John Mark Redmond

John Mark Redmond (known as Mark Redmond or J. Mark Redmond) is an Irish cardiothoracic surgeon and businessperson.^[1] He is the brother of Professor Paul Redmond.^[2]

Education and training

Redmond attended primary and secondary school at St Mary's College, Dublin.^[3] He then studied medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland,^[4] graduating in 1987 with the qualifications LRCP & SI MB BCh NUI.^[5] From 1987 to 1988, he undertook his internship at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.^[6] Redmond then trained at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, where he completed a 5-year general surgery residency (1988-1993) and a 3-year cardiothoracic surgery programme (1993-1996).^[7] In 1996, he undertook a fellowship in paediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a fellowship in aortic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine (1997).^[8]

Medical career

Redmond served as a member of the Johns Hopkins faculty for 3 years as Director of Paediatric Heart and Lung Transplant, Co-Director of the Dana and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli Centre for Aortic Diseases, and Director of the Cardiac Research Laboratories.^[9][10][11] In 1992, Redmond became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI).^[12]

Redmond returned to Ireland in 2000.^[13] He was appointed consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin,^[14][15] Beacon Hospital and Mater Private Hospital. He also performs surgery for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland.^[16]

Redmond is co-founder and co-owner of the Beacon Medical Group, including Beacon Hospital.^[17][18] He has served as Medical Director of Beacon Medical Group and Beacon Hospital.^[19][20]

Charity work

In 2008, Redmond collaborated with Professor Martin Corbally and the cardiac team at Our Lady's Children Hospital, Crumlin to develop a cardiothoracic surgery training programme at Paediatric Hospital Number 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.^[21]

Redmond has also worked with Chernobyl Children International, performing surgery on children who developed heart defects as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.^[22]

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