Dr Eimear McHugh
Dr Eimear McHugh is a Specialist Oral Surgeon. She provides a full range of services in Oral Surgery with Local Anaesthesia and Intravenous Sedation.
Dr McHugh is registered with the Irish Dental Council and she is also on the Oral Surgery Specialist List. She is a member of the Irish Dental Association and is on the committee the Irish Association of Oral Surgery. She has examined for the Royal College of Surgeons Membership exams in the UAE.
Dr. McHugh graduated with Honours from Trinity College Dublin in 2008. Following a year as a House Officer in the Dublin Dental University Hospital, she was employed in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery unit in St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester, West Sussex. During this time, Dr McHugh completed her Membership Examinations for the Faculty of Dentistry in the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. She also obtained certification in Advanced Trauma Life Support.
She then became the Executive Registrar in the Dublin Dental University Hospital and provided Oral Surgery services at the Dublin Dental University Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital and Crumlin Hospital for Sick Children.
She completed her specialist training over three years at the Dublin Dental University Hospital, where she was awarded a doctorate in Oral Surgery and graduated with First Class Honours. She also successfully completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support course during this time. Her doctoral thesis was entitled “The role of alcohol in oral cancer.” She has written a number of scientific papers, which have been published in the Journal of the Irish Dental Association and The Surgeon.
In 2014, following her specialist training, Dr McHugh became a Fellow of the Dental Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Dr McHugh currently holds a teaching post at the Dublin Dental University Hospital and she is listed on the Consultant Register in the Mater Private Hospital where she provides Oral Surgery Services under General Anaesthetic. She is trained in Basic Life Support and Intermediate Life Support.
