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Mr. Greg Heffernan in conjunction with the staff at both the Mater Private, Cork and Whitfield Clinic, Waterford, aims to provide a modern high quality patient-friendly Shoulder & Upper Limb Orthopaedic service; for Outpatient Clinics and Operating Theatre sessions. Patient referrals are made through the patient’s General Practitioner through the contact to the right.

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About Mr G Heffernan MB BCh (NUI), FRCSI, MSc (Orth), FRCSI (Trauma & Orthopaedics)

• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (IMC No. 13055)
• On the Specialist Register of the Irish Medical Council for Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
• Fellowship trained in Orthopaedic Shoulder Surgery at the Reading Shoulder Unit UK
• Fellowship trained in Orthopaedic Shoulder & Elbow Surgery at the Nottingham Shoulder & Elbow Unit UK
• Irish Higher Surgical Orthopaedic Training program
• MSc (Orth) from University College London
• NUI Galway medical school graduate