Dr Brendan O’ Shea
MD FRCGP MCRN 11401
Dr Brendan O’ Shea is a GP and Occupational Medicine Physician at The Bridge Medical Centre, Newbridge, Ireland, and also Assistant Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin.
Academic interests include improving care for people with multimorbidity, end of life planning, health system innovation, obesity, and global health, which areas he has taught on and researched.
Graduating from Trinity College, he completed GP Training on the TCD GP Training Scheme, completed an MD Thesis on Childhood Overweight at Trinity, and Fellowship by Assessment at The RCGP.
He has previously been on Board of Directors at The Irish Hospice Foundation, previously Medical Director at The Irish College of General Practitioners, and Chair of the Clinical Advisory Group to the HSE Obesity Program.
Over 3 decades in practice in Kildare, he has been involved in the training and education of Doctors, including Undergraduates, Specialty Training in General Practice, and Continuing Medical Education for Doctors.
He is a member at IDsMAiD (Irish Doctors Supporting Medical Assistance in Dying), currently represents the ICGP at The HSE Palliative Care Program, is Medical Director at K Doc, and Board Member at Beyond Stigma, an NGO working with People Living with HIV in Zimbabwe, Ghana, South Africa and Rwanda.
Active on the Faculty Board of the RoI Faculty RCGP, he is involved with the All Island Clinical Case Presentation Competition for Medical Undergraduates, and the Shepherd Essay Prize.
