Dr. Aileen Flavin

Aileen Flavin is a Consultant Radiation Oncologist who has recently been appointed to UPMC Bon Secours Radiotherapy Cork in partnership with UPMC Hillman Cancer Centre.

Dr. Flavin is a UCC graduate who trained in Radiation Oncology in Dublin, Cambridge, England, and Toronto, Canada. She worked as a Consultant in Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool before returning to Ireland in 2005 to work in the Mid Western Radiation Oncology Centre in Limerick. Dr. Flavin subsequently moved to Cork University Hospital.

She was the NCCP National Clinical Lead for Radiation Oncology in 2020/2021 and has worked with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on several projects to improve access to, and the quality of, radiotherapy in low and middle income countries. Dr. Flavin is a member of the UK Global Cancer Network and is active in education projects in Nepal.

Dr. Flavin’s areas of special interest include breast, gynaecological, haematological malignancies, and palliative radiotherapy.