Nina Byrnes: Doctor, Presenter, Writer
Dr Nina Byrnes first appeared on our screens as co-presenter of the popular RTE series “Health of the Nation”. Since then she has become a familiar face in Irish media and is a well-known and respected media medical expert.
Nina graduated third in her class with an Honours Medical Degree from Trinity College Dublin in 1996. She undertook postgraduate training in hospital medicine in Ireland, the USA and Australia including time in the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Ohio before becoming a Member of the Irish College of General Practitioners. In addition to her GP qualifications Nina obtained a post graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry as she believes strongly that a person’s mental health has a profound influence on their physical wellbeing. Nina is a practising GP and partner in Oakwood Medical Clinic, Castleknock Dublin.
Nina’s work encompasses all areas of general family practice but her special interests are cardiovascular and preventive health, women’s health and lifestyle medicine. She is known for her ability to break down medical jargon and her empathetic straight talking approach.
Apart from being co-presenter of the popular RTE TV show “Health of the Nation” she has frequently acted as expert medical contributor to RTE afternoon TV show “4 Live”.
She is the resident GP on the Tubridy Radio show on 2FM and has also contributed to radio shows on Today FM, Newstalk, 98FM, and 4FM along with several other local and national stations.
In print media, Nina wrote a regular medical column “Medical Matters” in the Agenda magazine of the Sunday Business post, was
invited to be a health blogger to the Huffington Post UK edition and in 2011published “Your Health Matters” a top to toe guide to health commissioned by Blackwater press.
Nina has been invited to speak on health related topics to both health professionals and the public. She has offered Master classes at media road shows such as “Woman’s Way Live”, and provided video and medical content for a number of consumer medical websites. Nina has worked with a number of major national and international brands (including Avonmore, Bayer Healthcare, GSK, Hidden Hearing) and medical related companies and societies to increase awareness of health and lifestyle related issues in
the community.
Having had many excellent mentors throughout her career Nina is committed to the next generation of doctors. She is involved in teaching first year undergraduate Trinity Medical Students.
Nina was born in Ireland but spent part of her childhood living in France and the USA. She is now settled in Dublin where she lives with her husband and 2 children.
Listen to Nina on a recent interview with Ryan Tubridy
