William Gerard Anthony Holohan is an Irish public health physician who served as Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from May 2008 to 1 July 2022.
15 Facts About Tony Holohan
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On 2 July 2020, Tony Holohan temporarily stepped back from his position as Chief Medical Officer due to family issues.
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Tony Holohan chaired the National Public Health Emergency Team, a group responsible for the state's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland from the beginning of the pandemic until it disbanded in February 2022.
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Tony Holohan graduated from medical school at University College Dublin in 1991.
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Tony Holohan holds a diploma in healthcare management from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
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Tony Holohan is a member of the Irish College of General Practitioners and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
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In 2015, Tony Holohan was awarded the UCD Alumni Award in Public Health.
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Tony Holohan was appointed Deputy Chief Medical Officer in 2001, followed by promotion to Chief Medical Officer in December 2008.
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On 29 February 2020, Tony Holohan announced the first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus responsible for coronavirus disease 2019, and that the resulting pandemic had spread to Ireland.
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Tony Holohan gave a televised interview to The Late Late Show on 17 April 2020.
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On 10 June 2021, Tony Holohan received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in recognition of his outstanding leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 25 March 2022, Tony Holohan announced that he would step down as Chief Medical Officer on 1 July, after being appointed as Professor of Public Health Strategy and Leadership at Trinity College Dublin.
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On 7 July 2022, Tony Holohan announced that he would be starting a new position as an adjunct full professor of public health at University College Dublin, with no salary attached to the position.
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On 15 September 2022, it was announced that Tony Holohan would be joining the non-executive voluntary board of the Irish Hospice Foundation.
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On 2 November 2022, aCGT Vector, a government part-funded start-up working on developing new treatment solutions for cancer, announced that Tony Holohan had been appointed as non-executive chair of its new strategic advisory board.