019. Subsequently undertook fellowship training in Melbourne, Australia at Monash Health. Holds Masters…

Dr Séan O’Cathail is a Consultant Radiation Oncologist at Cork University Hospital and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. He previously held a clinical academic post at the Beatson Cancer Centre, Glasgow, where he co-led the clinical radiation research work package at the CRUK RadNet Centre of Excellence. He graduated with honours…

Vicky Coyle is a professor of medical oncology in Queen’s University Belfast and a consultant medical oncologist in the Belfast HSC Trust. Her clinical practice has a focus on early phase cancer clinical trials and she leads the regional cancer early phase trials clinical service in Northern Ireland and the Belfast Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre.…

Emma is a Senior GI Surgical Dietitian at Galway University Hospital, specialising in colorectal and upper GI surgery. She began her career at Cambridge University Hospitals, gaining diverse experience in cardiology, stroke, and neurosurgery before specialising in surgical gastroenterology. Holding a BSc in Public Health and Health Promotion, she focuses on optimising nutrition peri-operatively for…

Originally from Dublin and educated in Belvedere College, Emmet graduated from University College Dublin in 1994. He represented UCD in rugby and boxing.  After internship he completed the Basic Surgical Training Scheme in Belfast, acquiring the FRCS (Eng) and FRCSI. Emmet returned to Ireland for further surgical training followed by full time research in Cork…

Daniel Cagney is Clinical Director of Radiation Oncology at the Mater Private Hospital and Network Director of Stereotactic Radiation. Dr. Cagney was previously an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School  and Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center. Dr Cagney’s clinical interests are in the field of stereotactic radiation and management of thoracic, CNS, genitourinary…

Professor Michael E. Kelly,  FRCSI PhD, is Professor and Chair/Head of Discipline of Surgery at Trinity College Dublin and a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute. He is internationally recognized for his clinical and academic contributions to pelvic oncology, advanced and recurrent rectal cancer, and pelvic exenterative surgery. His research programme spans…