Medical Secretary
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Afternoon clinics.
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4pm; Fridays, 9am to 2pm.
Suite 12a, The Cork Clinic, Western Road, Cork T12 NY9K.
(Colon, Oesophagus, Stomach, Small Bowel)
Dr. Healey Bird works to combine humane medicine with modern science to give patients and their families the best possible outcome at a difficult time.
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View a short video clip regarding Dr. Bird's Oncology work in Bon Secours
Dr Bird has done research and presented findings at numerous international conferences in the areas of lymphoma, breast cancer and colon cancer. He actively supports the Irish Cancer Society and Cunamh, the Bon Secours cancer charity and regularly delivers national and regional educational talks to patients and their families.
Since returning to Cork he has lead several clinical trials including the TailorX Breast Cancer trial at Bon Secours Cork. During a two year fellowship at National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, USA he won an ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) Merit Award for work in Lymphoma and with Dr. Sandy Swain, a world-famous breast specialist and past President of ASCO, he published a much cited paper entitled "Cardiac Toxicity in Breast Cancer Survivors” in the prestigious journal Clinical Cancer Research.
Cancer Immunotherapy with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors-Biomarkers of Response and Toxicity; Current Limitations and Future Promise - Please click on the link to view the publication: //www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/1/124cation
97 Publications - list available on Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/), search "Brian Healey Bird".
BA MB BCh BAO FRCPI
Graduated with Honours in Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, 1998
Specialist Registrar, Medical Oncology, 2003-5
Fellow, National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, MD, USA, 2005-7
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2010
