Dr Tadhg Lynch

Dr Tadhg Lynch MBBCh, MRCPI, MRCS, FCARCSI, Dip.Pain Med(CAI), FIPP, FFPMCAI, is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine.

He is a graduate of the National University of Ireland Galway with the degrees of Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery (MB, BCh), where he received the gold medal in medicine for first place in the final year medicine exam.

On graduating from medical school he entered general professional training in medicine, passing the professional medical postgraduate examination for the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI). He then trained through the College of Anaesthetists national specialist training scheme and was awarded a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine.

While in specialist training he passed postgraduate professional exams of the Fellowship of the College of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (FCARCSI), the Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (DICM) of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and the Diploma in Pain Medicine (Dip Pain Med) of the College of Anaesthetists.

During his specialist training, he was awarded the prestigious research prize the Delaney Medal which is the national award for research in anaesthesia. This was for research into the treatment of pain, completed while working in the Mater Misercordiae Hospital. He also passed the exam of the Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia.

Following completion of specialist training he has been examined for and conferred the Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland (FFPMCAI). He has also been examined for and conferred the Fellowship in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) by the World Institute of Pain Physicians.

He has also completed further fellowship training in Kings College Hospital London and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and was examined for and passed the Intercollegiate Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons exam and is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) of London.