Orla Hardiman
Irish consultant neurologist
Orla Máire Hardiman (BSc MB BCh BAO MD FRCPI FAAN FTCD (Fellow of Trinity College Dublin) MRIA (Elected member of the Royal Irish Academy) is an Irish consultant neurologist. She was appointed Professor of Neurology by Trinity College University of Dublin in 2014, where she heads the Academic Unit of Neurology, housed in Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute. She leads a team of over 40 researchers focusing on clinical and translational aspects of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related neurodegenerations. She was the Health Service Executive National Clinical Lead for Neurology between 2019 and 2024. Hardiman has become a prominent advocate for neurological patients in Ireland, and for patients within the Irish health system generally. She was a co-founder of the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, an umbrella organisation for over 24 advocacy groups in Ireland.
Education and training
Undergraduate degree and early postgraduate training
Hardiman attended University College Dublin (UCD) as an undergraduate medical student. She completed an intercalated BSc in physiology in 1980 and received her medical degree in 1983.
After graduation from UCD, Hardiman undertook a one-year internship at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin.
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