Burke, Mr. John

Speciality: General / Colorectal Surgeon, General Surgery
Practice: Suite 23, Blackrock Clinic

Secretary: Georgina
Clinic Times: Every alt Thurs am
Telephone: 884 1244 / 085 242 6988
Fax: 01 633 5151
Email: johnburkeoffice@imeddoc.net

Special Interests

• Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery
• Cancer of the colon and rectum
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Anorectal disease (haemhorroids, fissures & fistula)
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Hernia repair (both simple & complex)
• Endoscopy

 

Research Interests

• Rectal cancer
• Crohn’s disease
• Surgical outcomes

Current Membership

Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Irish Society of Coloproctology
European Society of Coloproctology

Professional Profile

John is an honours medical graduate of University College Dublin. He completed RCSI higher surgical training in General Surgery in Dublin, specializing in Colorectal Surgery. This was followed by 2 fellowships in Colorectal Surgery in world-renowned centres in the USA; at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio focusing on inflammatory bowel disease and complex re-operative surgery and in Florida Hospital, Orlando focusing on advanced minimally invasive surgery. He was appointed to Beaumont Hospital as a consultant General and Colorectal surgeon in 2015. He has published over 100 articles and book chapters and is an editor for the journal Colorectal Disease.