RCSI Council
2022 - 2024 Council
The governing body of RCSI is its Council, composed of 21 surgeons who are Fellows of the College – and two lay members – all of whom are elected by the College's Fellows and Members.
Council meets regularly during the year and meetings are chaired by the President. Council delegates a number of its main functions to various boards and committees. The significant activities of these boards and committees are reported to Council on a regular basis. The following are the current members of our Council listed in order of year of Fellowship:
Prof. Laura Viani (MSc, FRCSI) is President of RCSI, a Consultant Otolaryngologist/Neuro-otologist at Beaumont Hospital and Director of the National Hearing Implant and Research Centre (NHIRC) at Beaumont.
Prof. Viani is also an Honorary Associate Professor of Surgery in RCSI and an Honorary Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.
Prof. Deborah McNamara (MB, BAO, BCh (Hons), FRCSI, MD, Intercollegiate FRCSI (Gen Surg)) is Vice President of RCSI and a Consultant General/Colorectal Surgeon at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Mr James Geraghty (PhD, MCh, FRCSI) is a Consultant General Surgeon at St Vincent's University Hospital and Senior Lecturer in Surgery at UCD.
Prof. Kevin Conlon (MB, BAO, BCh, FRCSI, FACS, FRCS (Glas), FRCS (Ed), MBA, MCh, MA, Diplomate American Board of Surgery) is a Consultant General Surgeon at St Vincent's University Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital.
Prof. Conlon is also Professor of Surgery at Trinity College Dublin.
Mr David Moore (MB, BCh, BAO, FRCSI, MCh Orth) is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin; Tallaght University Hospital and Blackrock Clinic.
Prof. K. Simon Cross (MD, M.Med.Sci., FRCSI(Gen)., FRCS(Ed)) is a Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon at Waterford University Hospital.
Prof. Michael J Kerin (MB, MCH, FRCSI, FRCS.Ed.,FRCS) is Consultant General and Breast Surgeon at Galway University Hospital.
Prof. Kerin is also the Chair of Surgery and Vice Dean of the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Prof. Thomas H. Lynch (MMs, MCh, FRCS, FRCSI, FRCS(UROL)) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at St James’s Hospital and Blackrock Clinic.
Prof. Lynch is also a Clinical Professor in Surgery at Trinity College, Dublin
Ms Margaret O'Donnell (MB, FRCS, FRCSI (Plast)) is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon, based in Blackrock Clinic and St Vincent’s Private Hospital, undertaking both reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
Prof. Camilla Carroll MB, LRCP/SI, BScAnat, MEdSurgEd, MD, FRCSI, FRCS(OTO,FRCS(ORL-HNS), FEBORLHNS(Hon) is a Consultant Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin.
Prof. Carroll is also the RCSI Council Chair for Sustainable Surgery (2020-2024); HSE Co-Chair Green Theatres and Anaesthetic Gases (2023); ICBSE Assessor, European Board Examinations ORL-HNS Lead for Head and Neck Surgery; and COSECSA Fellowship Examiner ORL-HNS.
Mr Sean Johnston (MB, BAO, BCh, L.R.C.P.SI,, MCh, FEBS, F.R.C.SI(Gen)) is a Consultant General Surgeon at Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore.
Mr Paddy Kenny (MB, BCh, BAO, MFSEM, FRCSI, FRCS (Tr & Orth)) is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Connolly Memorial and Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospitals.
He is also Joint National Clinical Lead of the Trauma and Orthopaedic Clinical Programme and President of the Irish Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.
Prof. Kilian Walsh (MB, Bch, BAO 1991 FRCSI 1995 MSc Urol 1998 FRCSI Urol 2001) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at University Hospital Galway and Bon Secours Hospital Galway.
Mr John Caird (MB BCh BAO,M MED SCI, DCH, MD, FRCS(SN)) is a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Beaumont Hospital and CHI Temple Street/OLCHC.
Ms Bridget Egan (MB, BCh, BAO. FRCSI, MCh, FRCSI (Gen Surg), HDip QHC, FEBVS (Hon)) is a Consultant Surgeon (Vascular) in Tallaght University Hospital.
Mr Keith Synnott (MB, BCh, BAO, FRCSI(Tr&Orth)) is a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital with a special interest in spine surgery and arthroplasty.
Mr Synnott is also the National Clinical Lead for Trauma Services.
Prof. John Quinlan (MB, BCh, BAO (Hons.) AFRCSI MCh H. Dip (Quality in Healthcare) MFSEM (UK) FFSEM FRCS (Tr. & Orth.)) is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon based at Tallaght University Hospital.
Prof. Paul Ridgway (MD MMedSc FEBS FRCSI) is a Consultant General Surgeon at Tallaght University Hospital and St Vincent's University Hospital.
Prof. Ronan Cahill (MB, BAO, BCh, FRCS, MD) is a General/Colorectal Surgeon at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Professor of Surgery at University College Dublin. He also leads the UCD Centre for Precision Surgery.
Prof. Cahill He has authored over 150 peer reviewed publications, five book chapters and four national guidelines.
Prof. David Healy (BSc, FRCSI, LLM, PhD) is a Consultant Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon at St Vincent's University Hospital and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.
Prof. Calvin Coffey (MB., BCh.,BAO., B.MedSci., B.Sc (Hons) PhD FRCSI) is a Consultant General/Colorectal Surgeon with the University of Limerick Hospitals Group.
The Hon. Mr Justice Peter Kelly is President of the High Court.
Mr Justice Kelly is Chairman of the Commercial Law Centre at UCD and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Maynooth University. He is also Chairman of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust and St Francis Hospice Dublin, and a Director of the Dublin Choral Foundation.
Roderick Ryan is a chartered accountant and serves as a director of a number of companies, including Glen Dimplex.
Mr Ryan was formerly Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen.