Emer O’Doherty

Compassionate Doctor delivering patient care with empathy and diligence. Committed to continuous learning, enhancing clinical skills and improving patient outcomes through evidence-based practices. Recognised for clear communication and teamwork, fostering positive clinical environment.

• Advanced life support (2025)
• Prescribing safety assessment (2025)
• WildMed wilderness and expedition medicine (2025)
• Sailing Instruction & Lifesaving (2013-2019)

Top ten percent of graduating class, UCD, Bachelor of Medicine (2025), Awarded Seamus McDermott Entrepreneurial Scholarship (2019), Awarded Young Social Innovator Award (2017), Awarded ‘Prospect 100 for Tech’, talented young people in technology (2020), Featured artist on front cover of “Elysian Archives” magazine (2021)

• Med Ball Convenor, Mater Hospital, 2026, UCD Medical Society 2022
• Alone Ireland’s Elderly Befriending Service, Volunteer, 2025, Ongoing
• UCD Volunteers Overseas Education Project, 2019, 2020
• Gorey Ireland Gambia Youth Education Project, 2017, 2018
• Operation Smile (Medical Mission), Student Ambassador, 2016, 2017

Nephrology- hôpital necker-enfants malades, Paris, France (July-August 2024)

Geriatric medicine- Wexford general hospital, Ireland (January 2025)

Anaesthetics- Blackrock clinic, Dublin, Ireland (January 2025)

• HSE Ireland Spark Innovation Programme2025 ongoing: Co-developing the Mater Hospital Surgical app to improve improve sign-out processes and patient safety
• Co-author: Association of Glycemic Control with Inverse Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy Severity in Type 1 Diabetes, 110-OR, American Diabetes Association 2025 Meeting Abstract / Oral Presentation.
• First author: Long-COVID in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes—Prevalence, Clinical Outcomes, and Inflammatory Marker Responses, Poster Presentation #1302-P, Category 17-C Epidemiology—Clinical—Diagnosis and Screening, American Diabetes Association International Conference, 2024.
• Co-author: Delaying Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy Worsens the Risk for Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 322-OR, American Diabetes Association 2024 Meeting Abstract / Oral Presentation.

Irish medical council full license (IMC No: 542875). July 2025-present