The Irish Heart Foundation has announced the appointment of Dr Catherine McGorrian PhD FRCPI, as Medical Director.

Dr McGorrian, Consultant Cardiologist and General Physician in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, and an Associate Clinical Professor in University College Dublin, will take up the role of Medical Director in November, succeeding Dr Angie Brown.

Having graduated from RCSI in 1997, Dr McGorrian has been a doctor for nearly 30 years. The role of Medical Director is to promote the aims and objectives of the Irish Heart Foundation by advising the Chief Executive, Senior Management Team and the Board of Directors on medical matters in relation to all aspects of cardiovascular disease prevention and cardiology generally.