Professor Malachi McKenna is a consultant Endocrinologist at St Michael’s Hospital and St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. He qualified from University College Dublin in 1978. He trained in Dublin, Detroit (at Henry Ford Hospital) and Boston (at the Joslin Clinic). He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. He is a founder and director of the DXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) Unit at St Vincent’s University Hospital, and he is clinical director of the metabolism laboratory group. He is UCD Clinical Professor in the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences at University College Dublin. He has a clinical research interest in disorders of bone and mineral metabolism and in vitamin D. He has published 99 peer-reviewed publications and 8 chapters.
Disclosures: Research investigator for Ultragenyx.