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Galway
Urology
Urology
Garrett Durkan graduated from RCSI in 1991 and completed his internship at Beaumont Hospital. He was awarded his FRCSI in July 1995 and completed Basic Surgical Training on the Dublin Region Pre-Fellowship Surgical Training scheme in 1996.
He moved to the UK and was appointed Clinical Research Associate at the Cancer Research Unit/Department of Surgery, University of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1997-1999. He secured grants from the Urological Foundation and an RCSI Travelling Fellowship and undertook research into the role of matrix metalloproteinases in bladder cancer metastasis. He was awarded his MD for this work in 2001.
He was appointed as Specialist Registrar in Urology in 1999 based at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle. He was awarded his FRCS(Urol) in May 2003 and obtained his CCST (Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training) in Urology in February 2004.
He was appointed Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Freeman Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne in September 2004 with a special interest in urological oncology and bladder reconstruction. Collaborating closely with his Consultant colleagues, he helped introduce laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and laparoscopic radical cystectomy. He was Chairman of the Uro-Oncology MDT and Lead Clinician for Clinical Trials in Urological Oncology.
Returning to Ireland in 2010, he was appointed Consultant Urological Surgeon at University Hospital Galway by the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP). His special interests include prostate, bladder and renal cancer, minimally invasive surgery and robotic prostatectomy. He runs the Rapid Access Prostate Clinics at UHG and UH Limerick. He has admitting privileges at the Bon Secours Hospital, Galway and the Galway Clinic.
Mr Garrett Durkan
MB BCh (Hons), FRCSI, MD, FRCS (Urol)
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Private Appointments:
Bon Secours Hospital
Renmore
Galway
Tel: 086 0257024
Fax: 091 786016 (Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri)
Fax: 091 758776 (Tues only)
Email: gdurkan_referrals@bonsecours.ie
Admitting Priviliges at:
Galway Clinic
Doughiska
Galway
Private Secretary:
Thérèse Lydon and Theresa Sice
HSE (Public) Appointments for:
Rapid Access Prostate Clinic (RAPC)
University Hospital Galway
Newcastle
Galway
Telephone:
General Appointments: 091 542055
RAPC Clinic: 091 542053
Fax: 091 542092
Rapid Access Prostate Clinic (RAPC)
University Hospital Limerick
Dooradoyle
Limerick
Telephone:
RAPC Clinic: 061 585636
Fax: 061 482572
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