ProfessorKieran Sheahan

Professor Kieran Sheahan: MB,BCh,.BAO B.Sc. M.R.C.P.I. F.R.C.P.I. F.F.Path .F.R.C.Path. is a Consultant Histopathologist at the Department of Pathology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin & Full Clinical Professor, University College Dublin School of Medicine. He graduated from UCD Medical School in 1981 & trained in the Anatomic Pathology Program, Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston, USA where he was Assistant Professor of Pathology, Boston University where he remains in a Adjunct Professor role. He took up his present appointment in 1992, became Associate Clinical Professor, UCD School of Medicine in 2007 & Full Clinical Professor (Clinical Pathway) in 2014. He is a Director of the Centre for Colorectal Disease, SVUH. He is a former Board Member of National Cancer Registry & former President of the Pathology Section, RAMI . He was the founding Treasurer and a former President of the Irish Society of Surgical Pathology. He held a number of positions in the Faculty of Pathology including Director of Education (2013-2019). He is currently Histopathology Lead in the National BowelScreen programme ((2011-). He is a current Board member/Director of the International Collaboration on Cancer (ICCR). His research interests include Prognostic & predictive markers in colorectal cancer, familial gastrointestinal cancer, application of immunohistochemical & molecular genetic techniques in cancer & the pathobiology of inflammatory bowel disease. He has over 190 original publications in peer-reviewed biomedical journals and has authored numerous reviews & book chapters.