Deborah McNamara

Deborah A. McNamara is an Irish surgeon and academic serving as president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) since 2024. She also serves as a clinical professor in surgery at the college. A consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and Bon Secours Hospital, she is noted for being the first woman to be appointed a consultant colorectal surgeon in Ireland. Her career has focused on the surgical management of colorectal cancer, as well as on national healthcare quality improvement, surgical training and gender equity in the surgical profession.