WOODVIEW FAMILY DOCTORS - Key Persons
Clodagh McNally Physiotherapy started in November 2019 at Woodview Family Doctors.
Clodagh graduated with a BSc Physiotherapy (Hons) Degree from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin in 2004. She is a practicing member of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists and Coru registered. She also holds a BSc Sports Rehabilitation & Sports Science (Hons) Degree from St. Mary's University, Strawberry Hill Twickenham (2000). Clodagh gained valuable experience in musculoskeletal injuries working in The Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for 6 years as a Senior Physiotherapist. She also worked in a private practice in Belfast alongside Orthopaedic Surgeons and Neurosurgeons at this time.
Clodagh has been working in private practice in Cork since 2009. She has furthered her skills as a Physiotherapist by completing numerous accredited post-graduate courses including Dry Needling, Kinesio Taping, Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy, Orthotic Prescription, Manual Therapy and combines this knowledge with her Sports Rehabilitation experience. Her areas of special interest include musculoskeletal conditions, pregnancy related pelvic, lower back pain and post-natal pain. She also has expertise working and rehabilitating sports injuries, as well as treating Neurological and Orthopaedic injuries, and rehabilitation following surgery.
Clodagh is also a qualified APPI Pilates Instructor and has completed Pregnancy Pilates, Reformer Pilates on the mat, Pilates & the Ball, and Pilates Mat work Courses with the Australian Physiotherapy & Pilates Institute (APPI). She is also a registered Mummy NCT practitioner.
Dr. O'Callaghan graduated with honours from University College, Cork in 1997. Following her internship in the CUH and Limerick Regional Hospital she spent 2 years in Dublin rotating through the major paediatric hospitals - Crumlin and the Coombe Women's hospital gaining valuable experience in paediatrics.
Returning to Cork she spent the next 3 years on the Cork vocational GP training scheme and graduated from this in 2003.
A member of the ICGP she has postgraduate diplomas in the areas of geriatrics, women's health and paediatrics. She has a special interest in the area of paediatrics, women's health and family planning.
She is married with 2 daughters.
Dr Ciarán Brady graduated with an honours degree in medicine in 1999 from University College, Cork. Following internship and two years of general medical training in hospital medicine, he gained membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2002. Dr Brady did two years of higher specialist training in Haematology in Cork and Dublin. He then progressed to specialist training in General Practice, gaining membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners in 2007. During that period, he also developed extra training and experience in Orthopaedic Medicine and Paediatrics.
Dr Brady has been an examiner for the Irish College of General Practitioners since 2013, helping to ensure high standards in newly qualified GPs. He is a GP trainer on the Cork Specialist Training Programme in General Practice.
Dr Brady is a practising GP in Glanmire since 2008 and has a special interest in general medicine, medicine for the elderly, orthopaedic medicine, travel medicine, and paediatrics.
He is married with two children.
Dr. Quinlan won the 2013 National Quality in Practice award, with a project for potentially toxic medicines.
He won the 2018 National Quality & Safety in Practice for an initiative to prevent stroke in older people. He is a member of both Irish and Royal colleges of General Practice and was conferred a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practice in 2015. While studying medicine, he was awarded a scholarship and obtained an honours physiology degree. He graduated from UCC in 1991. He was conferred with Masters in Medical Law & Ethics, Edinburgh University, in 2018.
He completed GP training in 1995, in Kent, England. He then worked in Australia for a year. He holds diplomas in child health, family planning and dermatology, with a Certificate in diabetes care.
He is a member of the National Diabetes Programme, since 2010, and appointed HSE clinical lead, diabetes in primary care, in 2018. He chaired the Diabetes in General Practice group, a Cork charity. He is on the Quality Assurance committee of the National Diabetic Retinal screening programme.
He was appointed to the Irish Medical Council panel of assessors in 2015.
He was a ministerial appointee to the board of the Health Products Regulatory Authority in 2014.
He obtained a Diploma in Practical Dermatology (with distinction) from the Cardiff University. He is an online dermatology tutor for this diploma course. See the Skin Disease section under the Services menu.
He is a longstanding member of the Travel Medicine Society of Ireland : see the Travel Medicine and Vaccinations section under the Services menu
He has an interest in medical research and education, participating in many research projects, both local and national. He chaired and presented at a range of conferences, academic and educational meetings. He has co-authored a chapter in a book on "Integrated Care for Ireland", published July 2013. He has published research in diabetes. He is a tutor for medical students in UCC. He was a group leader for ICGP Continuing Professional Development 2012-2018.
He undertakes clinical risk assessments on behalf of the Medical Protection Society. He is on the Southdoc committee for Cork city.
He is married with 4 sons.
Dr O'Donoghue is a practising GP in the Glanmire area since 2000. Since that time she has developed her interests in Family Planning and fits the Implanon contraceptive device. She has a special interest in paediatrics and women's health.
She has also completed Certificates in the Management of Diabetes in General Practice and Palliative Care.
She is married with three children.
Dr. Kiely graduated with honours from University College, Cork in 1997. She completed specialist training in general Practice on the Cork vocational training scheme in 2001.
She has post graduate diplomas in paediatrics, women's health and diabetes. She is a member of the Irish college of General Practitioners (ICGP) and has been on the committee of the Cork city faculty of the ICGP for a number of years.
She has a special interest in paediatrics, women's health and family planning.
She has worked as a GP in Glanmire since 2001 and is married with 4 children.
Dr. Maura Kelly graduated with an honours degree in medicine in 1999 from University College, Cork. She then went on to train in general surgery for four years. She gained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in 2002. Following this, she went into specialist training in General Practice. Dr Kelly's vocational training took her to Cheshire, UK, and she gained membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2007. During this period she also gained diplomas in women's health, family planning, and paediatrics.
Dr Kelly is a practising GP in Glanmire since 2008. Since that time she has further developed her interests in minor surgical procedures, women's health (including fitting of Implanon, Copper Coil and Mirena Intrauterine Systems), and paediatrics and antenatal care.
Elaine joined our team in May 2013 as a Medical Receptionist.
She has previously worked for 12 years as a Senior Business Development Executive in the Recruitment Industry.
She is a graduate of CIT with a Certificate in Office Information Systems and a Diploma in Business Studies Marketing. Elaine is a proud mum of 2 boys and in her spare time enjoys most spending time with family and friends.
Louise joined the practice in January 2016. In 2017 Louise completed a phlebotomy course and runs two morning clinics at Woodview Family Doctors and enjoys the variety of her two roles here.
She has over fourteen years experience in customer service as a senior cabin crew member with Aer Lingus both in Dublin and Cork.
In May 2013 she graduated with distinction form Colaiste Stiofan Naofa having studied Applied Biology and Food Science. She also holds a Certificate in Personnel Management and Business Studies.
Louise is a mum of 3 boys and in her spare time enjoys spending time family and friends, gardening , singing with local choir and is involved with the scouts in Glanmire.
Margaret joined the practice in October 2013. For over 27 years she worked in retail gaining vast experience in customer service.
In recent years she took a change in direction and worked in administration for a recycling company.
In May 2013 she graduated with distinction from the Cork College of Commerce where she studied a medical and dental receptionist course.
In her spare time she loves gardening, reading detective novels along with watching horseracing.
Michelle joined Woodview during the summer of 2013 and brings with her over twenty years' experience working at corporate level. Having worked for over fifteen years in a legal environment, Michelle made a career transition in 2007 and has been working since then with healthcare professionals providing practice management service.
Michelle has a strong quality systems background. She brings with her many years of experience working to ISO and Excellence Ireland quality standards. Her strong quality ethos can be seen at Woodview Family Doctors from patient services to practice management systems and she has plans to develop this practice to have a recognized quality standard in keeping with Woodview's ideology of excellence in patient care.
Michelle is originally from the West of Ireland and studied Business Studies at Sligo I.T. After college she spent a year living in France and still has a great love of the French language. When not working at Woodview, Michelle is kept busy at home with her two young daughters.
Shelley joined the practice in Nov 2016 as a Medical Secretary.
She has over 14 years secretarial experience with 10 years of that in the school industry while living in America. Since returning home she completed a Fetac Level 5 Medical and Dental receptionist course in the College of Commerce and graduated with Distinctions.
Shelley is a proud mom of one son. In her spare time she enjoys reading, meeting up with friends, going to Zumba classes and going to the cinema with her son.