Assoc ProfessorCormac McCarthy

Professor Cormac McCarthy is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at St Vincent’s University Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at University College Dublin. He is Director of the UCD Lung Centre and Director of the Academic Centre for Rare Diseases at UCD. His clinical and translational research interests focus on interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and diffuse cystic lung diseases, with a particular emphasis on biomarker discovery, disease mechanisms, and translational therapeutics. His work integrates mechanistic science with clinical research and clinical trials to advance diagnostics, treatment strategies, and patient outcomes in rare and complex respiratory diseases.