Sam McConkey (full name: Samuel Joseph McConkey) is an
Irish doctor specialising in
internal medicine,
tropical medicine, and
infectious disease.
Background
Sam McConkey was born in the
Erne Hospital in
Enniskillen,
County Fermanagh, to George and Margaret McConkey. His mother was from
County Londonderry
County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...
and worked as a
primary school teacher in
Roslea in the south-east of
County Fermanagh.
[ R.C.S.I.: Getting to know...Professor Sam McConkey (March 2021). https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/news/news-article/2021/03/getting-to-know-professor-sam-mcconkey] His father was a farmer. McConkey was raised on the family farm at Killeevan, a
hamlet located between
Clones and
Newbliss in the west of
County Monaghan.
He received his secondary education at Monaghan Collegiate School in
Monaghan Town
Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Ireland. It also provides the name of its civil parish and barony.
The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7,678. The town is on the N2 road from Dublin to Derry and Letterken ...
. He is a
church elder at the
Presbyterian church
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
in
Clontarf.
Career
McConkey attended medical school at
Trinity College, Dublin
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(TCD), graduating in 1989. McConkey obtained
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI) in 1992 followed by a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1993. He completed
specialist training in 2000 and underwent
fellowship training at
Washington University School of Medicine, including a
Masters in Statistics. He became a
Wellcome Trust research fellow in 2001, completing a
Doctor of Medicine research degree (MD) at Trinity College Dublin in 2002. McConkey undertook a clinical fellowship at the
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the
University of Oxford. He was seconded to the
Medical Research Council Laboratories in
The Gambia. From 2001 to 2005, he was an Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases at
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
[
In 2006, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK). He is a consultant physician at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.]Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...
. He is a former board member of the Health Information and Quality Authority and currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Vaccine Initiative.[
]
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Members of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
Irish infectious disease physicians
Irish Presbyterians
People from Clones, County Monaghan
Medical doctors from County Monaghan
20th-century Irish medical doctors
21st-century Irish medical doctors
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Alumni of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine alumni
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Scholars and academics from County Monaghan