The Endoscopy Department in the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin is the largest and busiest private endoscopy unit in Ireland. The unit provides a complete range of high quality diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures.
An endoscopy is a non-surgical procedure to examine the inside of your body. A narrow telescope called an endoscope is used to do this.
The Endoscopy unit Bon Secours Tralee provides a comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy service to over 5000 patients per annum. We operate out of our state of the art unit which was opened in May 2015. We boast 2 fully equipped procedure room. A fully equipped 1st stage recovery area which has 12 beds. A discharge lounge with 6 reclining chairs.
All Endoscopes are processed in accordance with the relevant standards while using the latest technology in decontamination equipment. The Department also provides an I.T based “Clinical Reporting System” for GPs and patients.
Visual examination of any part of the inside of the body that can be reached through the nose into the lungs.
Visual examination of any part of the inside of the body that can be reached through the mouth into the stomach.
Mr. Burke is an honours medical graduate of University College Dublin. After higher surgical training in general surgery in Ireland, he completed 2 fellowships in colorectal surgery in world-renowned centers in the USA; at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio focusing on inflammatory bowel disease and complex re-operative surgery and in Florida Hospital, Orlando focusing on advanced minimally invasive surgery. He was appointed to Beaumont Hospital as a consultant general and colorectal surgeon in 2015. He is an editor for the journal Colorectal Disease and is a guideline committee member for the European Society of Coloproctology on the management of Crohn’s disease.
Wednesday PM
Bronchial Asthma, Occupational Lung Disease, Lung Immunology
Mr. Ijaz Cheema joined the Bon Secours Hospital in 2016. He has extensive experience in all disciplines of Urology and has expertise in minimal invasive surgery of the prostate, bladder and kidneys.
He has worked as a Consultant Urologist in AMNCH, Tallaght and St. James Hospital before taking a permanent Urological Surgeon post in Beaumont and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.
He graduated in Pakistan and completed his basic surgical training in Lahore, Pakistan. He then moved to Ireland in 2003 to commence his training in Urology in Galway and through rotation, was transferred to centres of excellence in Dublin. He secured an Intercollegiate Fellowship in Urology in 2011 and qualified as a specialist registrar in 2012.
Mr Cheema has a paticular interest in UTI's, Over Active Bladder and Female Urinary Incontinence, with an expertise in female sling surgery for incontinence.
He also accepts referrals for the following:
Danny Cheriyan graduated from RCSI with an honours degree in 2005 and completed specialist training in gastroenterology in Beaumont and St. Vincent’s hospital, Dublin. He was the UCD Newman Scholar in colorectal cancer and was awarded an MD from UCD for his research on colorectal cancer and angiogenesis.
Following completion of specialist training in gastroenterology in Ireland, Danny undertook two fellowships in advanced endoscopy and hepatobiliary medicine; the first at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and the second at Duke University, North Carolina, USA. He joined Beaumont Hospital as a consultant gastroenterologist and honorary clinical senior lecturer (RCSI) in 2016.
Danny has authored several publications and book chapters. disease.
He is experienced in all areas of general gastroenterology, but his special interests include colon cancer, endoscopic ultrasound, ERCP, and hepatobiliary
Asthma, Sleep Medicine, Allergy
Mr Tom Creagh qualified from UCD in 1980. After completing his training as a Urologist, he spent time at Guys Hospital London as the European Board of Urology Scholar (1993). He was subsequently appointed as a consultant at Kingston Hospital South West London. In 1995 he returned to Beaumont Hospital where he specialises in female Urology (incontinence and urinary tract infection) and also works in the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin. He was involved in the setting up of the Continence Foundation of Ireland and continues to be active in research and International meetings.
Incontinence, UTI and Prolapse
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colonic Motility Disorders, Anorectal Incontinence
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, IBS, Coeliac Disease, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Haemachromatosis, Fatty Liver and Therapeutic Endoscopy
Monday AM (Rooms), Wednesday AM and Thursday PM Endoscopy
James Forde, an honours medical graduate of University College Dublin (2005), completed his specialist urological training in Ireland in 2015. In 2010 he was awarded the degree of Doctor in Medicine (M.D) from Trinity College Dublin for his investigation of novel treatments for prostate cancer. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Urology in 2014.
More recently, he has completed a Fellowship in Voiding Dysfunction at Weill-Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Under the guidance of renowned international experts, the fellowship encompassed female and male voiding dysfunction issues, in particular the surgical management of female incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse repair as well as post prostatectomy incontinence, urethral reconstruction and the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. He also developed expertise in novel treatments for the management of these conditions using the latest technology available including GreenLight laser vaporization of benign prostatic disease and sacral neuromodulation for overactive bladder.
James has authored over 30 peer reviewed urology publications to date, and has presented his research at national and international meetings. He was a lead investigator in a national study assessing PSA testing throughout Ireland. He has collaborated on the development of Irish national guidelines for the role of active surveillance for low risk prostate cancer. He has an MSc in Medical Informatics from University College Dublin (2010). Other awards and grants include the Irish Society of Urology research medal (2010), the RCSI Ethicon Foundation Grant (2015), and the RCSI-Anthony Walsh/Ipsen Travelling Fellowship in Urology (2015). In 2014 he was invited to the annual meeting of The European Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU), an honour awarded to only 15 trainees internationally annually.
General urology Renal stone disease Prostate cancer diagnostics Female voiding dysfunction - Overactive bladder treatments - Female incontinence - Urinary tract infection - Pelvic organ prolapse repair Male voiding dysfunction issues - Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) - Post prostatectomy incontinence - Urethral reconstruction - Management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Superficial Bladder Cancer, Endourology, Prostate Cancer
Colon Cancer Screening, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Non Ulcer Dyspepsia
Professor Hill is Professor and Chair of Surgery in the RCSI. He graduated from UCD and did his basic surgical training in Dublin, and his middle grade surgical training in London.
He did a basic two year fellowship with Dr John Daly at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center in the United States. He returned to Ireland to do his Senior Registrar training on the National Training Program in Ireland.
He also did a Clinical Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York prior to taking up his consultant appointment. His clinical interests are in the area of breast cancer and melanoma. His laboratory research interest are in the transcriptional control of breast cancer in particular the role of the coregulatory proteins.
Breast Cancer, Endocrine Surgery, Melanoma, Sarcoma
Peptic Diseases incl Reflux, Oesophagitis, Colonic Polyps, Carcinoma and Screening, Direct Access Endoscopy and Haemochromatosis.
Tuesday am
Colon Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Laparascopic Surgery, Perianal Surgery, Endoscopy
Urology, Male Infertility, Male Incontinence
Male and female urinary symptoms, Urinary incontinence: female and male, Comprehensive stone treatment, Prostate bladder and renal cancer, Erectile and scrotal problems
Thursday - am
Aoibhlinn O'Toole graduated from University College Dublin in 2004. She completed her Specialist training in Gastroenterology and General Internal Medicine in St Vincent's University Hospital, Sligo General Hospital and Beaumont Hospital. She was the UCD Newman Scholar in Inflammatory Bowel disease and obtained an MD from UCD for her research on colorectal cancer and immune evasion. She subsequently moved to Boston where she completed Inflammatory Bowel Disease fellowships in the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Programme for Clinical Effectiveness at the Harvard School of Public Health. She returned to Dublin in 2015 to join the Gastroenterology team in Beaumont Hospital.
Her areas of interest include management of complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease as well as colorectal cancer and dysplasia detection.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colorectal Cancer, Dysplasia detection
Professor Patchett is a Consultant Gastroenterologist working in Beaumont and The Bon Secours hospitals and is also an Associate Clinical Professor in the Royal College of Surgeons Dublin. Having graduated from UCD, he commenced his training in Dublin before moving to London to train in St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals.
He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Barts in 1996 and returned to take up in current position in Beaumont in November 1998. Professor Patchett’s professional interests focus on diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy and therapeutics of inflammatory bowel disease. He is currently chair of the working group for the national QA programme in endoscopy and represents the College of Physicians on the QA Steering group and the Conjoint Endoscopy Curriculum development group.
Professor Patchett is also the clinical lead for endoscopy services in both Beaumont hospital and The Bon Secours.In addition he is Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee in the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin, and has served as chairman of the division of Medicine in Beaumont and as National Specialty Director in Gastroenterology.
Interventional Endoscopy, Quality Assurance in Endoscopy, Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Prostate cancer, robotic and laparoscopic surgery, Urological Oncology, Benign Prostate Disease, Renal Transplantation, Stone Disease
Mr. William Robb graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2000. He completed his fellowship training in the Department of Surgical Digestive Disease Oncology in Lille, France which is one of Europe’s foremost centres for diseases of the oesophagus and stomach. He was appointed as a Consultant in Lille prior to taking up a post as a Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon in the Bristol Royal Infirmary in 2013. He returned to Dublin in 2015.
In addition to his private practice in the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin, he works as a Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Gallstone disease and Laparoscopic cholecystectomy,
Hernia Surgery - Abdominal wall and groin hernias,
Minor operations
Endoscopy and Investigation of Abdominal Pain.
Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery - Anti-reflux surgery, Laparoscopic myotomy for Achalasia, Laparoscopic Hiatal hernia repair
Barrett’s oesophagus (including endoscopic mucosal resection and radiofrequency ablation) and endoscopic treatment of early mucosal oesophageal cancer
Laparoscopic gastrectomy and totally minimally invasive oesophagectomy (MIO)
Dr Barbara Ryan is Consultant Gastroenterologist and Clinical Lead of the Department of Gastroenterology in Tallaght Hospital and a Clinical Senior Lecturer inTrinity College Dublin. She has a special interest in HPB disease, EUS, ERCP, complex endoscopic intervention and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). She worked in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK before taking up her current consultant post in Tallaght Hospital in 2004.
She was National Specialty Director for higher specialist training in Gastroenterology in Ireland from 2012-2015 and has been a member of the Executive Board of the Irish Society of Gastroenterology since 2005 and is a former Treasurer. She is actively involved in teaching and research and has published widely in her areas of interest.
Dr Gupta is a Consultant Gastroenterologist working in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda and the Bon Secours Hospitals and is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin. Having completed his Masters degree from UCD and Specialist Training in Gastroenterology from Ireland, he completed his fellowship in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston USA before taking up the consultant post in Ireland in 2008.
Dr Gupta does diagnostic and therapeutic OGD and Colonoscopy at Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Louth Hospital Dundalk. He also does National "Bowel Screening' colonospies in Dundalk and advanced hepatobiliary interventional procedures like ERCP and Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Dr Gupta is currently the Endoscopy Department lead and also the Endoscopy Training lead for the Louth Hospital group. He is also the honorary secretary of the Irish Society Of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy.
Diagnostic and therapeutic OGD and colonoscopy, National Bowel Screening, Inflammatory bowel disease, ERCP and EUS (Beaumont Hospital), Quality Assurance in Endoscopy.
Laproscopic Radical Prostectomy, Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery, Uro-Oncolocgy
Claire graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1994 with an Honours degree. She completed her BST on the Federated Hospitals Scheme and subsequently her HST in Gastroenterology in both St. James’ and Beaumont hospitals. Claire was awarded her MD in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Trinity College Dublin in 2005 having completed research in RCSI/Beaumont and Johns Hopkins, Baltimore. She also spent a year as Junior Lecturer in Trinity Medical School during her HST. Claire then spent two years abroad, the first in Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia and the second in University College London, completing Fellowships in ERCP and Hepatobiliary Medicine. She returned to Dublin in 2008 to take up her current position as Consultant Gastroenterologist in Connolly Hospital. She became a Fellow of RCPI in 2010 and has been an active member in RCPI, having been the National Specialty Director in Gastroenterology for three years. She has recently been appointed as Senior Lecturer in RCSI.
Claire has a particular interest in IBD, IBS and Hepatobiliary disease, but is experienced in all aspects of general Gastroenterology.
Pancreaticobiliary Disease, Intrinsic Liver Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease,Colorectal Cancer Screening, Coeliac Disease, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal Surgery; especially Antireflux; Cancer;
Hernia Surgery; especially Laparoscopic
Gallbladder Surgery
Monday - pm
Dr. Shiobhan Weston received her medical degree from The Royal College of Surgeons in 1992. She completed her internship and residency in general medicine as well as one year as a registrar in hepatology at The Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
She left Ireland in 1996 and completed her ABIM requirements in internal medicine and subspecialty training in gastrointestinal motility disorders, cholestatic liver disease, and inflammatory bowel disease at The Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, followed by a 3 year fellowship in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology at UCLA and the UCLA-Dumont Transplant Center in Los Angeles, California.
She was awarded an advanced hepatology research fellowship award and funding for formal training in clinical research, epidemiology, biostatistics, and liver transplant medicine at University of San Francisco, California. Her research more recently has focused on the study of metabolic syndrome and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Prior to her current appointment, Dr. Weston was Director for the Center for Liver Disease at Winthrop-University Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York.
Colon Cancer screening, Inflammatory bowel disease, GI Haemostasis, Complications of Cirrhosis, Non alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Metabolic Syndrome
Direct referral
Via GP
Post Consultation
Patients seen in the consultants rooms
In-Patient referral
Referral from the wards
