Our Team
Meet our Team @ Wherlands Lane Medical Centre

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Doctor
Dr. Deirdre Burns
Dr Deirdre Burns qualified from UCC in 1989. She completed vocational training in general practice in Cork. She set up in practice in Ballyvolane in 1996 and moved to a purpose-built surgery in Blackpool in 2000.
Her areas of special interest are Women's Health and Children's Health, as well as providing full general practice services.
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Doctor
Dr. Ronan Boland
Dr Ronan Boland qualified from UCC in 1987. He completed vocational training in general practice in Cork. Having worked in rural GP for 4 years he set up practice in Blackpool in 1995 and later moved to a purpose-built surgery in Blackpool in 2000.
His areas of special interest are Men's Health, Sports Medicine and Child Health and he provides a full general practice services
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Doctor
Dr. Sarah O Shaughnessy
Dr Sarah O'Shaughnessy is a graduate of the UCC School of Medicine, Cork. She worked in CUH Emergency Dept, before enrolling on the Cork GP Training Scheme. Dr O'Shaughnessy graduated in 2014 and has been a GP at Centric Health Wherlands Lane since 2019.
She has a Diploma from the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology London and is an ICGP Long Acting Reversible Contraception Tutor. She has a primary certificate from the British Medical Acupuncture Society. Dr O'Shaughnessy has a special interest in Women's Health.
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Nurse
Niomh McCollam