DrMichael Daly

Senior Lecturer

Department of Medicine

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Michael Daly is an academic and non-invasive cardiologist whose interests include multimodality cardiovascular imaging, electrocardiography, biomechanical modelling of structural heart disease, medical humanities, and healthcare education. In addition to international accreditations in cardiac CT and echocardiography, Dr Daly also holds an MA in Creative Writing focusing on drama, an MD by research in Medical Education, and a PhD in Cardiology. Currently, he is a Consultant Cardiologist in Dublin, Senior Lecturer at RCSI, and Visiting Professor at Ulster University. In 2022, he was named the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards in London, UK, for his post-doctoral work that improved medical students’ clinical cardiology acumen through whole-task hybrid simulations. In 2023, he was awarded both a Fulbright Scholarship to Stanford University’s Centre for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning (CISL) to explore how narratology might augment simulated clinical experiences, and the Silver Award in the Breakthrough Technology Innovation in Education category at the global QS Reimagine Education Awards. Dr Daly is currently an elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the Royal College of Physicians in both Ireland and London; he is also Associate Editor at Academic Medicine and JACC Case Reports, is on the Editorial Board of BMJ Medical Humanities and Advisory Board of JACC Journals, and is an accredited member of the Writers Guild of Ireland.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Honorary Lecturer in Medicine
    Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom2011 - 2015
  • Lecturer in Cardiology
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland2019 - 12 May 2024
  • Research Supervisor - MSc in Medical Education for Healthcare Professionals
    University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom21 Nov 2022 - 14 Feb 2024
  • Clinical Lead - Cardiovascular Module (DEM Year 1)
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland21 Nov 2022
  • Fulbright Scholar | Visiting Professor
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States8 Jun 2023 - 21 Dec 2023
  • Module Developer and Lead - Narrative Medicine: lessons from Irish writers and storytellers
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland19 Feb 2024
  • Visiting Professor - Faculty Fellowship in Medical Humanities
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States21 Feb 2024
  • Senior Lecturer
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medicine, Dublin, Ireland13 May 2024
  • Module Developer and Lead - Travellers Talking
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland7 Apr 2025
  • Module Developer and Lead – Who is this person? Improving empathy and patient-centred communication through contemporary dance
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland20 Oct 2025
  • Module Developer and Lead – Disrupting Disabilities through Art
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland2 Mar 2026
  • Research Supervisor - MSc in Population Health Leadership
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland1 Apr 2025 - 1 Sep 2026
  • Research Supervisor - MD in Medical Education
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland14 Jul 2025 - 11 Jul 2027
  • Research Supervisor - DProf in Healthcare Sciences
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland1 Aug 2025
  • Research Supervisor - PhD in Cardiovascular Medicine
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, IrelandNov 2025
  • Visiting Professor
    Ulster University, School of Medicine, United Kingdom1 Mar 2026

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland1 May 2023
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland1 May 2024
  • Associate Editor
    JACC Case Reports, Viewpoint Editor, United States2 Apr 2024
  • Editorial Board Member
    BMJ Medical Humanities, United Kingdom6 Jun 2024
  • Executive Board Member
    Six Dance Collective, Ballet Company, Belfast, Northern Ireland30 Sep 2024
  • Advisory Group Member
    JACC Journals, Washington, DC, United States14 Feb 2025
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Bon Secours Hospital Dublin, Glasnevin, Ireland1 Aug 2025
  • ESC Council on Valvular Heart Disease
    European Society of Cardiology, Antibes, France5 Aug 2025
  • Assistant Editor
    Academic Medicine (AAMC), United States1 Jan 2026

DEGREES

  • MB BCh BAO
    Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom1999 - 2004
  • PhD
    Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom2015 - 2017
  • MA
    Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom2018 - 2019
  • MD
    RCSI, Dublin, Ireland2020 - 2022

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
    Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom2008
  • Cardiac CT
    Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography14 Apr 2021 - 15 Apr 2024
  • Adult Transoesophageal Echocardiography
    The European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging3 Oct 2022 - 4 Oct 2027
  • Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
    Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland2022
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
    Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom2023
  • Fellowship of the American College of Cardiology
    American College of Cardiology, Washington D.C., United States2023
  • Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology
    European Society of Cardiology, Antibes, France3 Dec 2024
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
    Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, IrelandOct 2025

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • HST Cardiology
    Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency, Northern Ireland3 Aug 2011 - 4 Aug 2015
  • Senior Registrar in Cardiology / Academic Cardiology
    HSE Ireland / RCSI, Ireland5 Aug 2019 - 30 Dec 2022
  • Consultant Cardiologist
    Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland17 Jan 2023

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can speak and understand

RESEARCH SUB-AREAS

  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Simulation
  • Biomechanics
  • Medical Education
  • Higher Education Practice
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Neuroscience
  • Psycho-social Aspect of Health
  • Patient Outcomes
  • Psychology

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

RESEARCH CLUSTERS