14 February 2025 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Join us for a special online event where you will hear from experts about a range of experiences, updates and the latest developments in clinical cancer genetics.
Our speakers are some of the foremost specialists in this field and the webinar will also give you an opportunity to ask any questions that you may have.
We are delighted to welcome three expert speakers for this webinar. They are experts in Medical Oncology and Pathology, and have specialist expertise in how genomic medicine has been integrated into their respective specialities to enhance patient care.
In this webinar, we will explore how genomic testing can influence diagnosis, prognosis and treatment decision making for patients with cancer. Expert speakers will discuss the benefits, limitations and challenges associated with implementing genomic testing, and advise on supports and strategies to facilitate routine implementation of genomic testing in clinical practice.
Dr Terri McVeigh, Consultant Clinical Geneticist
Dr. Fergus Keane, Consultant medical oncologist, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
Dr Dearbhaile Collins, Clinical Director of Cancer Services and Consultant Medical Oncologist at Cork University Hospital
Dr Ciaran Hutchinson, Consultant in paediatric and perinatal pathology
Dr McVeigh is a Consultant Clinical Geneticist in the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, specialising in Cancer Genetics. She also holds an Honorary Associate Faculty position in the Institute of Cancer Research.
Dr McVeigh undertook undergraduate medical training, postgraduate core surgical training and Higher Specialist Training in Clinical Genetics in Ireland. Her specialist training was funded by the Health Research Board/Health Service Executive National Academic SpR Fellowship Programme, with research fellowships in Yale University, New Haven, USA, and in QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane Australia. She also undertook a Clinical Research Fellowship in the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and subsequently took up a consultant post there in 2018.
She was awarded a PhD from National University of Ireland, Galway for her work investigating the translational applications of genomic profiling for risk estimation, prognostication and treatment of breast cancer. She also holds a Certificate in Medical Genetics (RCPath) and Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Science (NUI Galway).
Dr McVeigh has a special interest in teaching, and holds a Masters in Clinical Education. She now acts as a core tutor on the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Education in NUI Galway. She is also a core tutor of the Molecular Pathology of Cancer and Application in Cancer Diagnosis, Screening, and Treatment Module of the ICR -led MSc in Genomic Medicine (Imperial College London), and regularly supervises and examines postgraduate research projects.
Dr McVeigh keenly supports patient engagement and education. She developed and curates a patient information website (www.cancergenetics.ie). She is also a member of the medical advisory board of the Ovacome Ovarian Cancer charity in the UK.
She is a member of the Council and Social Media/Communications of the Cancer Genetics Group of the British Society of Genomic Medicine.
Dr Dearbhaile Collins is Clinical Director of Cancer Services and Consultant Medical Oncologist at Cork University Hospital. She has a subspecialty interest in gynaecological and thoracic cancers as well as translational research and early phase trials. In addition to her medical degree (MBBCh BAO) from University College Dublin, Dr Collins has a PhD in translational oncology from the National University of Ireland, a Masters degree in Medical Ethics and Law from the University of Manchester and a postgraduate certificate in Clinical and Translational Medicine. Following Specialist Registration (SpR) Training in Medical Oncology in Ireland, she undertook a Fellowship at the Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK, under the supervision of Regius Professor Johann de Bono, before returning to a consultant position at Cork University Hospital. She is the President of the Irish Society of Gynaecological Oncology and the Clinical Lead of the national Irish Molecular Tumour Board.
Dr Ciaran Hutchinson is a consultant paediatric pathologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He completed a PhD fellowship at UCL GOS-ICH with Prof. Neil Sebire, focusing on the development of minimally invasive paediatric and fetal autopsy. He has ongoing interests in paediatric oncology, autopsy pathology, and X-ray phase contrast imaging in pathology.
Dr Fergus Keane is a consultant medical oncologist at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. Following completion of higher specialist training in Ireland, he completed an advanced fellowship in gastrointestinal malignancies at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. His clinical and research focus is on the management of colorectal and pancreaticobiliary cancers.
