ProfFionnuala Breathnach

Associate Professor

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

  • Associate Professor
    Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • 01-4022540 (Work)
  • 01-4022540 (Mobile)
  • RCSI, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1

BIOGRAPHY

Fionnuala Breathnach is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist at RCSI Rotunda Hospital, Dublin.
Her professional qualifications are as follows:
• Fellowship of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) 2014
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FRCPI) 2011
• Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Higher Specialist Training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (CSCST) 2009
• Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine (RCOG-approved collaborative program between Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York) 2009
• Doctorate of Medicine (MD, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) 2008
• MB BCH BAO Trinity College Dublin (Honours) 1997

She is currently undertaking a Masters in Healthcare Ethics and Law, at RCSI Dublin.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dublin, Ireland1 Feb 2010

DEGREES

  • MD
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2008
  • FRCOG
    Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, United Kingdom7 Jun 2002
  • FRCPI
    Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, Ireland
  • Diploma in Child Health
    Royal College of physicians in Ireland, Ireland
  • Diploma in Genito Urinary Medicine
    Society of Apothecaries, United Kingdom
  • MB BCh BAO
    Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship
    RCSI Rotunda, Columbia University New York, Ireland
    Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Specialist Training
    Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Ireland
    OBGYNOther

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Irish
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read, write, speak and understand

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Diabetes
  • Fetal Abnormality Screening
  • Fetal Biometry and Fetal Growth

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

RESEARCH CLUSTERS