Prof. Conor C Murphy
Ophthalmology
Specialities
Locations
Blackrock Clinic
Professor Conor Murphy is the Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin. His principle surgical interests are cataract surgery and corneal transplantation, especially anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) for keratoconus and corneal stromal disorders and endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) for endothelial corneal diseases. In his role as the postgraduate Professor of Ophthalmology in Ireland, he is the Chief Examiner of the MRCSI (Ophth) and FRCSI (Ophth) professional exams. His past clinical leadership roles at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital include Medical Director (2013-16), Chair of the Medical Board (2019), Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology (2018-19) and Director of Education and Research (2010-13). He was a member of the board of Beaumont Hospital and Chair of the Governance and Risk Committee from 2017-20.
1996 MB BCh BAO, University College Dublin, Ireland
1998 MMedSc in Physiology, University College Dublin, Ireland
2000 FRCSI (Ophthalmology)
2001 MRCOphth (UK)
2005 PhD in Ocular Immunology, University College Dublin, Ireland
2007 FRCOphth (UK)
2008 Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Clinical Practice, University of Chester and Edge Hill University, United Kingdom
Professor Murphy is a Principle Investigator, Department of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI and the clinical lead of the Ocular Immunology Research Group. He has published 95 articles in the peer-reviewed literature including in Ocular Surface, Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, Scientific Reports and the British Journal of Ophthalmology and has received research funding of over €1,000,000 from the European Commission, Health Research Board, the Irish College of Ophthalmologists/Novartis Research Bursary, the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Research Foundation and the National Eye Research Centre (UK). Professor Murphy has supervised 3 PhD degrees, 3 MD degrees and numerous research Masters degrees. He is the Irish representative on the European University Professors of Ophthalmology Council.
2001-2004 Uveitis Clinical Research Fellow, University of Bristol, UK
2006-2007 Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery Clinical Fellow, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
2007-2008 Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery Clinical Fellow, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
