Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee

The Accreditation Board may establish advisory committees to provide ongoing advice to INAB on accreditation within a particular sector.

Establishment and purpose

The Committee has been established by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB), for the sole purpose of offering advice to the INAB Executive on issues of principal importance in the accreditation medical field. This will be primarily in the field of medical laboratory accreditation to ISO 15189 and may expand to other areas of INAB accreditation relevant to the medical sector.

Meetings

The Committee had its first meeting on the 9th March 2010 and meets 2/3 times per year as needed.

Committee Membership

The members shall be nominated by interested parties for a period of 3 years with the possibility of reappointment. The membership shall include representatives of the end users of the accreditation scheme.

The composition of the INAB Medical Advisory Committee is as follows:

Chair: John O'Loughlin 
Laboratory Manager, Rotunda Maternity Hospital

Mick Amoruso 
Chief Medical Scientist, Clinical Chemistry and Diagnostic Endocrinology Department, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Anne Clooney 
Chief Medical Scientist, Department of Immunology, Beaumont Hospital

Louise Doherty 
Medical Scientist, Department of Microbiology, Letterkenny University Hospital

Dr. Susanna Frost 
Consultant Microbiologist, Tallaght University Hospital

Dr. Paul Hartel 
Consultant Histopathologist, Sligo University Hospital

Sheila Joyce 
Chief Medical Scientist, Blood Bank, University Hospital Limerick

Dr. Mary Keogan 
Dean of the Faculty of Pathology (RCPI) and Consultant Immunologist, Beaumont Hospital

Dr. Sorcha Ní Loinsigh 
Consultant Haematologist, Irish Blood Transfusion Service

Sean Naughton 
INAB Technical Assessor and Specialist Medical Scientist, Blood & Tissue Establishment, University Hospital Galway, Saolta University Health Care Group

Gary Norman 
National Clinical Lead in Audiology, Health Services Executive

Arianna Raso 
Medical Scientist, Department of Histopathology, Beaumont Hospital

Dr. Rama Srinivasan 
Consultant Chemical Pathologist, Blackrock Clinic