Prof Donal O’ Shea

Donal graduated from UCD School of Medicine in 1989. He then worked in Hammersmith Hospital in London as a Registrar in General Medicine, Cardiology and Endocrinology before being appointed as Senior Registrar in Diabetes and Endocrinology.

In 1999, he has been the Lead Clinician for a hospital-based multi-disciplinary obesity service in St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) and St Columcille’s Hospital, Dublin. Donal is also the Head of the Obesity Research Group, Education and Research Centre, SVUH and Associate Professor of Medicine at UCD where he lectures in endocrinology.

Prof O’Shea was awarded the Patrick Meenan UCD MGA Inaugural Research Medal in 1996, the Norman Plummer Prize for Postgraduate Clinical Research in 1998, the Imperial College School of Medicine Undergraduate Teacher of the Year in 1999, the Irish Endocrine Society O’Donovan Medal for group’s research activity in 2006 and the UCD Premier Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence in 2003-2008 & in 2010.