MGA Clinical Influencers

Series 6, episode 4 of 'MGA Clinical Influencers' with Commandant Dr Fiachra Lambe, who graduated from UCD Medicine in 2014. The first person to complete the pioneering 'Military Medicine GP Training Scheme' in Ireland, Comdt Lambe is a registered Specialist in both General Practice and Military Medicine. Through his work in the military, Comdt Lambe contributed to OP FORTITUDE (the Defence Forces response to the Covid-19 pandemic) as well as two UN Peacekeeping deployments in Lebanon and Syria. Following his completion of a master's in public health, Comdt Lambe's recent career focus relates to preventive medicine and building healthcare resilience in Ireland through improved civil-military cooperation.

Series 6, episode 3 of 'MGA Clinical Influencers' with Professor Louise Ivers who graduated from UCD Medicine in 1997. She is the Executive Director of the Center for Global Health and the David Bangsberg MD, MPH Endowed Chair in Global Health Equity at Mass General Hospital. Professor Ivers is the Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a practicing physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Mass General. Professor Ivers works on the design, implementation, and evaluation of large-scale public health programs in resource-limited settings with the goal of achieving health equity. She received the MGA Distinguished Graduate Award in 2011.

Series 6, episode 2 of 'MGA Clinical Influencers' with Dr Tomas O'Neill who graduated from UCD Medicine in 2006. Dr O'Neill is a decorated clinician with several awards including the Vice Chancellor's International Scholar at Macquarie University, 2017, and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Rowan Nicks Scholar GB and Ireland 2017. He is now a Plastic Surgery consultant is St. Vincent's University Hospital where he has worked since returning from the NHS in 2024.

Series 6, episode 1 of 'MGA Clinical Influencers' with Dr Brid Shanahan who graduated from UCD Medicine in 2010. Dr Shanahan is a General Practitioner and Clinical Lead for Deep End Ireland – a group of advocates for GPs working in the most disadvantaged communities across the country. Dr Shanahan is also an Adjunct Clinical Lecturer / Assistant Professor in UCD School of Medicine.

Series 5, episode 8 of 'MGA Clinical Influencers' with Prof Linda Mulligan who graduated from UCD Medicine in 2002. Since 2014, she has practiced as a consultant forensic pathologist and is currently the Chief State Pathologist in the Office of State Pathologist, leading a team of 10 people who provide and support the national forensic pathology service. In 2022, she was awarded the distinguished graduate prize at the 2002 UCD medical class reunion and was appointed as a clinical professor in the UCD School of Medicine. Along with the provision of a 24/7 national forensic pathology service, the OSP staff are heavily involved in teaching and research with all medical schools, the gardai and the military police.