John P. Burke, PhD, is an honors medical graduate of University College Dublin. After higher surgical training in general surgery in Ireland, he completed 2 fellowships in colorectal surgery in world-renowned centers 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 is an editor for the journal Colorectal Disease and is a guideline committee member for the European Society of Coloproctology on the management of Crohn’s disease.
His research interests are General Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Colorectal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Anorectal Disease, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.