Ms. Catherine de Blacam MD FRCSI (Plast)

Special Interests

• Paediatric plastic surgery

• Cleft Surgery

Research Interests

•  Psychological wellbeing and educational attainment in children with clefts

• Standardisation of outcomes recording after speech surgery

• Development of an enhanced recovery programme for cleft palate repair

• Incidence, diagnosis and management of airway distress in infants with cleft palate

Current Membership

•  Royal College of Surgeons In Ireland, FRCSI (Plast)

• Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons

• British Association of Plastic Reconstruction and Aesthetic Surgeons

• Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland

• American Cleft Palate Association

Professional Profile

Catherine de Blacam is a plastic surgeon with special interest in cleft surgery and paediatric plastic surgery. A graduate of UCD, she completed her specialist training in plastic surgery in Ireland as well as an Aspire fellowship in cleft surgery at the Dublin Cleft Centre.

In addition to her clinical work, Catherine has a keen interest in patient-reported outcomes and clinical research. She was awarded a MD in molecular biology from RCSI and completed a clinical research fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston.