ProfRobert Byrne
Chair Of Cardiovascular Research
School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
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- Chair Of Cardiovascular ResearchSchool of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Robert Byrne is Chair of Cardiovascular Research at the Royal College of Surgeons and Director of Cardiology at the Mater Private Hospital, Dublin.
Prof. Byrne’s internship and general medical training was undertaken in the Mater Hospital, Dublin and Mayo Clinic, Arizona. His Cardiology fellowship was in Ireland and at the German Heart Centre, Munich, Germany.
Since then he has held several strategic positions at German Heart Centre, including Consultant Cardiologist and Deputy Director of Cardiology. He returns to Ireland to the role of Director of Cardiology at Mater Private Hospital and RCSI Chair of Cardiovascular Research.
Prof. Byrne’s specialty interests are in the field of general and interventional cardiology. Specific areas of expertise are in cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stenting, optical coherence tomography imaging, interventions for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (alcohol septal ablation), transcatheter mitral valve repair, left atrial appendage occlusion and patent foramen ovale closure.
Prof. Byrne’s internship and general medical training was undertaken in the Mater Hospital, Dublin and Mayo Clinic, Arizona. His Cardiology fellowship was in Ireland and at the German Heart Centre, Munich, Germany.
Since then he has held several strategic positions at German Heart Centre, including Consultant Cardiologist and Deputy Director of Cardiology. He returns to Ireland to the role of Director of Cardiology at Mater Private Hospital and RCSI Chair of Cardiovascular Research.
Prof. Byrne’s specialty interests are in the field of general and interventional cardiology. Specific areas of expertise are in cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stenting, optical coherence tomography imaging, interventions for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (alcohol septal ablation), transcatheter mitral valve repair, left atrial appendage occlusion and patent foramen ovale closure.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Chair of Cardiovascular ResearchRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland31 Oct 2019
DEGREES
- PhD in Medical Life Science and Technology (with Distinction)Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany, Munich, Germany6 Sep 2011
- Medical Degree MB BCh BAO (Honours)National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland18 May 2000
LANGUAGES
- GermanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
RESEARCH SUB-AREAS
- Biostatistics
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Convergent drug-medical device technologies
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Drug delivery
- Health Outcomes
- Inflammation
- Intervention – Drug/device
- Medical Education
- Patient outcomes research
- Polymer Science
- Quality of Life
- Therapeutics
- Vascular Diseases
- Surgical Technology, Medical & Surgical Devices
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UNSDGS)
- 3 Good Health and Well Being