Consultant Urologist MB, BCh, BAO (Hons.), MD, FRCS (Urol.)
- Secretary: Anita
- Phone: 085 747 9487
- Email: aring@bonsecours.ie
Biography
Mark graduated from University College Dublin with an MB, BCh, BAO (Hons.) degree in 2003. Following his internship in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, he was appointed to the Dublin Regional Basic Surgical Training Scheme which I completed in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, between 2004-2006. During his time there, he was awarded the Kinnear medal for NCHD surgical teaching excellence, voted for by Final year Medical students. He was awarded a CCBST and was conferred the IMRCS degree in 2006. From 2006-2008, he completed a full-time MD degree in University College Dublin on the effect of gender on intra- and post-obstructive renal injury in the rat having secured a £25,000GBP British Urology Foundation grant.
Mark returned to clinical practice in 2008 having been appointed to the Irish Surgical Residency Programme. In 2011 he was appointed to the Urology Higher Surgical Training Programme which he completed in July 2016. He was conferred FRCS Urol in 2015 and was awarded the MacGowan medal by RCSI for the best Intercollegiate Fellowship exam result achieved by an Irish trainee across all specialties in that calendar year. Mark was awarded a CCST in 2016 and is currently registered on the Irish Medical Council’s Specialist Register. From 2016-2018, he completed a Fellowship programme in The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, with a special interest in Endourology, particularly in the area of urolithiasis. He then worked as Consultant Urologist in The Mater Private Hospital, Cork for a year before taking up my current post in Blanchardstown, Beaumont and Monaghan hospitals. Mark is also an honorary clinical lecturer with RCSI and won the Beaumont Hospital RCSI excellence in clinical teaching award in 2021, voted for by Final year Medical students.
To date, Mark has 34 national/international research publications and have been involved in 70 national/international presentations, some of which were award winning. He has been a member of the examining faculty at the BAUS FRCS Urol revision course and a faculty member for a PCNL masterclass workshop at the 2018 annual USANZ meeting in Melbourne.
Areas of Interest
• Stone disease
• BPH
• Female lower urinary tract symptoms
• UTIs
• Inguino-scrotal Urology
• Urological cancers
Professional Affiliations
Beaumont, Connolly & Monaghan
Certificates & Licences
MB, BCh, BAO (Hons.), MD, FRCS (Urol.)