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Prof. Tara Coughlan

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Dr. Tara Coughlan
Name Professor Tara Coughlan
Title Consultant Geriatrician & Stroke Physician
Speciality Geriatrics/Stroke Medicine/Bone Health
Contact number 00 353 1 414 3211

Education & Experience

MB BCh BAO National University of Ireland Galway
Specialist Registrar Training in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine RCPI
Bone Health Fellow Dept of Gerontology TCD
Consultant Geriatrician and Stroke Physician at Tallaght University Hospital 2007-present

Achievements

National Specialty Director for Geriatric Medicine 2010-2016
Secretary to Irish Committee for Higher Medical Training
Founding member and Executive Governance Member of the Irish Hip Fracture Database
Member of Clinical Advisory group to National Programme
Member of the Irish Society of Physicians in Geriatric Medicine, The American Geriatrics society and The British Geriatrics Society
Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Ireland and London
Member of ISCD and registered Clinical Densitometrist

Research Interests

Bone Health, Stroke, Dementia, Rehabilitation