Dr. Diarmaid Scully
M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., B.A., M.I.C.G.P., M.R.C.P.I. (Med of Child), D.C.H., D.R.C.O.G., C.C.F.P., L.M.C.C.
Dr. Diarmaid Scully is on the Specialist Register of the Medical Council of Ireland and graduated with honours in medicine from Trinity College Dublin in 2008. Prior to completing his general practice training in 2017, he completed his B.S.T. in Paediatrics and worked in hospitals and clinics throughout Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and Tanzania. His postgraduate experience spans a wide range of specialties, including medicine for the elderly, psychiatry, emergency medicine, rheumatology, palliative care, neonatology, oncology, paediatrics, endocrinology, bone marrow transplantation and surgery.
After returning to Trinity to undertake postgraduate training in general practice, he further broadened his experience by taking up a partnership post at Dalhousie University Clinic in Canada, serving a population of over 23,000 patients. During this time, he gained extensive experience across all areas of general practice, with particular interests in sexual health, dermatology, ADHD, gynaecology and joint injections. He also worked in a tertiary sexual health clinic affiliated with St James’s Hospital in Dublin, providing PrEP, as well as providing diving medicals for Dalhousie university.
Dr. Scully has a strong interest in medical education and has taught and examined at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. During his time at Dalhousie University, he was appointed Assistant Professor. He is now a GP trainer with the Trinity College Dublin postgraduate specialist GP training scheme, supporting the education and development of doctors undertaking specialist training in general practice.
Dr. Scully has also contributed to the regulation of the medical profession in Ireland, having previously served on the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Medical Council of Ireland.
He always planned to establish a modern, patient-centred GP clinic in Dublin and is delighted to share his experience and expertise with the people of south Dublin.
Qualifications
Graduate of Trinity College Dublin (Honours and Professor's Prize in Psychiatry), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Member of the Irish College of General Practitioners, Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland – Children's Health, Postgraduate Diploma in Children's Health, Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Member of the Canadian College of Family Physicians, Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada.
