Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) Conference & Workshops

Part of the BSAC OPAT Initiative

Dr Eoghan De Barra

Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, Beaumont Hospital/Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Eoghan de Barra received his medical degree in Dublin and proceeded to gain specialist training in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine in Ireland and South Africa. He completed an MD at the department of Tropical Medicine and International Health at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin and conducted malaria vaccine research work in Dublin and at the University of Oxford, UK. Thereafter he took up a post at Imperial College NHS Trust, London as a Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, where he was the clinical lead for the OPAT programme. In 2017 he returned to Dublin taking up a post as Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Senior Lecturer at Beaumont Hospital / RCSI. Research interests include Tropical Medicine, vaccine development, TB, resource limited acute care, OPAT and antimicrobial prescribing.

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