Ronan Glynn

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Ronan Glynn
Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
In office
21 October 2018 –2 July 2020

Ronan Glynn is an Irish public health physician and physiotherapist who served as Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from October 2018 to May 2022. He previously served as Acting Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from July to October 2020, and was Head of the Health Protection Unit at the Department of Health.

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Medical career

Glynn graduated from University College Dublin, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, in 2002. He completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen in 2007, a PhD in Surgical Oncology from NUI Galway in 2013 and a first-class honours Masters in Public Health (MPH) from University College Dublin in 2015. [2]

Between 2008 and 2010, Glynn was Research Registrar at the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) in University College Hospital Galway. [2] Between 2010 and 2014, he was Senior House Officer and Specialist Registrar at the Health Service Executive (Otolaryngology). [2] Between 2014 and 2018, he was Specialist Registrar and Specialist in Public Health Medicine at the HSE. [2]

Glynn holds a diploma in personal leadership and executive coaching. [2] He has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland since 2012, a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQUA) since 2013, and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Faculty of Public Health Medicine), since 2017. [2]

Glynn was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in October 2018. [2] He became a regular presence at the daily COVID-19 press conferences, along with the CMO, Dr Tony Holohan, and made multiple media appearances following the COVID-19 pandemic's emergence and its subsequent arrival in Ireland. [3] [4] On 2 July 2020, Holohan made an announcement that he would be taking a hiatus from his position as Chief Medical Officer to care for his family as his wife entered palliative care with multiple myeloma; Glynn was subsequently appointed Acting Chief Medical Officer until 5 October 2020.

Aside from the frequent pandemic press conferences, he gave a televised interview to The Late Late Show on 4 September 2020. [5]

He was awarded Best Doctor of The Year by RTÉ Radio 1 in 2020.[ citation needed ]

On 10 May 2022, the Department of Health announced that Glynn would resign at the end of the month to take up a role with consultancy firm EY which commenced in September. [6]

In November 2022, he was appointed as Adjunct Full Professor at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. [7]

Personal life

In September 2013, Glynn married Carla O'Brien, newsreader for RTÉ News, and they have two children. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Joint Committee On Agriculture, Fisheries And Food Debate - Thursday, 15 Jan 2009". oireachtas.ie. Oireachtas. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ronan Glynn CV" (PDF). European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control . Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 17 March". Gov.ie. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Published on 28/03/2020 (28 March 2020). "31 cases in Clare as Ireland's tally hits 2,415 - The Clare Echo News". Clareecho.ie. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ireland 'still in control' of Covid-19, says Acting Chief Medical Officer". TheJournal.ie . 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Cunningham, Paul (10 May 2022). "Dr Ronan Glynn resigns as Deputy CMO". RTÉ News and Current Affairs . Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Gormley, Beth (11 November 2022). "Dr Ronan Glynn appointed to Adjunct Professor role in UCD College of Business". Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School . Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  8. ↑ O'Shea, Cormac; Dunne, William (24 August 2020). "Who is Dr Ronan Glynn? Wife, background and experience of Ireland's Acting Chief Medical Officer". Irish Mirror . Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  9. ↑ Farrell, Josette (8 July 2020). "Dr. Ronan Glynn – new Acting Chief Medical Officer". claregalway.info. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
Government offices
Preceded by
Phillip Crowley
 Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
2018–2022		Succeeded by
Vacant
Preceded by Chief Medical Officer of Ireland (acting)
2020		Succeeded by
Tony Holohan
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