Biography

Ronan graduated from the University of Bradford in 1993. He returned to Ireland and began working as a resident pharmacist in St. James’s Hospital Dublin, completing his M.Sc in Hospital Pharmacy from the University of Derby in 1995. He moved to the Adelaide Hospital in 1996 and then to Tallaght University Hospital in 1998 and was appointed Chief II Pharmacist responsible for Education and Training. He specialised in Intensive Care Therapeutics with particular interest in drug clearance during continuous renal replacement. He left hospital pharmacy in 2000 and has been working as Superintendent Pharmacist at his family community pharmacy in Clonmel since then. He completed a M.Ed program at the University of Leeds in 2004. He joined the School of Pharmacy, UCC, in 2011 lecturing in Clinical Practice to final year students.

Experience:

Secretary of the Hospital Pharmacist’s Association of Ireland 1997-1999

Council Member, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 2001-2008

Vice-President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 2003-2005

President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 2005-2007, during which time the Pharmacy Act 2007 was commenced.

Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin 1996-2001

Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Limerick 2000-2002

Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin 2015-present

Alternate Chair Professional Conduct Committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland 2011-2019

Member of the Fitness to Practice Committee of the Medical Council of Ireland 2018-present

Member of the Radiographers Registration Board, CORU 2020 - date

Member of the Advisory Committee on Human Medicines, Health Products Regulatory Authority 2011-2020