Meet the Team
At Clann Medical Centre, we pride ourselves in working together as a team that is dedicated to listening to you and to discussing your physical and mental concerns in an honest and open fashion. We will provide you with high quality, up to date, evidence-based and patient centred medical advice to make informed choices when it comes to managing your health.
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​For many years our practice has been involved in the education of medical students and students may visit the practice to observe consultations as part of their curriculum. We always advise patients in advance if a student is present and will only invite a student to observe your consultation with your full permission.
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The practice is also a training practice for specialist trainees in general practice from the Irish College of General Practitioners training scheme. These trainees are qualified experienced doctors and are undertaking further experience and training in general practice. They remain in the practice from periods of 6 months to 1 year.
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Doctors
Dr Sharon McDonald
MB BAO BCH DCH DOWH MICGP FPC Dip MSk PG Cert Palliative Care
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Sharon graduated from Trinity College in 2003 with a First Class honours. She qualified as a GP in 2010 and joined Dr Anna Gullane in partnership in 2014.
She has Diplomas in Child Health, Women’s Health and Musculoskeletal Medicine as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care. She also holds an Advanced Certificate in LARC (long-acting contraception) and tutors in the insertion and removal of Intra-uterine coils and Implanons. She is currently undertaking Post Graduate Studies in Health Professions Education with UCC.
Sharon completed her GP training in the Midlands scheme and has worked as a GP Trainer
for the same scheme. She is currently an assistant director of the Midlands scheme.
She has had the privilege of being the Laois Senior Hurling team doctor for a number of
years and during this time achieved associate membership of the Faculty of Sports and
Exercise Medicine.
Dr Adrian McDonald
BSc BM BS MICGP
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Adrian graduated from the University of Limerick Graduate Entry Medical School in 2012. He completed his postgraduate specialist training in General Practice with the Midlands Training Scheme in 2017 and joined the Clann Medical centre in July of that year as an assistant GP.
Dr. Marese Murphy
MB BAO BCh (Hons), MRCSI, MICGP
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Marese graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2009. She completed her intern year and her basic surgical training scheme and was awarded membership of the RCSI. She then spent time undertaking breast cancer research prior to enrolling on the Dublin Mid-Leinster GP training scheme. She graduated from the GP training scheme as a member of the ICGP in 2020 and has been working in Clann Medical since January 2021. She has a special interest in paediatrics, paediatric mental health and women’s health including contraception and menopause management.
Dr Vanessa Nguyen
MB MCh BAO LRCPI & SI MICGP DRCOG
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Dr Nguyen graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2019. She completed her postgraduate specialist training in General Practice with the Midlands Training Scheme and is a member of the Irish College of General Practitioners.
Dr Nguyen attained a Diploma in Women's Health through the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. She holds a certificate in Contraception and LARC (long-acting reversible contraception) and is a registered smear taker with Cervical Check.
Dr. Mohamed Hasan
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Dr. Mohamed Hasan graduated from Red Sea University, Sudan, and obtained full registration with the Sudan Medical Council. He obtained full registration with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties under General Practice and gained valuable experience working in Saudi Arabia. He later pursued postgraduate training, became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS), and also gained experience in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Hasan is also an Associate Member of the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP).
Nurses
Frances McAuley
Practice Nurse
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Frances completed a four-year integrated Nursing Programme between James Connolly
Memorial and Crumlin Children’s Hospital. She has also completed a stand alone module in
Diabetes further enhancing her skills. She has worked in multiple healthcare settings
including Naas, Tullamore and Portlaoise Hospital and in various specialties including
Paediatrics, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics and Emergency medicine.
She has been a part of our team as a Practice Nurse since 2004 and is a proud member of
the Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association (IGPNEA).
Outside of Nursing Frances enjoys staying fit,has a keen interest in gardening and is a carer
with the HSE.
Deirdre O’Riordan
Practice Nurse
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Deirdre studied General Nursing in University College Cork, graduating in 2015. She has experience working in various acute settings including A&E. Deirdre then went on to become a Midwife, studying in Trinity College Dublin and graduating in 2021. She worked as a Midwife in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and Portlaoise before joining the team in Clann Medical in 2022 as a Practice Nurse.
Colette O’Loughlin
Practice Nurse​
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Colette studied General Nursing in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. She holds a Certificate in Emergency Nursing and has thirty years nursing experience working in Accident and Emergency between The Mater Hospital, Tallaght Hospital and Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.
Colette was promoted to Clinical Nurse Manager in Tallaght Hospital and Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise. Colette received her Nurse Prescribing certificate from The Royal College of Surgeons.
Colette has joined our practice after recently retiring from Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise.
Admin Team
Amie Sheridan
Office Manager
Edel Preston
Lisa Cripps
Rachel Sinnott
Paula Maher
Practice Management
