ProfArnold Hill

Professor

School of Medicine

  • Professor
    School of Medicine
  • 01 8093760 (Work)
  • 01 4021000 (Work)
  • RCSI, Surgery, Beaumont Hospital

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Hill is Professor and Chair of Surgery in RCSI, Beaumont and Dean of Medical Programmes at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. 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.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Lead Surgeon
    The National Breast Screening Programme (BreastCheck) Merrion Unit, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 1999
  • Assistant Editor
    The Irish Journal of Medical Science, Ireland1 Jan 2001
  • Council Member
    The Society of Academic and Research Surgeons, United Kingdom1 Jan 2002 - 1 Jan 2023
  • National Co-ordinator in Ireland of TRANS-BIG
    Funded by the European Union 6th Framework, Ireland1 Jan 2003
  • Chair of the Surgical Modality Group
    Irish Clinical Oncology Research Group (ICORG)., Ireland1 Jan 2004
  • Clinical Fellow in Breast Surgical Oncology - Irish Higher Surgical Training Scheme (With Dr. Murray Brennan, Dr. Patrick Borgen)
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA, United States1 Jan 1997 - 1 Jan 1998
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Pre-Fellowship Training Scheme
    St. James's and Beaumont Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 1990 - 1 Jan 1992
  • Surgical Registrat -Post-Fellowship Surgical Training at Registrar Level (With Mr. Michael Henry, Mr. N. Menzies-Gow)
    Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK, United Kingdom1 Jan 1992 - 1 Jan 1993
  • Research Fellowship - Post-Fellowship Surgical Training at Registrar Level (With Research Director – Dr John Daly)
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and New York Hospital/Cornell University, New York, USA. Funded by an NIH Surgical Oncology Training Grant (T32), United States1 Jan 1993 - 1 Jan 1995

DEGREES

  • MB
    University College Dublin, Ireland25 Dec 1988
  • BCh
    University College Dublin, Ireland25 Dec 1988
  • BAO
    University College Dublin, Ireland25 Dec 1988
  • Fellowship
    RCSI, Ireland25 Dec 1992
  • MCh
    University College Dublin, Ireland25 Dec 1996
  • Leadership Course for Academics
    University College Dublin, Ireland25 Dec 2002
  • Management Course
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland25 Dec 1997

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Breast Cancer

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH CLUSTERS