Dr. Adrian Murphy is a consultant in emergency medicine who specialises in pre-hospital emergency care and retrieval medicine.
Dr. Murphy graduated from University College Cork (UCC) in 2003 and completed the Royal College of Surgeons Basic Surgical Training Scheme in Cork University Hospital in 2006, culminating in the award of a membership in the Royal College of Surgeons. In 2009, he was appointed as a higher specialist trainee in emergency medicine and has since worked in a variety of university teaching hospitals across Ireland.
In 2011, Dr. Murphy was awarded a research fellowship by the National Children's Research Centre at Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin and was conferred with a PhD by University College Dublin in 2015. His research has focused on improving the adequate and timely management of acute pain in children, and has directly resulted in a national change in the clinical management of acute pain in children by advanced paramedics in Ireland. Dr. Murphy was awarded the Dr. Joan Robson prize for this work by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2013. He has numerous international presentations and scientific publications to his name.
Dr. Murphy completed a fellowship in pre-hospital emergency care at the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) based at the Royal London Hospital and commenced as a consultant at Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in January 2016.