Appointments to Beaumont Hospital Board - 27 April 2023

Following their nominations, the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has appointed the following members to the Beaumont Hospital Board.

Dr Aboud graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1994. He has been a GP in the Beaumont area for the past 20 years. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Sports and Exercise Medicine. Dr Aboud is active in medical postgraduate education as both a Postgraduate GP trainer and an examiner. He has been active in the drive to establish GP out-of-hours co-ops & post graduate vocational GP training. He has board level experience in the private health sector.

Dr. Richard Aboud is nominated by the Irish College of General Practitioners and appointed from 9 March 2023 until 16 April 2023 and for a further term of 3 years effective from 17 April 2023 to 16 April 2026.

Patrick is a GP and Associate Professor in General Practice at RCSI. He has previously held clinical academic roles in Ireland, Australia, and the UK, having obtained his PhD through the Health Research Board PhD Scholars Programme. Patrick's research focuses on enhancing patients' cancer journey from diagnosis to survivorship, with a view to improving outcomes and reducing healthcare costs. He has led research and teaching programmes at the Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute at the University of Cambridge, the University of Western Australia, and King's College London. He supervises doctoral and clinical academic trainees and was previously Editor in Chief of the BJGP Open journal having also sat on the editorial board of the Irish College of General Practice’s (ICGP) official journal Forum and the ICGP Quality in Practice Committee.

Professor Patrick Redmond is nominated by the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and appointed from 17 April 2023 to 16 April 2026.

Professor Michelle Butler is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science and Health at Dublin City University. She has extensive research, teaching, assessment, and curriculum development experience and previously held academic leadership positions at the University of British Columbia and University College Dublin. Her background is in nursing and midwifery, and she has conducted research studies in nursing, midwifery, and health services management, in Canada, the UK and Ireland. Her research expertise is in evaluation research, mixed methods, qualitative methods, case study, Delphi and consensus methods, and systematic reviews. She also has a particular interest in building research capacity with clinical and health services partners and has established joint research networks between clinicians and academics in Canada and Ireland. Currently she is Chair of the REACH Collaboratory - a joint research initiative between DCU and the HSE Dublin North City and County.

Professor Michelle Butler is nominated by Dublin City University and appointed from 17 April 2023 to 16 April 2026.