Biography:
Prof. Emmet O’Brien graduated from University College Cork and completed Higher Specialist Training in Respiratory Medicine in 2016. He was awarded a PhD from RCSI for his work in translational respiratory medicine. Prof O’Brien completed his fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre in Pittsburgh, USA.
Prof O’Brien works as a Consultant Respiratory Physician in Beaumont Hospital and in the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin. He is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine at RCSI, where he is active in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
Interests:
Prof O’Brien is clinically experienced in all areas of general respiratory and sleep medicine, with sub-specialist interests that include lung cancer, pulmonary nodules, COPD, sleep medicine, and advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy including EBUS. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland and is an advocate for tobacco control policy in Ireland.