Marcus Kennedy

Professor Marcus Kennedy MD FRCPI FCCP trained in both Ireland and the USA, and is USA board certified in Internal, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine. After working as a consultant in Sligo University Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, USA, he joined Cork University Hospital in 2010 as a respiratory consultant with a special interest in lung cancer and interventional pulmonology. He is the current clinical lead of the Respiratory Department at Cork University Hospital. In April 2024 he joined Mater Private Network in Cork, where he runs a weekly private clinic.

Prof. Kennedy has a particular interest in common respiratory symptoms such as cough, breathlessness, and wheezing, and common lung diseases including COPD, sleep apnoea, emphysema, lung nodules, lung cancer, and asthma. Prof. Kennedy was chair of the National Cancer Control Program (NCCP) Lung Cancer GuidelineOpens in New Window published in 2017, and the National COVID guideline for BronchoscopyOpens in New Window. He was chair of the HSE NCCP Lung Cancer Group from 2017-2020. He initiated and was the first chair of the development group of the National Quality Program in BronchoscopyOpens in New Window. Prof. Kennedy is the current President of the Irish Thoracic Society (2023-2025).