Professor Edward McKone is a Consultant Respiratory Physician in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin and a Clinical Professor in University College Dublin.

A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he completed his BST in the Federated Hospital’s SHO Scheme and his initial respiratory specialist training including an MD thesis in St. Vincent’s University Hospital. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle followed by 4 years on faculty as an attending physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

In 2006, he was appointed to St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin where he is currently a consultant respiratory physician with clinical and research interests in the areas of cystic fibrosis, medical education, epidemiology and clinical trials.

Professor McKone was co-NSD in Respiratory Medicine from 2015-2019 and Director of Education and Training in the Institute of Medicine from 2019-2024. He is Co-Director of the Irish Clinician Educator Track (ICET).