Dr. Emmet Jordan
- Locations
- UPMC Whitfield Hospital
- UPMC Hillman Cancer Centre at UPMC Whitfield Hospital
Dr. Emmet Jordan graduated from University College Dublin (UCD). Upon completion of the basic specialist training programme, Dr. Jordan embarked on an oncology career working as a registrar in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.
Dr. Jordan enrolled onto the Oncology Specialist Registrar Programme, thereafter working in various cancer centres in Ireland, as well as completing a graduate certificate in palliative care in UCD. In 2013, he was awarded a three year Advanced Oncology Fellowship in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, with a focus on translational research based in Dr. David Solit’s laboratory. Under the mentorship of Dr.Solit, Director, Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology and Dr. Gopa Iyer M.D., he worked on appraising molecular approaches to cancer therapy in the laboratory and clinical setting.
In 2016, Dr. Jordan was awarded an Americal Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Young Investigator Award for his project assessing molecular alterations in bladder cancer. During his time at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Jordan published his research in peer reviewed journals and completed an MD thesis programme. In August 2017, Dr. Jordan returned to Ireland, taking up a post as a Consultant Medical Oncologist in University Hospital Waterford. He commenced his practice at UPMC Whitfield Hospital in September 2024.