Eilis McGovern FRCSI is an Irish

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cardiothoracic surgeon. She established Ireland's third public cardiac unit and was the 168th President of the

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. She became the National Director for medical training at the

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, Ireland, in 2012.

Early life

Eilis McGovern was born in 1958 in

Mountcharles Mountcharles () is a village and townland (of 650 acres) in the south of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It lies 6 km from Donegal Town on the Killybegs road ( N56). It is situated in the civil parish of Inver ...

, County Donegal, and attended school at the St Louis Convent Monaghan.

Education and training

McGovern studied medicine at

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. When she graduated in 1978, she also won the gold medal in surgery and the silver medal in medicine. After this initial training, she went on to come first in the fellowship examination for the

Medical career

In 2010, McGovern became the 168th President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

References

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