Professional Profile

Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Saint James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, since 2006.
Director of Intensive Care, Saint James’s Hospital 2008-2014.
Director of Critical Care Services, Beacon Hospital 2017, till present.
UCD Assistant Clinical Professor 2019 till present.

Qualifications

MB, BCH, BAO (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI);
MRCPI (Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland);
FCARCSI (Fellow, College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland);
FCICMANZ (Fellow, College of Intensive Care Medicine, Australia and New Zealand);
FANZCA (Provisional Fellow, Australia and New Zealand, College of Anaesthetists);
FJFICMI (Fellow, Joint Faculty of IntensiveCare Medicine of Ireland);
Diploma Healthcare Management (RCSI/Institute of Public Administration).

Professional Memberships

Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI); Intensive Care Society of Ireland; European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.

Publications

Incidence and prognosis of Ventilator Associated-Tracheobronchitis (TAVEM):A multicentre, prospective, observational study.

Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Pedro Podova, D Collins et al; Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Nov; 3(11):859-68. 2.

A prospective study of fungal biomarkers to improve management of Invasive Fungal Disease in a mixed specialty Critical Care unit.

Alida Fe Talento Daniel Collins, Thomas Rogers et al; Journal of Critical Care 2017;(4): 119-127.

MRI Assessment of Global and Regional Diaphragmatic Motion in Critically ill Patients following Prolonged Ventilator Weaning.

D.V. Collins et al.

Medical Science 2019: 7,66.

Medical Training

General Internal and Respiratory Medicine(4 years).
Anaesthesia training (6 years).
Intensive Care Medicine (3 years), Adelaide,South Australia (2000-2003).
Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Hospital (2006)

Special Clinical Interests

ICU Haematology (Stem Cell transplant +CART-T therapy)