Ronan Glynn
Ronan Glynn is an Irish public health physician and physiotherapist. He is Acting Chief Medical Officer and Head of the Health Protection Unit for the Department of Health in Ireland.Medical career
Glynn graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Science in 2002. He completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen in 2007, a PhD in Surgical Oncology from NUI Galway in 2013 and a first-class honours Masters in Public Health from University College Dublin in 2015.
Between 2008 and 2010, Glynn was Research Registrar at the National Breast Cancer Research Institute in University College Hospital Galway. Between 2010 and 2014, he was Senior House Officer and Specialist Registrar at the Health Service Executive. Between 2014 and 2018, he was Specialist Registrar and Specialist in Public Health Medicine at the HSE.
Glynn holds a diploma in personal leadership and executive coaching. He has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland since 2012, a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare since 2013 and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland, since 2017.
Glynn was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in October 2018. He became a regular presence at the daily press conferences, met with the Minister for Health Simon Harris and gave media appearances following the COVID-19 pandemic's emergence and subsequent arrival in Ireland. On 1 April 2020, Glynn took over from Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan after Holohan underwent tests in hospital that were unrelated to COVID-19. He also gave the briefing on 20 May when Holohan was absent "at short notice". On the 2 July 2020, Holohan made an announcement that he would be taking a hiatus from his position as Chief Medical Officer to care for his family as his wife entered palliative care with multiple myeloma; Glynn was subsequently appointed Acting Chief Medical Officer.
