Prof. Emmet O'Brien

Referrals

Referrals to Prof O Brien can be sent via Healthlink, posted to his private rooms in Beaumont Private Clinic or sent by secure email.

For appointments with Prof O Brien in the Rapid Assesment Respiratory Clinic, referrals can be sent via Healthlink or emailed directly to [email protected]

About

Prof Emmet O Brien graduated from University College Cork in 2006, and completed Higher Specialist Training in Respiratory Medicine in 2016. He was awarded a PhD from RCSI for his work in translational respiratory medicine and has authored several publications and book chapters. Prof O Brien completed his fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in 2018 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre in Pittsburgh, USA, and was a practicing faculty member there before returning to Ireland in 2019.

In addition to working as part of our respiratory team at the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin, Prof O’Brien works as a Consultant Respiratory Physician at Beaumont Hospital and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Medicine at the RCSI, where he is active in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

Interests

Prof O Brien is clinically experienced in all areas of general respiratory and sleep medicine, with sub-specialist interests that include lung cancer, pulmonary nodules, COPD, sleep medicine, and advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy including EBUS.