Reappointments to the National Haemophilia Council - 11 August 2021

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has reappointed Dr. Cleona Duggan and Dr. Niamh O’Connell to the National Haemophilia Council.

Dr Cleona Duggan MB, MRCP (Edin) FFPath FRCPath

Dr Cleona Duggan was born in the US and grew up in Dublin. Her family moved to Cork where she completed her schooling. She attended University College Cork where she studied medicine. After graduation she did her basic specialist training in Dublin and London. She returned to Dublin to do higher specialist training in Haematology (Clinical and Laboratory) and was awarded Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1997, and Fellowship in 2005. She was awarded Fellowship of the faculty of Pathology, Royal College of Physicians on 2000. She works as a Consultant Haematologist with special interest in Haemostasis and Thrombosis at Cork University Hospital and University College Cork with responsibility for the delivery of care to people with Hereditary Bleeding Disorders at the Cork Comprehensive Care Centre. She has held this post since 2010. Her Re-appointment is from 4th September 2021 to 3rd September 2024

Dr Niamh O’Connell MB, Ph.D., F.R.C.P.I., F.R.C.Path

Dr Niamh O’Connell is the National Haemophilia Director at the National Coagulation Centre (NCC), St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. Having returned to Ireland in 2004 following specialist training in Haemostasis and Thrombosis the UK, Dr O’Connell joined the NCC as Consultant Haematologist in 2010 and took on the role of Director of the NCC in 2018. The NCC is the lead Comprehensive Care Centre for adults in Ireland and is a hub for clinical services, research, training and education in disorders of haemostasis on a national basis. The NCC, working in partnership with the two other Comprehensive Care Centres in Ireland and with the Irish Haemophilia Society, is committed to delivering high quality and safe healthcare and to promoting healthy living for people and their families living with Haemophilia and other coagulation disorders. Dr O’Connell’s research interests include clinical trials in novel therapies for Haemophilia, clinical outcomes in Haemophilia and application of information technology solutions in the management of Haemophilia. Her Re-appointment is from 11th July 2021 to 10th July 2024.