12 Facts About Ronan Glynn

Ronan Glynn is an Irish public health physician and physiotherapist who served as Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from October 2018 to May 2022.

Ronan Glynn previously served as Acting Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from July to October 2020, and was Head of the Health Protection Unit at the Department of Health.

Ronan Glynn completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen in 2007, a PhD in Surgical Oncology from NUI Galway in 2013 and a first-class honours Masters in Public Health from University College Dublin in 2015.

Between 2008 and 2010, Ronan Glynn was Research Registrar at the National Breast Cancer Research Institute in University College Hospital Galway.

Ronan Glynn holds a diploma in personal leadership and executive coaching.

Ronan Glynn has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland since 2012, a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Healthcare since 2013, and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, since 2017.

Ronan Glynn was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in October 2018.

Ronan Glynn became a regular presence at the daily COVID-19 press conferences, along with the CMO, Dr Tony Holohan, and made multiple media appearances following the COVID-19 pandemic's emergence and its subsequent arrival in Ireland.

On 2 July 2020, Holohan made an announcement that he would be taking a hiatus from his position as Chief Medical Officer to care for his family as his wife entered palliative care with multiple myeloma; Ronan Glynn was appointed Acting Chief Medical Officer until 5 October 2020.

Ronan Glynn was awarded Best Doctor of The Year by RTE Radio 1 in 2020.

On 10 May 2022, the Department of Health announced that Ronan Glynn would resign at the end of the month to take up a role with consultancy firm EY which commenced in September.

In September 2013, Ronan Glynn married Carla O'Brien, newsreader for RTE News, and they have two children.