Dr. Brian Bird

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Dr. Brian Healey Bird BA MB BCh BAO FRCPI

Consultant Medical Oncologist, Bon Secours Cork
Senior Clinical Investigator, Cork Cancer Research Centre
Senior Clinical Lecturer & Lecturer in Clinical Education, University College Cork

Areas of expertise:
- Lymphoma
- GI Cancer - colon, oesophagus, stomach, small bowel
- Melanoma
- Lung Cancer
- Cancer Survivorship
- Clinical Trials

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.

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

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.

Recent Publication for Dr Brian Bird:

"Cancer Immunotherapy with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors-Biomarkers of Response and Toxicity; Current Limitations and Future Promise" - Please click on the link to view the publihttps - //www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/1/124cation 

Articles featuring Dr Brian Bird:

https://hospitalprofessionalnews.ie/2020/09/08/the-emerging-role-of-total-neoadjuvant-therapy-in-the-treatment-of-locally-advanced-rectal-cancer/

http://BSHSSOPHOSVEA.bonsecours.ie:32224/?dmVyPTEuMDAxJiZjNDQ3MmM4YWFkMDNiMjdmNT01RUY1Q0JGNl8yNzU1N18xMjMzXzEmJjM5MTdlODc5ZTVjNzQzZT0xMjIzJiZ1cmw9aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3clMkVoZWFsdGhuZXdzJTJFaWUlMkZoYWVtYXRvbG9neSUyRm5ldy1kcnVncy1icmluZy1ob3BlLWZvci1seW1waG9tYS1wYXRpZW50cyUyRg

Update on treatment options for lymphoma on World Lymphoma Awareness Day 2015 - Dr Brian Bird.doc

You can bow down or fight it.doc

Sarah Murphy's tattoo experience after facing breast cancer & early menopause.doc

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/gps-giving-drug-used-to-treat-heroin-addicts-to-cancer-patients-1.3451841?mode=amp

All of Dr Birds publications can be viewed on Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/

Articles of Interest:

https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/oncolog/april-2017/house-call--types-of-immunotherapy-for-cancer.html?cmpid=twitter_oncolog_immunotherapy