Category: Sheehan Medical

The Cork Medical Centre, Cork’s new €90m hospital open 16th September, 2010.

The Cork Medical Centre, City Gate, Mahon, Cork.

The Cork Medical Centre, Cork City’s  newest private hospital, the first to open for thirty years, will open it’s doors on 16th September, 2010.

Developed and operated by Sheehan Medical, the €90 million facility will house the latest medical technology from Siemens Healthcare, making it the most technologically advanced hospital ever developed in Ireland.

The Cork Medical Centre will be a 5 star facility providing 75 single in-patient bedrooms, fully sealed with the latest in infection control.  The main focus of the hospital will be surgery; there will be four operating theatres and a same day surgery centre with 20 out-patient beds.

The 135,000 sq ft hospital has the capacity to offer over 39,000 patient treatments per year.

The hospital will also house an intensive care unit; radiology facilities with MRI / CT / X-ray scanners; a cardiology and neuroscience facility. International accreditation, benchmarking and auditing will be provided by an internationally renowned healthcare organization.

“We are delighted to be able to confirm the official opening date and already we have consultants and other medical staff moving into the complex to prepare for the opening,” said Cork Medical Centre’s Chief Operating Officer Philip Sheehan.

All of the big three health insurers are expected to confirm they will cover the hospital in the coming weeks. “We have had positive talks from the VHI since September 2007 and expect to confirm the details in the coming weeks and we are also at advanced stages of confirming with both Aviva and Quinn Healthcare. Cork is massively under-serviced when it comes to private beds with less than half the number per capita.” said Mr Sheehan.

The Cork Medical Centre is the Sheehan’s third venture in Ireland – as they are one of the founders and major shareholders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin and the Galway Clinic, both covered by all three health insurers. The group also has strong links with the Loyola University Health System in Chicago – one of the world’s largest health centres and renowned for its research, development and pioneering approach to new treatments.

The opening of the state-of-the art hospital is a major milestone in the development of the City Gate Medical Campus which already houses the largest VHI SwiftCare Clinic in the country and the VHI Medical Centre.

“People of the region deserve a new facility like this on their doorstep rather than having to make a journey elsewhere for the most modern treatment available in world medicine.  A lot of our existing patients in both Blackrock and the Galway clinics are commuting form the Cork area already” added Mr Sheehan.

More photos and videos of the hospital can be viewed at the Cork Medical Centre’s Facebook page http://www.tinyurl.ie/5q. You can also use the Facebook page to ask the Sheehan Medical team questions about the hospital.

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Cork private hospital in €8.5 million finance deal

Below is coverage from today’s Sunday Business Post that covers the deal that Sheehan Medical have signed with Siemens for their new private hospital the Cork Medical Centre.

I have pasted the text in below and also include a link in case you want to the view the article on the SBP’s website.

http://www.thepost.ie/story/ojaucwsnsn/

Cork private hospital in €8.5 million finance deal
04 July 2010 By Susan Mitchell

Backers of a new €90 million private hospital in Cork have just agreed an €8.5 million financing deal over seven years with Siemens Healthcare.

The new Irish private hospital operator, Sheehan Medical, will use the funding to purchase healthcare technology, ICT and diagnostic equipment at the Cork Medical Centre which is due to open in September. It will be the first new private hospital to open in the city for 30 years.

James Sheehan, chief executive of Sheehan Medical, said the aim was ‘‘to make the Cork Medical Centre the most high-tech facility ever developed in Ireland.

‘‘Siemens is an important part of this aim. Their ability to provide an integrated approach that covers innovative technology will allow us levels of diagnosis and treatment that will be in unsurpassed in this country.”

The Cork Medical Centre will have 75 single in-patient bedrooms.

The hospital’s main focus will be surgery and there will be four operating theatres and a day surgery centre with twenty out-patient beds.

The hospital, which is located at the City Gate Complex in Mahon Point, will have a strong focus on neurology and cardiology. It is expected that it will create 300 direct jobs and 150 ancillary positions.

There will be 75 doctors onsite, providing up to 39,000 patient treatments annually.

A number of doctors have taken equity in the operating company and Sheehan said he expected it to enhance competition in the south of the country. Sheehan has already stated he would undercut the prices levied by hospital owner-operator Bon Secours by 10 or 15 per cent.

Sheehan Medical was set up to operate private hospitals in Britain and mainland Europe. The company is operated by James Sheehan and his father Dr Joe Sheehan, a US based surgeon.

Joe and his brother, Dr Jimmy Sheehan, were involved in setting up the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin in 1984 and the Galway Clinic in 2004.

Jimmy Sheehan is not involved in the Cork hospital.

Sheehan Medical signs €8.5m deal with Siemens

Sheehan Medical agrees €8.5m deal with Siemens for Cork’s newest private hospital

Major contract awarded by Cork Medical Centre to supply and finance the latest medical diagnostic technology.

4th July, 2010. Cork Ireland: Cork is due to get the Ireland’s most high-tech hospital following an announcement today by Irish private hospital operator, Sheehan Medical, that Siemens Healthcare has been awarded the €8.5m contract to provide the healthcare technology and financing for their new private hospital, the Cork Medical Centre.

The new €90m hospital will open in Cork in the September and will be the first new private hospital facility to open in the city for 30 years. Owned by the Sheehan Medical, the Cork Medical Centre will be a technology driven hospital that will lead the field with the newest and most promising interventions for stroke, brain tumours, back pain and other sites of chronic pain.

According to James Sheehan, the Chief Executive of Sheehan Medical, he said a key factor in choosing Siemens was their ability to provide the latest technology to enhance clinical outcomes, plus their ability to support it with financing, ICT and project management ‘‘We have first class technology in all our hospitals and aim to make the Cork Medical Centre the most high-tech facility ever developed in Ireland. Siemens is an important part of this aim, their ability to provide an integrated approach that covers innovative technology will allow us levels of diagnosis and treatment that will be in unsurpassed in this country. The success of this deal marks the next stage of the on-going five year relationship with Siemens whose technology we have used extensively before.”

The contract includes financing for all the hospitals equipment from Siemens Financial Services, the company’s first deal in Ireland. Approximately half €7m the total is for technology from Siemens Healthcare, including a suite of state-of-the-art equipment, including its flagship angiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), x-ray and ultrasound equipment (specific details on the equipment are outlined in the Notes To Editors below).

Kevin Dand, Head of Siemens Healthcare in Ireland, stated “We were keen to partner with Sheehan Medical in a vision to provide the best in surgical and diagnostic services. The technology advancements of our imaging equipment will assist Cork Medical Centre in their mission to offer a much quicker, safer and seamless journey for the patient, improving the speed of diagnosis and treatment.”

Increasingly patients and physicians prefer minimally invasive therapy over surgery because of the reduced recovery time. “With the Artis zee Bi-plane technology, these interventions can be much quicker. Cork Medical Centre will take delivery of the latest bi-plane technology, enhancing the clinicians’ ability to diagnose, guide and treat the disease whether cardiac, neuro or oncology,” explains Dand.

The Cork Medical Centre will be a 5 star facility providing 75 single in-patient bedrooms, fully sealed with the latest in infection control.  The main focus of the hospital will be surgery; there will be four operating theatres and a same day surgery centre with 20 out-patient beds.  The hospital, which is located at the City Gate Complex in Mahon Point, will have a strong focus on neurology and cardiology.

The hospital will also house an intensive care unit; radiology a cardiology, oncology and neuroscience facility. International accreditation, benchmarking and auditing will be provided by an internationally renowned healthcare organisation

For further information please contact: Simon Palmer, at Republic on + 353 (0) 851 341 761 or email: simon@republicpr.ie

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About Siemens’ technology

Siemens Healthcare will provide a suite of equipment including its flagship angiography system, the Artis zee bi-plane flat panel detector, a revolutionary new system for advanced imaging in interventional radiology, cardiology and neuroradiology investigations.

Siemens Enterprise Communications will provide a turnkey Information and Communications Healthcare Network focused on productivity, security and mobility; delivering complete access to clinical information and patient workflows from any device, regardless of location.

Siemens is also delivering state-of-the-art equipment in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT). The Siemens’ Magnetom Essenza MRI system, which due to its 1.5T field strength, will allow CMC to deliver superior image quality and offer greater diagnostic confidence to support a complete range of clinical applications, including neurology, orthopaedics, body imaging, angiography, cardiology, breast imaging, oncology and paediatric imaging.

The Essenza also offers shorter scan times increasing productivity, due to its revolutionary TIM (total imaging matrix) technology, which eliminates the need for patient repositioning during scans. Additionally, the Essenza’s ultra-short bore design will alleviate concerns of claustrophobia, since many patients can be imaged with their head outside of the bore.

The Somatom Definition AS 64 brings together high-end CT imaging including neuro CT scanning. With 64 slice imaging, the AS provides physicians with more information to detect and diagnose conditions earlier. Siemens is also delivering additional x-ray and ultrasound equipment.

Key elements of the High Availability solution are Siemens OpenScape SIP based Voice & Unified Communications Server – a carrier class architecture based completely on Open Standards for third party application integration , Enterasys Secure Networks LAN and Wireless LAN using the latest 802.11n technology for immediate access to information from mobile devices, an EMC Storage Area Network, VMware Virtualised Server & Client Environment from our technology partners, Fujitsu and a Nextgen Technologies Triple Play IPTV Patient Entertainment Solution.

About Sheehan Medical

Sheehan Medical was set up to operate private hospitals in the UK, Britain and mainland Europe. The company is operated by Chief Executive, James Sheehan, and his father Dr Joseph Sheehan C.M., who is Chairman.

Sheehan Medical’s aim is to bring best practice in US medical techniques and standards to Ireland. The company prides itself in combining the operation of first class medical facilities with a successful business model. The unique share holding structure allows doctors and consultants to buy into the ownership of their hospitals and share in the financial success.

An active surgeon for over 35 years Sheehan Medical’s Chairman, Dr Joseph Sheehan, along with his brother Dr Jimmy Sheehan, both Dublin natives, were two of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin, which opened in 1984. In January 2006, he was part of a small group that purchased the controlling interest in the Blackrock Clinic from BUPA. An €80m expansion project is currently underway.

In 2004 he again partnered with his brother Jimmy to open the Galway Clinic, which received international recognition and re-established Dr. Sheehan’s commitment to raising healthcare standards through dedication to quality improvement and technological advances.  Further information can be found by visiting http://ww.sheehanmedical.com or http://www.corkmedicalcentre.com

About Siemens

Siemens is a global company providing products, systems, services and solutions for the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. The company employs over 1,000 highly skilled people in Ireland and has offices in Dublin and Cork.

Siemens Healthcare is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology and system integration. Siemens Healthcare is the first integrated healthcare company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy and healthcare information technology solutions. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire continuum of care — from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. Further information can be found by visiting http://www.siemens.ie

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a premier provider of end-to-end enterprise communications, including voice, network infrastructure and security solutions that use open, standards-based architectures to unify communications and business applications for a seamless collaboration experience. This award-winning “Open Communications” approach enables organizations to improve productivity and reduce costs through easy-to-deploy solutions that work within existing IT environments, delivering operational efficiencies. It is the foundation for the company’s OpenPath® commitment that enables customers to mitigate risk and cost-effectively adopt unified communications. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, Siemens Enterprise Communications companies include Siemens Enterprise Communications, Cycos, and Enterasys Networks.  Further information can be found by visiting http://www.siemens-enterprise.com

Jobs at Sheehan Medical’s new private hospital the Cork Medical Centre

The recruitment process for Cork’s newest private hospital the Cork Cork Medical Centre (CMC) is now underway. Based at City Gate in Mahon, Cork City the hospital is the first private facility to open in Cork for over thirty years.  Cork Medical Centre will open in September.

There is a new email address for CV which should be sent to hr@sheehanmedical.com

Please contact us for further details via the Cork Medical Centre’s Facebook page via the link below

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cork-KY/Cork-Medical-Centre/345303049764?ref=ts&_a=17

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Sheehan Medical the million dollar men

Sheehan Medical recently signed a deal with Boston firm MEDITECH for an integrated IT system for their new private hospital the Cork Medical Centre in Cork. It was covered in the Done Deal section of the The Sunday Business Post yesterday. Here is a link to the article, which I have also pasted in below.

Sunday Business Post \’Done Deal\’ 9th May 2010: Sheehan Medical invests €750,000 in IT.

Sheehan Medical invests €750,000 in IT
09 May 2010 By Elaine O’Regan

Healthcare provider Sheehan Medical is investingUS$1 million (€750,000) in an integrated IT system for its new facility, Cork Medical Centre.

The first phase of the system by Boston-based Meditech, will be completed in August in time for the centre’s opening.

The second phase of the project, which will integrate the hospital’s clinical and financial systems, will be completed early next year.

Philip Sheehan, chief operating officer of Cork Medical Centre, said that the system would make all medical information, relating to each of the hospital’s patients, accessible to all of the consultants handling their care.

‘‘This is from entry to the facility through to completion of treatment and, crucially, it can also be accessed by all medical practitioners undertaking subsequent external aftercare, such as GPs or physiotherapists,” said Sheehan.

Cork Medical Centre will be the anchor tenant in City Gate, a mixed-use scheme in Mahon by local developer John Cleary.

Extending to 135,000 square feet, the €75 million City Gate facility will have 75 in-patient rooms, four operating theatres and a same-day surgery centre with 20 out-patient beds.

The facility will also house an intensive care unit and cardiology and neuroscience units.

Projected revenues for its first year of operation are €20 million, rising to €40 million in year five.

Sheehan Medical is operated by chief executive James Sheehan and his father, Dr Joseph Sheehan, who is chairman.

Joseph Sheehan was one of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin in 1984. He was also part of the consortium that built the Galway Clinic in 2004.

When it is completed, it is expected that Cork Medical Centre will create 300 direct jobs and 150 ancillaryp ositions. There will be 75 doctors located on-site, providing up to 39,000 patient treatments annually.

In addition to Cork Medical Centre, Philip Sheehan said that the Meditech system had been used in other Sheehan owned medical facilities.

‘‘We have been working with Meditech at our other hospitals for a number of years,” he said.

‘‘Their IT system was adopted by our Galway Clinic in 2004,where it is a great success and it is also in use at the Hermitage and Beacon clinics, and Mount Carmel Group hospitals. This type of advanced IT system is crucial to the modern patient care and the efficient running of the hospital.”

Sheehan Medical has agreed a separate US deal with Loyola University Health System, which will manage a number of services at Cork Medical Centre. In conjunction with Loyola, it is developing a €37 million hospital in Chicago.

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Cork’s 96FM post news transcripts on it’s website

Yesterday I released a big announcement for Sheehan Medical, the private hospital operator who are developing the Cork Medical Centre in Cork; they have signed a $1m deal with Boston IT company MEDITECH.  The full media press release is here. http://www.tinyurl.ie/mt. This was covered very widely in the media yesterday, here’s The Examiner’s coverage http://www.tinyurl.ie/mu.

The story was covered on a number of local radio stations and, thanks to the internet, I was able to listen to monitor their news coverage myself from Dublin. It is very esay to obtain copies of radio coverage in MP3, the cost is about €40 from a media monitoring service, and it is quite easy to rip them from the internet yourself these days. But what is great about one radion station namely Cork’s 96 FM http://www.96fm.ie is they put transcript’s of the news coverage on their website.

This is great for us as we have a written record that we can link to and it makes a lot of sense for the radio station because they have already written scripts so they might as well us the text to add news content to their website. What would be great too if they provide the MP3 on line next to the coverage. Here’s a link to the details Cork’s 96fm covered on the Sheehan Medical announcement.

So, if you get any coverage on Cork’s 96fm and miss the coverage you should try their website, you never know what you might find (incidentally most media monitoring companies, such as Media Market, can get MP3s of the major radio stations for a month after they’ve aired).

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Sheehan Medical agrees $1m deal with MEDITECH for Cork Medical Centre

US technology firm awarded contract to provide Health Care Information System (HCIS) to Cork’s newest private hospital

The development of Cork’s newest hospital, the Cork Medical Centre (CMC) in Mahon, is continuing unabated. The facility will be the first private hospital developed in Ireland’s second city for thirty years and is the one developed by the Sheehan family in Munster.

The Sheehan’s have been at the forefront of private hospital development in Ireland; brother Dr Joe Sheehan and Dr Jimmy Sheehan first developed the Dublin’s Blackrock Clinic back in the early eighties. They then built the Galway and Hermitage Clinics.

The Cork Medical Centre is being lead by Dr Joe Sheehan, who is the Chairman of Sheehan Medical and his sons James Sheehan, Chief Executive Officer, and Philip Sheehan, Chief Operating Officer. The Sheehan’s pride themselves on bringing the latest best practices in health care from the US and crucial to this is leading technology; as part of their aim to make CMC the most technologically advanced hospital in Ireland the have today announced it will have  Ireland’s most high-tech IT system after they awarded the $1m / €740,000 contract to MEDITECH, the provider of health care software based in Boston, Massachusetts.

The new €90m hospital, which will open in the summer, will now include MEDITECH’s Health Care Information System (HCIS); which fully integrates the hospital’s clinical and financial systems. It is the most integrated hospital information system available and is in operation in 2,200 medical facilities across the World.

The paperless system means that all information related to the patient’s care is accessible by any of the team of consultants at hospital, from entry to facility through to completion of treatment and crucially it can also be accessed by all medical practitioners undertaking subsequent external after care, such as GPs or physiotherapists.

The use of next generation IT systems is a speciality of Sheehan Medical, which prides itself on the cutting edge technology at its facilities and makes it a priority to bring the latest US techniques and equipment to Ireland. MEDITECH’s system was adopted by their Galway Clinic in 2004, where it’s a great success and it is also in use at the Hermitage and Beacon clinics, and Mount Carmel Group hospitals. It has now been licensed to meet the specific needs of the Cork Medical Centre.

Philip Sheehan, Chief Operating Officer of the Cork Medical Centre, said: ‘‘We pride ourselves in having the latest technology in all our hospitals and aim to make the Cork Medical Centre the most high-tech hospital ever developed in Ireland. The success of this deal marks the next stage of the on-going six year relationship between Sheehan Medical and MEDITECH; their system will play a key role in providing the very best care for our patients at the new Cork facility.”

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About Cork Medical Centre – www.corkmedicalcentre.com

The Cork Medical Centre will be a 5 star facility providing 75 single in-patient bedrooms, fully sealed with the latest in infection control. The main focus of the hospital will be surgery; there will be four operating theatres and a same day surgery centre with 20 out-patient beds. The facility will also house an intensive care unit; radiology facilities with MRI / CT / X-ray scanners; a cardiology and neuroscience facility. International accreditation, benchmarking and auditing will be provided by an internationally renowned healthcare organisation. Further details can be found at www.corkmedicalcentre.com

About Sheehan Medical – www.sheehanmedical.com

Sheehan Medical was set up to operate private hospitals in the UK, Britain and mainland Europe. The company is operated by Chief Executive, James Sheehan, and his father Dr Joseph Sheehan C.M., who is Chairman.

Sheehan Medical’s aim is to bring best practice in US medical techniques and standards to Ireland. The company prides itself in combining the operation of first class medical facilities with a successful business model. The unique share holding structure allows doctors and consultants to buy into the ownership of their hospitals and share in the financial success.

An active surgeon for over 35 years Chairman, Dr Joseph Sheehan, a Dublin native, was one of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin, which opened in 1984. In January 2006, he was part of a small group that purchased the controlling interest in the Blackrock Clinic from BUPA. An €80m expansion project is currently underway.

In 2004 he again partnered with his brother Jimmy to open the Galway Clinic, which received international recognition and re-established Dr. Sheehan’s commitment to raising healthcare standards through dedication to quality improvement and technological advances.

About MEDITECH – www.meditech.com

MEDITECH has been the leader in the Health Care Information Systems (HCIS) industry since 1969. MEDITECH’s applications unify clinical, administrative, and financial information across a health care organization, including acute care, long-term care, home health care, and physician practices. Today, more than 2,200 institutions worldwide use MEDITECH’s information systems.

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Jobs at Cork’s newest private hospital

Interested in a jobs at the Sheehan Medical’s new private hospital the Cork Medical Centre?  Then become a fan on the new Facebook page to receive further details.

The Cork Medical Centre, at City Gate in Mahon, Cork, is continuing its fit out and due to open in the summer. It is going to be operated by Sheehan Medical and will be Ireland’s most technological advanced hospital ever. We’ll be posting more details and photos here soon.

Since the launch of the hospital, last June, we’ve been receiving a huge amount of CVs, all of which Sheehan Medical have on file and they will reply to each one when the recruitment process starts.

In the meantime we’ve set up a Facebook page for the hospital as a convenient way to updated people about job opportunities in Cork. So if you’re interested in working at the Cork Medical Centre, and want to be notified when positions are being advertised, please become a fan of our page and we’ll update you nearer the time. Here’s the link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/CorkMedicalCentre/345303049764ref=search&sid=675632260.3533238519..1

Good luck with your application.

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Sheehan Family Launches New $50m US Clinic in Partnership with Loyola University

Ground broken this week on new 100,000 sq ft facility in Chicago

7th February, 2010, Cork Ireland: Irish private hospital operator, Sheehan Medical, has today announced their latest international project, a $50m 100,000 sq ft new hospital in the prestigious Burr Ridge area of Chicago.

The ground was broken this week on the latest facility, which is being developed in conjunction with the renowned Loyola University Health System and marks a strengthening of the close working relationship between the two organisations.

Due to open in 2011, the Loyola Centre of Health at Burr Ridge is only 12 miles from the Loyola University Health System’s main medical centre campus.  It is one of only a handful of new projects that have secured finance in Chicago in the past year and is the only new development to have broken ground in recent months.

The hospital’s anchor services will provide world leading orthopaedic and neuroscience treatments. It will include the world’s first ‘Centre for the Senses’, which will encompass otolaryngology, ophthalmology, audiology as well as an optical shop and hearing centre. Also on offer will be an immediate care centre, and special complementary services in the fields of sports medicine, occupational and speech therapy and many rehabilitation services.

Joseph Sheehan, Chairman of Sheehan Medical, says: “We have a long standing relationship with the Loyola University Health System both in the US and at our Galway Clinic. We are honoured that we have been able to cement this with a partnership at the Loyola Centre for Health at Burr Ridge. And, we hope to be working closely together on further projects in the future, such as the Cork Medical Centre.”

Local links already exist within the staff of Loyola, Dr Paul Whelton, the President and Chief Executive is originally from Cork. He says “We are delighted to be working with the Sheehan’s again to develop this new US facility. We already exchange expertise and best-practice techniques with their Irish clinics in Galway; and this is something we intend to develop further in order to ensure their new hospital in Cork has access to the latest technology and procedures.”

Sheehan Medical have continued to expand during the economic slowdown, their next hospital opening be the Cork Medical Centre, which is fully funded and nearing completion of its fit out. The 135,000 sq ft facility in Mahon is due to open in the summer; it is the first private hospital in the Cork to open in thirty years. The 5 star facility will have 75 single in-patient bedrooms; four operating theatres; and, a same day surgery centre with 20 out-patient beds.

Launched in June 2009, it is already providing a huge boost to the local economy: 150 people are currently employed during the fit out, whilst 350 new positions will be created to run the hospital, which will also have 75 doctors on site with 100 ancillary staff.

For further information please contact: Simon Palmer, at Republic on + 353 (0) 851 341 761 or email: simon@republicpr.ie

NOTES TO EDITORS

Background to Sheehan Medical

Sheehan Medical was set up to operate private hospitals in the UK, Britain and mainland Europe. The company is operated by Chief Executive, James Sheehan, and his father Dr Joseph Sheehan C.M., who is Chairman.

Sheehan Medical’s aim is to bring best practice in US medical techniques and standards to Ireland. The company prides itself in combining the operation of first class medical facilities with a successful business model. The unique share holding structure allows doctors and consultants to buy into the ownership of their hospitals and share in the financial success.

Chairman, Dr Joseph Sheehan, along with his brother Dr Jimmy Sheehan, both Dublin natives, were two of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin, which opened in 1984. In January 2006, he was part of a small group that purchased the controlling interest in the Blackrock Clinic from BUPA. An €80m expansion project is currently underway.

In 2004 he again partnered with his brother Jimmy to open the Galway Clinic, which received international recognition and re-established Dr. Sheehan’s commitment to raising healthcare standards through dedication to quality improvement and technological advances.

An active surgeon for over 35 years, Dr. Sheehan was the Chairman of Orthopedics at Central Dupage Hospital from 2004- 2006 , which he led to be recognised as one of the top 50 Orthopaedics Departments in the US for 2007 and 2008 (US News and World Report). During his tenure the hospital implemented the most cutting – edge medical treatments in the world, including the Interventional Radiology Stroke Department and the Proton Treatment Cancer Centre (one of only 7 in the world for treating patients)

He is now an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Loyola University Medical School in Illinois, USA. Joseph is also currently in private practice in Chicago where he performs general orthopaedics and specialises in joint replacement and reconstruction.

Chief Executive, James Sheehan, specialises in the administration of medical care from the science to the management side. A native of Chicago he moved to Ireland in 2002 to step into his father’s role as project manager and co-developer of the Galway Clinic (that had started in 2001) in addition to taking over his role as Director of the Blackrock Clinic.

He remains a director of the Blackrock Clinic and Galway Clinic.

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Sheehan Medical on front page of today’s Evening Echo

Sheehan Medical’s new private hospital made the front page of today’s Evening Echo.

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