Ronan Glynn

Ronan Glynn is an Irish public health physician and physiotherapist who has served as Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland since October 2018 and Head of the Health Protection Unit at the Department of Health. He previously served as Acting Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from July to October 2020.

Ronan Glynn
Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 October 2020
Preceded by	Vacant
In office 21 October 2018 – 2 July 2020
Preceded by	Philip Crowley[1]
Succeeded by	Vacant
Acting Chief Medical Officer of Ireland
In office 2 July 2020 – 4 October 2020
Preceded by	Tony Holohan
Succeeded by	Tony Holohan
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Carla O'Brien (m. 2013)
Children	2
Alma mater	University College Dublin University of Aberdeen NUI Galway

Medical career

Glynn graduated from University College Dublin, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, in 2002. He completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen in 2007, a PhD in Surgical Oncology from NUI Galway in 2013 and a first-class honours Masters in Public Health (MPH) from University College Dublin in 2015.[2]

Between 2008 and 2010, Glynn was Research Registrar at the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) in University College Hospital Galway.[2] Between 2010 and 2014, he was Senior House Officer and Specialist Registrar at the Health Service Executive (Otolaryngology).[2] Between 2014 and 2018, he was Specialist Registrar and Specialist in Public Health Medicine at the HSE.[2]

Glynn holds a diploma in personal leadership and executive coaching.[2] He has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland since 2012, a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQUA) since 2013 and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland, since 2017.[2]

Glynn was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in October 2018.[2] He became a regular presence at the daily COVID-19 press conferences, along with the CMO, Dr Tony Holohan and gave media appearances following the COVID-19 pandemic's emergence and its subsequent arrival in Ireland.[3][4] On 2 July 2020, Holohan made an announcement that he would be taking a hiatus from his position as Chief Medical Officer to care for his family as his wife entered palliative care with multiple myeloma; Glynn was subsequently appointed Acting Chief Medical Officer until 5 October 2020.

He gave a televised interview to The Late Late Show on 4 September 2020.[5]

He was awarded Best Doctor of The Year by RTE Radio 1 in 2020.

Personal life

In September 2013, Glynn married Carla O'Brien, newsreader for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, and they have two children.[6][7]

References

1. "Joint Committee On Agriculture, Fisheries And Food Debate - Thursday, 15 Jan 2009". oireachtas.ie. Oireachtas. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. "Ronan Glynn CV" (PDF). European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
3. "Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - Tuesday 17 March". Gov.ie. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
4. Published on 28/03/2020 (28 March 2020). "31 cases in Clare as Ireland's tally hits 2,415 - The Clare Echo News". Clareecho.ie. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
5. "Ireland 'still in control' of Covid-19, says Acting Chief Medical Officer". TheJournal.ie. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
6. O'Shea, Cormac; Dunne, William (24 August 2020). "Who is Dr Ronan Glynn? Wife, background and experience of Ireland's Acting Chief Medical Officer". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
7. Farrell, Josette (8 July 2020). "Dr. Ronan Glynn – new Acting Chief Medical Officer". claregalway.info. Retrieved 29 August 2020.