Professor Stephen Cusack

Prof Stephen Cusack graduated from University College Dublin, Ireland, in 1982, was awarded FRCSI in 1987 and trained in Emergency Medicine in Scotland at Edinburgh and Glasgow Royal Infirmaries between 1987 and 1993. He is a founding Fellow of the RCEM (Royal College of Emergency Medicine).

Prof Cusack was appointed the first Consultant in Emergency Medicine in Cork, to Cork University, Mercy University and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospitals in 1993. He was the sole Consultant in Emergency Medicine in Cork for almost 7 years. Prof Cusack was appointed as Ireland's first academic Professor of Emergency Medicine in 2010 at University College Cork. He served as secretary of the IAEM (Irish Association for Emergency Medicine) for 5 years, on a European Commission DGV committee on Maritime Medical Care, as a Consultant representative on the first Executive Board of CUH and was recently (2017-2018) Dean of UCC Medical School. He retired from the HSE and UCC in March 2019.

Professor Cusack is now Clinical Lead for Emergency Medicine at the Mater Private Hospital, Cork, and continues in Medicolegal Practice based at the CUH Consultants' Private Clinic.