Dr. Roy K Philip
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Paediatrician, Neonatologist & Innovator
Dr. Roy K Philip
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Paediatrician, Neonatologist & Innovator
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Welcome! I am Dr. Roy K Philip.

I am the Clinical Director of Maternity & Child Health, Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist at University Hospital Limerick, Ireland. I had the privilege of serving as the President of Irish Paediatric Association for 5 years.

I was formerly Critical Care & ECMO Fellow at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and Consultant Neonatologist at Rotunda Hospital, Dublin.

I am active in healthcare management and passionate about health economics and medical research. I am also a medical product innovator & developer (Neosafe - a needle for blood sampling in newborns and infants).

I am interested in gardening & wildlife and communicate via twitter @roykphilip.
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  • Clinical Director (Maternity & Child Health), University of Limerick Hospital Group, Limerick, Ireland
    Period: August 2011 to date
    University of Limerick Hospital Group, Limerick, Ireland

    As the Clinical Director and lead for the Maternity & Child Health Directorate, my responsibilities included assuring clinical safety & quality, developing a strategic vision for the directorate, fostering clinical governance and implementing National clinical guidelines & standards. As the directorate team we ensured appropriate patient flow, enhanced patient experience and improved of staff training and competency.

    As the first Clinical Director of Maternity & Child Health services of a busy University Hospital Complex spread across multiple operational and clinical sites, I had the formidable and immediate challenge of creating both short- and long-term strategies. Fostering clinical excellence while adhering to the budgetary constraints gave challenges and created opportunities. This senior management role improved my skills in conflict resolution, operational analysis, employee management, quality initiatives, negotiations and data-driven changes.

    I could lead the annual service planning of the Directorate worth €30 million with enhanced provision of neonatal critical care, initiation of a universal newborn hearing programme, ensuring safety of inter-hospital paediatric transfers, commencing a high-risk obstetric anaesthetic clinic and infrastructural development of paediatric emergency department to enable movement to a brand new purpose-built facility.

    As a member of the University Hospital Group Executive Management Team governing an annual budget of over € 235 million over six hospital sites, I am accountable to the CEO & Hospital's Board.
  • President of Irish Paediatric Association (IPA)
    Period: 2006-2012
    First ever election of a non-Irish as the President of the prestigious and one of the oldest Paediatric academic societies of the world - started in 1933. Re-elected twice and served the organisation for the longest term in the history
  • Head of the Department of Paediatrics & Neonatology
    Period: 2007-2009
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  • Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist, University of Limerick Hospital Group, Limerick, Ireland
    Period: 2000 to date
    Joined as Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist in 2001 and since then contributed to the clinical, administrative and research development of the unit. Our Regional NICU is the second biggest outside of Dublin catering to over 5,000 in-house deliveries and also secondary and tertiary level neonatal transfers from the nearby general hospitals. Our obstetric department has an advanced foetal medicine unit since 2004. Other than for neonatal cardiac / surgical needs, all infants irrespective of gestation are catered for locally. Surgical neonates are accepted back to the unit once deemed stable. Our unit has modern ventilators including high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) and inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). Currently we mange more babies on non-invasive respiratory support. I am proficient in neonatal cranial ultrasound scans and echocardiography as required in the intensive care environment. Our very low birth weight (VLBW) infant morbidity and quality of care is benchmarked through the international Vermont Oxford Network and eNICQ reporting.

    Our Regional Paediatric Unit (Children's Ark) cater to more than 15,000 annual ED presentations, over 6,000 day unit reviews and nearly 5,000 inpatient paediatric care. We cater to a childhood population of almost 100,000 from the Mid-West of Ireland and has sub-speciality Consultant led services in Paediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Metabolic Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Neurology and visiting arrangements for Cardiology, Genetics and Rheumatology. We have in-house Paediatric surgical back up including General, ENT, Urology and Orthopaedic services. We are an approved centre for Specialist Registrar training by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and is a regular MRCPI clinical examination facility.

    During the last four years I got an opportunity to lead, design and develop the first purpose-built Paediatric High dependency Unit (PHDU) outside of Dublin to cater for the critical care needs of premature infants after discharge from NICU as well other infants and young children. At a total cost of nearly €0.5Million, we could lead this service initiative with 4 fully equipped PHDU cots with facilities for all non-invasive ventilatory supports and monitoring.
  • Consultant Neonatologist, Rotunda Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    Period: 1998
    Full time appointment as consultant to the neonatal unit of this renowned maternity hospital gave me a great opportunity and challenge to cater to the clinical, academic, managerial and research needs of a tertiary level unit. Founded in 1745 ‘Lying-in’ hospital is the oldest functioning maternity hospital in the world. With 8 clinical (1:3 on-call) and 3 research sessions per week, I could enhance my management skills of high-risk neonates and ELBW infants. During the tenure, I could offer significant contribution to the commencement and establishment of HFOV in the unit.
  • Neonatal & Paediatric Critical Care (ECMO) Fellow, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London, UK
    Period: 1999-2000
    One of the largest PICU/CICU/NICU complexes in Europe with a total of 42 beds catering to patients from all over UK and abroad. CICU division itself has 6 National Commissioning Group Programmes and ECMO. I had 1:1 consultant supervised and full time Royal College approved intensive care training with special emphasis on cardio-respiratory failure and ECMO for neonates and children. I could gain further experience in HFOV, iNO and renal supports such as CVVH. Received advanced cranial ultrasound, echocardiography and ‘difficult airway’ training. Had regular opportunities for ECMO retrievals (road / air) from UK, Europe and less often from rest of the world.
  • Chair of Intensive Care sub-committee of Faculty of Paediatrics, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
    Period: 2006-2008
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  • Clinical Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics (University College Cork)
    Period: 2006 onwards
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  • Registrar in Neonatology, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    Period: 1996 -1997
    With an in-birth rate of over 8,000 a year, Rotunda Hospital provided me with great opportunity for a whole range of neonatal training needs. I could enhance my neonatal procedural skills, intensive care decision makings, ventilator care and inhaled nitric oxide use, cranial ultrasound / echocardiography skills during the training with 1:3 on-call commitments. Participation in the General, Neurodevelopmental as well as Multiple birth clinics improved my outpatient management experience.
  • Adjunct Senior Lecturer (University of Limerick)
    Period: 2010
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  • Examiner for MRCPI in Paediatrics
    Period: 2004 to date
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  • Represented Ireland at International Pediatric Association
    Period: 2007-2012
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Diploma in Leadership & Quality (DLQ)

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2013.

 
 
Fellowship (FJFICMI)

Joint Faculty of Intensive Care of Ireland, 2010.

 
 
Diploma in Health Economics (DHE)

National University of Ireland, 2009.

 
 
Fellowship (FRCPI)

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2007.

 
 
Fellowship (FRCPCH)

Royal College of Paeds & Child Health, 2000.

 
 
Diploma in Medical Management (DMM)

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 1999.

 
 
Membership (MRCP)

Royal College of Physicians of UK, 1995.

 
 
Diplomate of National Board (DNB)

National Board of Examinations, India, 1994.

 
 
Postgraduate Degree (MD)

University of Kerala, India, 1993.

 
 
Diploma (DCH)

University of Kerala, India, 1992.

 
 
Graduation (MBBS)

University of Kerala, India, 1988.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & PROFILE

Clinical Director for Maternity & Child Health, University College Hospitals, Limerick, Ireland: since 2012.

First non-European origin doctor appointed to the hospital group executive committee governing six hospitals at an annual budget of €235 million.

 
 
Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist, University College Hospitals Limerick, Limerick, Ireland: since 2000.

Medical college with annual intake of more than 150 medical students; Former head of the department

 
 
Past President of Irish Paediatric Association (IPA): 2007 -2012

First ever election of a non-Irish as the President of the prestigious and one of the oldest Paediatric academic societies of the world - started in 1933. Re-elected twice and served the organisation for the longest term in the history.

 
 
Former Consultant at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

First non-European appointed to the Consultant post of the oldest functioning maternity hospital of the world: started in 1745 as the 'lying-in hospital'.

 
 
Former Critical Care & ECMO Fellow, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London, UK

Advanced critical care training in Neonatology & Paediatrics at the world renowned Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London: started in 1852 as 'the hospital for sick children'.

 
 
Medical product inventor in Neonatology with industry affiliation. Healthcare communications and product advisor to many International Pharmaceuticals.
 
 
Research projects and audits presented at multiple National & International meetings
 
 
Publications in International Medical Journals & Editorial board member and reviewer of many International Paediatric journals
 
 
Communicates through Linkedin & Twitter on various healthcare related topics
 
 
Guest of honour at the valedictory function of Indian Academy of Paediatrics annual meeting, Jaipur, India 2012
 
 
RESEARCH SUPERVISOR EXPERIENCE

Experienced supervisor of undergraduate and postgraduate clinical research over 15 years. Supervised projects have lead to International presentations, publications, awards and acquisition of external research funds.

 
 

HEALTHCARE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

Winner of Healthcare Achievement Award – West of Ireland 2010
 
 
Short-listed as one of the 20 projects (out of the 336 National Submissions),Towards the National Healthcare Achievement Awards for 2010.
 
 
Winner of all Ireland EBS Community project award – 2012.

Regional Paediatric High Dependency Unit - first of its kind developed outside of Dublin - developed with my initiative and leadership was selected as the best project to benefit a community following an all Ireland contest

 
 

Contact

Dr. Roy K Philip,
Consultant Paediatrician & Neonatologist ,
University Hospital Limerick, Ireland

Phone Number:
+353 61 301111 (work)
+353 61 307270 (home)
+353 87 2209717 (mobile)

E-Mail:
roy.philip@hse.ie
roykphilip@gmail.com