Working Life: No matter where you end up in medicine, you never stop being a student

Professor Joe Eustace, consultant nephrologist, Cork University Hospital (CUH), and director HRB Clinical Research Facility, Cork

Prof Joe Eustace, consultant nephrologist, Cork University Hospital, and director HRB Clinical Research Facility, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

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Despite being on call overnight, I’ve had an uninterrupted night’s sleep, which is delightful. I’m a nephrologist in CUH - a specialist in the medical management of kidney disease. However, for the last 10 years, I’ve been seconded to University College Cork to direct its HRB Clinical Research Facility, which is based in the Mercy University Hospital but supports clinical research throughout the South/Southwest Hospital Group.