Mr Peter O'Leary

Mr Peter O’Leary is a Consultant General Surgeon in The Bon Secours Hospital Cork and Senior Lecturer in Surgery in University College Cork. Peter is a fellowship trained General Surgeon with a sub-specialty interest in Breast and Endocrine Surgery. He is a graduate of the UCC medical class... read more

Mr Peter O’Leary is a Consultant General Surgeon in The Bon Secours Hospital Cork and Senior Lecturer in Surgery in University College Cork.

Peter is a fellowship trained General Surgeon with a sub-specialty interest in Breast and Endocrine Surgery. He is a graduate of the UCC medical class of 2007. During his surgical training, Peter was the recipient of a number of prestigious awards including the Ethicon/British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery training scholarship, the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Travelling Fellowship award and the Lynn Sage Breast Travelling Fellowship award. He completed a clinical fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology with dedicated oncoplastic training and a travelling fellowship to the Cleveland Clinic where he learned about the latest innovations in Endocrine Surgery. He has also undertaken a Cancer Genetics observership in the Royal Marsden.

Peter’s work in cancer research led to a PhD being awarded by UCC in 2013. He has over 60 peer reviewed publications and he has been awarded eight research prizes to date in recognition of this work. Peter has delivered a number of invited lectures and has presented his research worldwide.  He has established a number of national and international research collaborations and serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Mesentery and Peritoneum.