Ms. Claire Thompson

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Areas of Expertise

Oncology surgery for endometrial, cervical, ovarian and vulval cancers. Complex pelvic surgery. Minimally invasive surgery including robotic surgery. Risk reducing surgery. General gynaecology.

About

Education & Experience 

Ms Claire Thompson is a Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at Mater Private Network in Dublin. Ms Thompson graduated from Queen’s University Belfast School of Medicine in 2008. She commenced obstetrics and gynaecology training in Northern Ireland and in 2013 was awarded dual Memberships of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (MRCPI) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists UK (MRCOG). 

In 2015, she commenced RCOG Subspecialty Training in gynaecological oncology at St James’s Hospital, Dublin. On completion of the three-year fellowship program, she was appointed as consultant gynaecological oncologist in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, the largest gynaecological oncology centre in the UK.

Ms Thompson returned to Ireland in 2020 and was appointed consultant gynaecological oncologist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Rotunda Hospital. 

She is an accredited colposcopist with the BSCCP. Her interest in medical education led to the development of simulation and surgical skills courses and she continues to be involved with training within the RCSI, RCPI and the RCOG. Other roles include that of clinical lecturer at the RCSI and UCD. Her main surgical interests are cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian cancer, laparoscopic and robotic pelvic surgery and vulval cancer.