Meet Our
UCD Coombe Family Practice Team
Our Team`s Patient-Centred, Equitable Approach
Our Team are highly trained in many areas and are happy to look after your general health and more specific requirements. We are dedicated to listening to you, discussing your physical and mental concerns in an honest and open fashion. We will provide you with up-to-date, evidence-based medical advice to make informed choices, when it comes to managing your health.
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UCD Under-Graduate Medical Student Training
​A core function of the UCD Coombe Family Practice is the education of undergraduate UCD Medical Students who have placements in the Clinic to observe your consultation as part of their curriculum. We always advise patients if a student is present, and will only invite a student to observe your consultation with your full permission.​
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Dr Anna Beug
MB BCH BAO MICGP – IMC 20998
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Dr Anna Beug is from Cork. She graduated with honours from Trinity College Dublin in 1997 and completed her GP training with the Eastern regional GP training
scheme. She joined the UCD Coombe Family Practice in 2002. Anna’s areas of special
interest include Women’s health and mental health. She is involved in both
undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
Dr Catherine Molloy
MB BCH BAO BA MRCPI MICGP DCH - IMC: 57815
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Dr Catherine Molloy graduated with an honours degree from Trinity College Dublin in 2001. She completed further hospital based medical training and was awarded membership of Royal College of Physicians. Dr Molloy undertook specialist training in general practice in 2005 with the Severn and Wessex Deanery, achieving a merit in MRCGP examination. Additionally she has diploma in Children’s Health and professional certificate in Forensic and Legal Medicine. She is trained in LARC insertion.
Dr Molloy is a GP trainer with UCD training scheme. She is member of Irish College of General Practitioners and is actively engaged in continuous professional development.
Dr Molloy has worked in UCD Coombe Family Practice since 2006.
Dr Ciara McMeel
MB BCH BAO MICGP - IMC: 21038
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Dr Ciara McMeel studied medicine in Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1997. She trained as a GP with the Eastern Regional GP Training Scheme, graduating in 2001. Ciara joined UCD in 2011 as a lecturer, a post she continues to hold having joined the practice as a GP in 2012.
Dr Crea Carberry
MB MRCGP MMedSc DCH DRCOG - IMC: 23915
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Dr Crea Carberry is from Dublin and studied medicine at UCD. She completed her GP training in Southampton. She joined the practice in 2010. She is a lecturer in General practice at UCD and divides her time between lecturing and clinical practice.
Dr Eoin O’Donoghue
MB BCH BAO MICGP - IMC: 189653
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Dr Eoin O Donoghue is from Dublin and studied medicine in UCD. He graduated in 2003. From 2004-2008, he was on the UCD GP training scheme. He has worked full time in the Coombe Family Practice since 2010.
Dr Nia Clendennen
MB BCh BAO MRCGP MRCPI DCh DCP FPC DPD - IMC: 23946
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​Dr Nia Clendennen studied medicine in UCD. She completed her basic training in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. Following this, she trained as a GP in the Brighton and Mid-Sussex Deanery in the UK. She was elected a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2021. She is currently a lecturer in UCD and divides her time between UCD and the practice.
Dr Tomas Barry
MB BCH BAO, BSc, MSc, MPH, PhD, MICGP - IMC: 400203
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Dr Barry is originally from Cork. He studied medicine at University College Dublin and completed GP training on the North Dublin GP Training Scheme. Dr Barry has a special interest in Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. In addition to working at the Coombe Family Practice, Dr Barry is an Associate Professor at UCD and is actively engaged in research and teaching with the school of medicine. He is currently on overseas sabbatical doing research.
Nurse Elaine Long
Practice Nurse - RGN RM RNPBio - NMBI: 95674
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Elaine is a graduate of Trinity College, where she qualified as a registered nurse and midwife. She joined the practice in 2011. She has a special interest in women’s health and is a Registered Nurse Prescriber, which allows her to provide certain consultations (such as contraception, menopause, STI screening) without the need to see a doctor.
Nurse Rita Pender
Practice Nurse – RGN RM PHN - NMBI: 74041
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Rita has over 30 years experience as a Registered General Nurse, Registered Midwife, Public Health Nurse and General Practice Nurse.
During her time working as a Gynaecology Specialist Nurse in the UK, she gained extensive knowledge and experience in the women's health areas of gynaecology, colposcopy, reproductive medicine, family planning, menopause and genitourinary clinics.
Rita developed a keen interest in women's health, and upon returning to Ireland in 2000 she continued to gain experience in a gynaecology unit, sexual assault treatment unit, clinical research, midwifery, public health nursing and general practice nursing.
Rita currently holds the Leadership Position in Ireland of the National Vice Chair of the Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association (IGPNEA).
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​Rita's areas of special interest are women's health and wound care. She joined the UCD Coombe Family Practice Team in 2023.
OUR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT TEAM:
SENIOR ADMINISTRATORS
Senior Administrator
Elaine McCormack
Senior Administrator
Katrina O’Sullivan
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Senior Administrator
Raju Saraswathi
Senior Administrator
Susan Byrne​​​