Professor Walter Mc Nicholas

Phone:	(01) 261 4013
Fax:	(01) 263 8129
Email:	wmcnicho@svcpc.ie
Address:	Suite 5 1st Floor St Vincent's Private Hospital Merrion Road Dublin 4
Hours:	Wednesday AM

Speciality
Respiratory Medicine

Subspeciality Expertise
COPD, Sleep Apnoea, Narcolepsy

Professor Walter McNicholas undertook specialty training at the University of Toronto where he also undertook a Research Fellowship in Respiratory Sleep Disorders.

Walter established the Sleep Laboratory in St. Vincent's Private Hospital over 20 years ago and the present facility equals best international standards. Services include fully attended overnight polysomnography and multiple sleep latency testing, in addition to CPAP and other pressure support therapies for sleep apnoea and other more complex sleep-related breathing disorders.

Walter is active in research with over 200 full publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is closely involved in international specialty societies, notably as Past President of the European Respiratory Society and current Vice President of the European Sleep Research Society.

Training
MB, BCh, UCD (1974)
MD, UCD (1982)
FRCPI, Ireland (1986)
FRCPC, Canada (1981)
FCCP, USA (1986)

Current Memberships
European Respiratory Society European Sleep Research Society American Thoracic Society American College of Chest Physicians American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Qualifications
MD, FRCPI, FRCPC, FCCP