Dr. Andrew Scott

Appointments and Enquiries:

Phone: 087 706 7871

Email: [email protected]

Referrals (Electronic referrals are preferred to minimise delays)

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Healthlink: Respiratory Medicine, Bon Secours Hospital Limerick

Dr Andrew Scott is a Consultant Respiratory and General Physician at Bon Secours Hospital Limerick and is registered on the Specialist Division of the Irish Medical Council.

He graduated in Medicine from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and completed Higher Specialist Training in Respiratory Medicine and General Internal Medicine across Galway University Hospitals, St Vincent's University Hospital Dublin and University Hospital Limerick. His specialist training included dedicated experience in sleep medicine, interstitial lung disease, obstructive airways disease, bronchoscopy and pleural medicine.

Prior to joining Bon Secours Hospital Limerick, Dr Scott worked as a Consultant Respiratory and General Physician within the HSE Mid-West.

He holds the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine (ERS HERMES) and has completed the training and assessment requirements of the RCPI Consultant Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Programme. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, the European Respiratory Society and the Irish Thoracic Society.

Dr Scott has particular interests in severe asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, sleep medicine, pleural disease, thoracic ultrasound and diagnostic bronchoscopy. He has also been actively involved in developing respiratory services and postgraduate medical education and has published research in bronchoscopy, sleep apnoea and obstructive airways disease.

Clinical Interests / Conditions Treated

• Asthma, including severe asthma
• COPD
• Bronchiectasis
• Interstitial lung disease
• Obstructive sleep apnoea and sleep-disordered breathing
• Pleural disease and pleural effusions
• General respiratory medicine

Services and Investigations

• Consultant respiratory consultations
• Inpatient admission for respiratory and general medical assessment and treatment at Bon Secours Hospital Limerick
• Full inpatient polysomnography
• Home sleep studies
• CPAP initiation and management
• Flexible diagnostic bronchoscopy
• Full pulmonary function testing