Dr. Sheehan is our Clinical Director at Allergy Ireland. She studied Medicine at The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and holds an honours Degree in Biochemistry and Immunology from Trinity College Dublin. She was involved in high quality research at the prestigious Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego which was subsequently published in the leading research journal, Nature.
Dr. Sheehan worked in several large teaching hospitals in Ireland before spending five years in Australia where she furthered her training and gained vast insight in to the management of Allergic Disease, Skin Disease and Respiratory Disease. She worked in Tropical Queensland where she completed her fellowship of the RACGP and earned membership of the ICGP. Dr. Sheehan is a member of the British Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI) and a member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).
In addition to her daily clinical practice, Dr. Sheehan lectured and examined medical students at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) for a number of years. She is a regularly contributor to publications such as the Irish Medical Times and the Medical Independent. She is frequently invited to speak at medical conferences and she is regularly interviewed by the radio, television and print media.
Dr. Sheehan is passionate about her work and much loved by patients.
MICGP, FRACGP
M.B., B.Ch., BAO, LRCP&SI,
B.A.(Hons) Biochemistry