• Phone:       01 2601188
  • Email:        martinb@svcpc.ie
  • Address    Suite 5, 1st Floor, St Vincent’s Private Hospital
  • Clinic Hours:       Monday AM, Tuesday PM

 

Specialty:

Consultant Gastroenterologist / Hepatologist

Subspecialty Expertise:

Liver Disease

Qualifications

Dr Ross Mac Nicholas graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2002 with an honours degree. He was awarded a Masters in Medical Education by Queens University Belfast in 2010.

Current Memberships

Dr Mac Nicholas was an active member of the Liver Foundation of Western Australia, a voluntary, non-profit organisation which aims to promote awareness about liver health by supporting research and educational activities. One of his key accomplishments was the creation of outreach clinics to the indigenous Australian population in the remote Pilbara region.

Dr Mac Nicholas is a member of the Irish Society of Gastroenterologist, the European Association for the study of the liver.

Biography

Dr Mac Nicholas worked as an intern, medical house officer and specialist registrar in Tallaght, St James’s, Mater Misericordiae and St Vincent’s University Hospitals. In 2011 Dr Mac Nicholas was awarded a certificate of specialist training in Gastroenterology & General Internal Medicine. On completion of his training he was appointed as a locum consultant gastroenterologist in St Vincent’s.

In 2012 he commenced a one year fellowship in Advanced Hepatology and Liver Transplant in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (one of the largest liver transplant and general hepatology units in Europe).

In 2013 Dr Mac Nicholas moved to Western Australia and was appointed as a Consultant Gastroenterologist (special interest liver disease) in the state liver transplant unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth. He also worked as a Senior Lecturer in University of Western Australia and has a particular interest in teaching. He was awarded a Masters in Medical Education by Queens University Belfast in 2010.

In 2015 Dr Mac Nicholas returned as a full time Consultant Gastroenterologist (special interest liver disease) to St Vincent’s University Hospital.

In 2016 Dr Mac Nicholas was an Associate Professor in the UCD school of medicine. He is a member of the Irish Society of Gastroenterologist, the European Association for the study of the liver. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians Ireland and the European Board of Gastroenterologist and Hepatology.