DrPeter Joseph MacMahon

Clinical Professor

School of Medicine

  • Clinical Professor
    School of Medicine

BIO

Prof Peter MacMahon is a Consultant Radiologist in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Mater Private Hospital. He has sub-speciality training in Emergency Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging and Musculoskeletal Intervention.
Peter is a UCD medical school graduate, who completed his Radiology training as a Specialist Registrar in the Mater Hospital. Subsequently Peter completed clinical fellowships in Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention and Emergency Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston USA. Peter returned to the Mater as a Consultant Radiologist in 2012.
Prof MacMahon is the clinical lead for Emergency Radiology at the Mater and has particular interest in imaging appropriateness, imaging techniques, artificial intelligence and imaging findings as pertain to the Emergency Department. In addition Peter has broad interest in musculoskeletal imaging, in particular as pertains to trauma, including spinal and radiocarpal injuries. Peter has published on techniques and safety with regards to corticosteroid injections in musculoskeletal pathology such as neck or back pain.
Peter was the Clinical Director of Radiology at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital from 2018 to 2021.