Cancer Centre Status Awarded - 2024

Cancer Centre Status Awarded - 2024

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Cancer Centre Accreditation and Designation

In 2022 our Cancer Centre became a member of the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes and entered the accreditation and quality improvement programme. In May 2024 the OECI audit board visited Galway, Sligo, and Letterkenny to review our cancer care, research and education facilities and services. OECI Cancer Centre status was awarded in December 2024. 

Cancer Managed Clinical Academic Network (MCAN) and Accreditation Teams

The HSE West and North West Cancer Centre provides cancer services at five regional hospital sites under the governance of the Cancer Managed Clinical Academic Network (MCAN). Click here to view or download annual reports.

Prof Michael Kerin Director
Prof Maccon Keane (Galway)
Dr Joseph Martin (Galway)
Dr Margaret Murray (Galway)
Dr Gerry O’Dowd (Letterkenny)
Prof Kevin Barry (Mayo)
Dr Andrew Hodgson (Sligo)
Associate Clinical Directors
Prof Michael O'Dwyer Scientific Director
Geraldine Cooley Cancer MCAN General Manager
Olive Gallagher Cancer MCAN Director of Nursing 
Pauline McGough Cancer MCAN Business Manager 
Jackie Lillis Cancer MCAN Quality and Patient Safety Coordinator   
Gearoid McGann  Cancer MCAN Executive Administrator
Helen O'Reilly OECI Accreditation Manager
Emer Hennessy Cancer Centre Research Manager
Prof Aoife Lowery and Prof Sean Hynes Clinical Research Leads
Prof Corrado Santocanale Basic Research Lead 
Dr Roisin Dwyer and Dr Aideen Ryan Translational Research Leads
Dr Nicola Miller Biobanking Lead

 

Scientific Advisory Board

Prof Frank Gannon (Chair) Former Director EMBO, SFI, and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
Ms Jaqueline Daly 

Director, East Galway-Midlands Cancer Support Centre, Ireland

Prof William Gallagher

Professor of Cancer Biology, UCD and Director All-Island Cancer Research Institute, Ireland

Dr John Lyons

Senior Vice President, Translational Research, Astex Pharmaceuticals

Prof Mark Lawler

Professor of Digital Health and Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, QUB

Dr Roisin O’Cearbhaill

Research Director, Gynecologic Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Prof M. Sharon Stack

Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, USA