Assoc Prof Tom Gallagher

Assoc Prof Gallagher is a Consultant General Surgeon at Beacon Hospital. He has a clinical specialty on Liver, Pancreas and Biliary (HPB) Conditions.

Professor Gallagher is a graduate of RCSI School of Medicine with honours before completing higher surgical training in general surgery in Dublin. Assoc Prof Gallagher went on to complete fellowships internationally in complex hepatobilary and transplant surgery in at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Hong Kong; and in Northwestern University Memorial Hospital, Chicago. After returning to Ireland he was appointed in 2015 as a consultant Hepatobiliary (HPB) and Transplant Surgeon.

Currently, he is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery in UCD where he supervises a research lab on pancreas cancer. Additionally he sits of the executive committee of the European HPB Association. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the European board of surgery and the Royal College of Surgeons.

Biliary (bile duct and gallbladder) conditions treated:

• Cholecystitis, Gallstones
• Gallbladder and bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma).
• Biliary strictures.
• Blocked bile ducts

Bile duct and gallbladder surgeries include:

• Bile duct repair: Treats bile duct injuries, leaks and blockages
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Performs minimally invasive gallbladder removal for gallstones, cancer, pancreatitis or cholecystitis

Pancreas conditions treated:

• Pancreatic cancer and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
• Acute and chronic pancreatitis.
• Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN)
• Pancreatic cysts and pseudocysts

Liver conditions treated:

• Liver cancer, including colorectal liver metastases, hepatocellular carcinoma, and less common malignancies
• Liver disease, including liver cysts, abscesses and other lesions