Patrick Treacy

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Patrick Treacy is an Irish doctor, [1] specializing in aesthetic medicine. He provided treatment to Michael Jackson when Jackson lived in Ireland for a number of months in 2006. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Treacy was born in Garrison, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland where his parents ran a shop, garage, and filing station. [4] He attended Queens University in Belfast in the early days of the Troubles and has stated in interviews that his two legs were broken by paramilitaries in retaliation for a student prank, [5] although in another source he claims only that one ankle was broken before his attackers were disturbed. [6] After this incident, he has stated that he transferred to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin to study medicine. [7]

Career

In 1987, while working in a hospital in Dublin, a needle he had used to draw blood from a patient with HIV jabbed him in the leg, resulting in an area being cut out of his leg. He did not develop the condition. [8] After that incident he moved to New Zealand in 1988 to work as a respiratory and cardiology registrar with Dunedin Hospital. [8] He was a ship's surgeon in Florida during the 1990s. [9] In the late 1990s, Treacy worked as a flying doctor in Broken Hill N.S.W. with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. [4]

In 2000, he founded the Ailesbury Clinic in Dublin and another Ailesbury Clinic in Cork in 2005. In 2003, Treacy won the professional medical media category at the GlaxoSmithKline Medical Media Awards. [10] In his memoir, The Needle and the Damage Done, he details how the Irish recession affected his business, and that of many of his patients. [11] In April 2016, following the recession, Treacy made a €137,897 settlement with the Irish Revenue as a result of unpaid taxes, interest and penalties. [12]

Affiliation with Michael Jackson

Treacy states that Michael Jackson sought him for cosmetic treatment after reading about his charitable work in Africa. [13] He was Jackson's doctor during his time in Ireland, treating him 5 or 6 times, [14] and asserts that he developed a friendship with the singer. [4] Treacy states that Jackson invited him to organise "a big concert in Rwanda for all the children suffering from HIV". [3] In 2009, Treacy was on the special witness list for the trial of Conrad Murray, but was not called to testify. [4] In 2011, he told Drew Pinsky on CNN that he had arranged for an anaesthetist to administer propofol twice to Jackson during aesthetic procedures. [14]

Bibliography

Treacy is the author or editor of a number of books.

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References

  1. ↑ "Medical Council Registration for Patrick Treacy". Medical Council. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Dr. Drew (29 September 2011). "Dr. Drew exclusive: Cosmetic doc says he also used propofol on MJ". HLN. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Deidre Reynolds (28 September 2015). "Fermanagh surgeon reveals how he became Michael Jackson's confidante". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Richard Fitzpatrick (3 October 2015). "Michael Jackson's former doctor, Dr Patrick Treacy, reflects on his life so far". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Cahir O'Doherty (20 November 2015). "Confessions of Michael Jackson's Irish surgeon". Irish Central. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Treacy, P (2015). Behind the Mask. Liberties Press. pp. Chapter 3. ISBN   9781910742044.
  7. ↑ Joanna Kiernan (12 August 2015). "Cosmetic doctor to the stars Patrick Treacy tells about his travels, his famous clients and his tell-all book". Herald.ie. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 Donal Lynch (23 November 2015). "Unmasking Dr Treacy – Michael Jackson's former doctor". Independent.ie. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Greg Baxter (18 May 2015). "Realising the potential for cosmetic medicine at sea". Irish Medical Times. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "'Irish Times' correspondent wins award for medical journalism". The Irish Times. 3 April 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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