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Dr. Deirdre Mc Namara

Assoc Prof Consultant (Clinical Medicine)

 mcnamad@tcd.ie

 


Biography

I am a graduate of Trinity College Dublin Medical school and completed Higher Specialist Training in Gastroenterology with the RCPI. I was awarded an MD from TCD before travelling abroad to complete fellowships in interventional endoscopy in Germany and cancer prevention at the National Institute of Health, USA. I became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 2006 and of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2010. I was appointed as a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in 2004 where I developed additional subspecialty interests in small bowel bleeding and endoscopy. I returned to Trinity College as an Associate Professor of Medicine in 2010 where I founded the TAGG (Trinity Academic Gastroenterology Group) Research Centre and was Head of Department for Clinical Medicine at Tallaght University Hospital from 2012-2014. As the Director of TAGG I lead a highly successful multidisciplinary team of researchers and postgraduate students with interests in small bowel disease, minimally invasive capsule endoscopy and Helicobacter pylori resistance. Clinically, I have helped to develop Tallaght Hospital's national and international reputation as a centre of excellence for small bowel disease and for post graduate training, having been awarded both Aspire RCPI and United European Gastroenterology Training Fellowships. I have always had an interest in undergraduate medical education and have held formal teaching positions throughout my career. From my initial appointment as a Lecture / Registrar at TCD in 1996 to my current role today I have focused on improving and optimising the design and delivery of clinical medicine teaching. I am always proud to represent and advocate for Trinity as Past President of the Irish Society of Gastroenterology, Chairperson of the National Clinical Advisory Group & Chairperson of the Irish Helicobacter pylori Consensus Group. I also hold national endoscopy training and colon capsule service roles. International representations include both the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and United European Gastroenterology Federation research, quality improvement and executive committees.

Research Tags

  Capsule Endoscopy   device assisted enteroscopy   HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION   Small Bowel Angiodysplasia

Representations

Details Date
International Invited Presentations European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Days 2014, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. International Colon Capsule Conference 2015, 2019, 2023. United European Gastroenterology Week 2014, 2016 American Gastroenterological Association Digestive Disease Week 2015
National Invited Presentations: Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2011, 2018, 2019. Key Note Address 23rd Colorectal Cancer Study Day 2016. Key Note Address Inaugural All Ireland Dysphagia Symposium 2015. Key Note Address Coombe Women and Infant"s University Hospital Symposium 2014. Key Note Address RCPI Master Class Series 2011-2012. Key Note Address Irish Society Endoscopy Nurses 2010. Key Note Address 2nd IBD Nurses Symposium 2010. Key Note Address Grey Turner Symposium 2010. Key Note Address
National Representations: National Capsule Endoscopy Clinical Advisory Group 2022-to date President Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2021- 2023 Chair Gastroenterology Clinical Programme 2021- 2023 Chair Irish Helicobacter pylori Working Group 2016-to date National Endoscopy Training Committee (RCPI / RCSI) 2018-to date Board Member Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2014-2023 National Clostridium Difficile Guidelines Subgroup Health Protection Surveillance Centre 2013- 2014 Chair National IBD Transition Group 2012-2014 Diagnostics Collaborative Programme, Grampian Endoscopy Lead Clinician 2006-2008 Clinical Lead Colorectal Cancer Screening Services, Grampian, NHS Scotland 2007-2008
International Representation: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy National Representative 2023-to date Associate Editor Frontiers in Gastroenterology 2022-to date ESGE-ESGAR CT-CCE Guideline Committee 2019-2021 Associate Editor United European Gastroenterology Journal 2018-2022 International Capsule Endoscopy Research Group 2018-to date SATC Centre, Odense University Hospital, Svenborg, Denmark, Senior Consultant 2017-to date Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Grant Peer Reviewer 2017 Dutch Digestive Foundation, Grant Peer Reviewer 2017 United European Gastroenterology Federation Meeting of Members (Council) 2015-2018 United European Gastroenterology National Societies Forum, Irish Representative 2015-to date European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Quality Improvement Committee 2014-to date

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2004 to date
European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) 2010
European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation 2010 2020
Fellow Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 2010
Fellow Royal College Physicians of Edinburgh 2006
Molloy SD, Butler TJ, Merrigan I, Knight A, Parihar V, Van Der Merwe K, McNamara D, Smith SM, Evaluation of real-time PCR compared to culture for the detection of clarithromycin resistant Helicobacter pylori in the Irish healthcare setting, Microbiota in Health and Disease, 5, (e956), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Spada C, McNamara D, Despott EJ, Adler S, Cash BD, Fernández-Urién I, Ivekovic H, Keuchel M, McAlindon M, Saurin JC, Panter S, Bellisario C, Minozzi S, Senore C, Bennett C, Bretthauer M, Dinis-Ribeiro M, Domagk D, Hassan C, Kaminski MF, Rees CJ, Valori R, Bisschops R, Rutter MD., Performance measures for small-bowel endoscopy: a European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative., Endoscopy, 51, 2019, p574 - 598, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Spada C, Hassan C, Bellini D, Burling D, Cappello G, Carretero C, Dekker E, Eliakim R, de Haan M, Kaminski MF, Koulaouzidis A, Laghi A, Lefere P, Mang T, Manuel Milluzzo S, Morrin M, McNamara D, Neri E, Pecere S, Pioche M, Plumb A, Rondonotti E, Spaander MCW, Taylor S, Fernandez-Urien I, van Hooft JE, Stoker J, Regg D, Imaging alternatives to colonoscopy: CT colonography and colon capsule. European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) Guideline- Update 2020, Endoscopy, 52, (12), 2020, p1127 - 1141, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Holleran G, Hussey M, Smith S, McNamara D, Assessment of serum angiogenic factors as a diagnostic aid for small bowel angiodysplasia in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and anaemia, World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, 8, (3), 2017, p127 - 132, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Tighe D, Hall B, Jeyarajah SK, Smith S, Breslin N, Ryan B, McNamara D., One-Year Clinical Outcomes in an IBD Cohort Who Have Previously Had Anti-TNFa Trough and Antibody Levels Assessed, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 23, (7), 2017, p1154 - 1159, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Yang S, Wang B, Humphries F, Jackson R, Healy M, Bergin R, Aviello G, Hall B, McNamara D, Walsh P, Russell S, Hussey S, O'Sullivan M, Darby T, Quinlan A, Shanahan F, Melgar S,Fallon PG, Moynagh P, Pellino3 ubiquitinates RIP2 and mediates NOD2-induced signaling and protective effects in colitis, Nature Immunology, 14, (9), 2013, p927 - 936, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
McNamara D, El-Omar EM, How accurate are fecal tests for determination of cure after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy?, Nature Clinical Practice. Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 4, (5), 2007, p248-9 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Holleran G, Barry S, Thornton O, Dobson M, McNamara D., The use of small bowel capsule endoscopy in iron deficiency anaemia: low impact on outcome in the medium term despite high diagnostic yield., European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 25, (3), 2013, p327 - 332, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Holleran G, Hussey M, Hall B, Dobson M, Thornton O, McNamara D., Small bowel angiodysplasia and novel disease associations: a cohort study., Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 48, (4), 2013, p433 - 438, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Alakkari A, Gammell Y, O'Connor H, McNamara D, Breslin N,Ryan B, Audit of the appropriateness of hepatoma surveillance in a cohort of patients attending a dedicated haemachromatosis clinic., GUT, British and Irish Gastroenterology Meeting, April 2013, 62, 2013, ppA67-, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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O'Connor C., McNamara D., Nakagome S., A statistical modelling reveals bi-directional chromatin scanning by RAG in the human TCR-alpha locus, bioRxiv, 2020, p14 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Sciberras M, Conti K, Elli L, Scaramella L, Riccioni ME, Marmo C, Cadoni S, McAlindon M, Sidhu R, O'hara F, McNamara D, Rondonotti E, Piccirelli S, Spada C, Bruno M, Keuchel M, Baltes P, Calleja N, Valdivia PC, de'Angelis GL, Margalit-Yehuda R, Koulaouzidis A, Dray X, Ellul P; International CApsule endoscopy REsearch (I-CARE) Group. , Score reproducibility and reliability in differentiating small bowel subepithelial masses from innocent bulges. . doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2022.06.027. , Digestive and Liver Disease, 4, (22), 2022, p1586-90-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Distinction Award, American Gastroenterological Association 2001, 2013, 2015
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Scholarship, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research 2002
NCI Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention Scholarship, National Cancer Institute/Health Research Board 2003
Most Cited Articles Award Science Direct Publishing Group 2008
Abstract Prizes Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2010, 11, 13,14,15,17, 19, 20, 21 & 22
Abstract Prizes United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGW) 2011, 2019
Meath Foundation & Adelaide Society O"Morain Research Award 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Research Award 2012
United European Gastroenterology Federation National Scholar Award 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
European Crohn's and Colitis Fellowship Award 2016
European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Mentor Award 2023

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Research Overview Research Position-Founder and Director TAGG Translational Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin Research Description-Clinical Translational Gastroenterology Major Themes- Small bowel bleeding and small bowel endoscopy, minimally invasive endoscopy and Helicobacter pylori infection Related National & International Roles and Collaborations International CApsule endoscopy REsearch (I-CARE) Group ESGE Small Bowel Quality Improvement Committee ESGE Days Faculty European Helicobacter pylori Registry National Endoscopy Program Capsule Working Group Major Research Impacts- Establishment of a national referral centre for suspected small bowel bleeding and interventional enteroscopy at TUH Development of a national colon capsule service Development of international and national practice and technical guidelines and quality assurance measures for small bowel endoscopy Establishment of a national multidisciplinary Helicobacter pylori working group and development of management guidelines Research Data- >300 research presentations and 150 publications Research grants and research awards from the Health Research Board, National Cancer Society, European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, European Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Meath Foundation and Industry.