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Officers 70th Session 2025 – 2026
| President: Dr Zetti Azvee
Dr Azvee is an alumna of National University of Ireland (UCD), Penang Medical College, Malaysia and Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. She is a member of Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and College of Psychiatrists Ireland. Following completion of an Aspire Fellowship in Transplant Psychiatry, she currently works as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the north inner-city Dublin with a special interest in social psychiatry focussing on bridging the gap between voluntary care, primary care and specialist services. Dr Azvee’s past work experience includes delivery of services in the Western Sahara and the Lebanon with the United Nations. Dr Azvee served as Honorary Treasurer for a number of years before being elected as the President of the Medico-Legal Society in June 2025.
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| Immediate Past President: Ms Mary Kennedy Mary is an Irish Prison Service (IPS) Governor, currently assigned to Cloverhill Prison. She graduated with fi rst-class honours in 1990 as a Registered General Nurse from St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin. She holds a Higher Diploma in Healthcare from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Risk Management and Quality from University College Dublin (UCD), a Diploma in Law from the Law Society of Ireland (awarded for constitutional law by the then President of the High Court, Hon. Mr Justice Peter Kelly), a Health and Safety certification from UCD, and an Advanced Diploma in Employment Law from the Honorable Society of King’s Inns. Mary joined the IPS in 1999 as one of its first Nurse Officers, becoming Chief Nurse Officer in 2008. She was appointed Assistant Governor in 2018 at Cloverhill Prison, followed by roles at Mountjoy Male and Female Prisons, managing healthcare, security, health and safety, rehabilitative initiatives, risk and compliance, and human resources. She has a special interest in healthcare and support for marginalised communities and recently presented at the International Corrections and Prisons Association conference in Bangkok on the European Minimum Standards of Care (the Bangkok Rules) for female prisoners. She also featured in the TV series Women Locked Up in Dochas, highlighting care for women in Irish prisons. Mary is currently Operational Governor of Cloverhill Remand Prison, responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient running of a facility with a high turnover of prisoners and staff . She is pursuing studies in ‘Leading with Awareness’ and maintains an active interest in medical and legal matters. She is the Immediate Past-President of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland, having served as Honorary Secretary from 2018 to 2023 and President from 2023 to 2025. |
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Honorary Secretary: Ms Serena Bennett B.L.
Ms Bennett is a barrister practising in Dublin and on the South Western Circuit. She is a graduate of University College Cork (BCL) and Trinity College Dublin (LLM) and was called to the Bar of England and Wales, where she is a member of the Honourable Society of Middle Temple. She practises in most areas of civil law, including personal injuries (plaintiff and defence work) and medical negligence. She is a member of the International Protection Offi ce Case Processing Panel and the National Research Ethics Committee for Clinical Trials in Ireland. In 2019, she graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) with an MSc in Healthcare Law and Ethics (fi rst-class honours). Ms Bennett has served on the Parole Board of Ireland, working alongside legal and healthcare practitioners and representatives from the prison service. She is also a qualifi ed Compliance Offi cer and a member of the Association of Compliance Offi cers in Ireland (ACOI). She maintains a continuing interest in healthcare and medico-legal issues. |
| Honorary Treasurer: Dr Philip Brady Dr Brady is a Consultant Forensic and General Adult Psychiatrist. He currently serves within the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Phoenix Care Centre, managing high-acuity inpatient cases and complex risk. He lectures in psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and has contributed to ethics, governance, and psychiatric policy initiatives relevant to medico-legal practice through his work with the Defence Forces. His interests include consent and capacity, risk management, professional regulation, and the interface between mental health care and the legal system. Dr Brady also works in aviation and aerospace behavioural health and is an Aeromedical Examiner. |
Council of the 70th Session 2025 – 2026
Dr Suzanne Crowe
Mr Enda Kelly
Ms Yvanne Kennedy
Dr Kate Maddock
Mr Joseph McGrath
Ms Aoife McManus
Ms Aisling Timoney
| Mr Justice Peter Kelly, Patron Mr Justice Peter Kelly is a former President of the High Court of Ireland. He was educated at University College Dublin and the Honorable Society of King’s Inns. He was called to the Bar of Ireland in 1973, the Bar of England and Wales in 1981 and the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1983. He took silk at the Irish Bar in 1986. He was appointed a Judge of the High Court in 1996. He was Judge in charge of the Commercial Division of the High Court from 2004 until 2014 when he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal. He was appointed President of the High Court in 2015. He is a Master of the Bench of Middle Temple, London and an Honorary Bencher of King’s Inns. He is a member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and he is the Chairman of the Governors of the Mater and Cappagh Hospitals. Former offices include Chairman of St. Francis Hospice, Dublin, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the General Council of the Bar of Ireland, President of the Association of Judges of Ireland, Chairman of the Commercial Law Centre at National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ad Hoc Judge of the European Court of Human Rights and Chairman of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Mr Justice Kelly is a former President of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland and is current Patron of the Society. |
| Dr. Sheila Willis, Vice President Dr. Willis is Vice-President of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland and served as President of the Society from 2003 to 2005. She practises as an independent forensic science consultant internationally, with a particular interest in the evaluation and reporting of forensic science findings. She has lectured extensively across a broad range of forensic science disciplines. She previously served as Director General of Forensic Science Ireland and was a guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA. She is an Honorary Professor of the University of Dundee, a Board Member of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS), and a member of the External Scientific Advisory Board of the Netherlands Forensic Institute. She studied Chemistry at University College Dublin (UCD) and has received numerous honours, including the Boyle Higgins Medal from the Institute of Chemistry, the UCD Alumni Award in Science, a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) (honoris causa) from UCD, and the degree of Docteure des Sciences en Science Forensique (honoris causa) from the Université de Lausanne. |
Officers 69th Session 2024 – 2025
President of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland : Ms Mary Kennedy
Mary is the an Irish Prison Service Governor, currently assigned to Cloverhill Prison and formerly with the Mountjoy Female Prison (Dochas Centre). She graduated as a Registered General Nurse from in St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin with first class honours. She also qualified with a Higher Diploma in Healthcare from RCSI; a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management & Quality from UCD; and a Diploma in Law from the Law Society of Ireland with an award for constitutional law. More recently she obtained an advanced Diploma in Employment Law from the Honorable Society of the Kings Inns and Health and Safety certification from UCD.
Mary was a Chief Nurse Officer in the Irish Prison Service promoting best nursing practice from 2008-2018. She has appointed as an Assistant Governor since 2018 to Cloverhill and Mountjoy Prisons. In the Mountjoy Female Prison she managed a portfolio of healthcare, operational and rehabilitative regimes; risk and compliance; human resources; work and training; health and Safety.
Mary has a special interest in human rights and custodial care. She is President of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland, having previously served as Honorary Secretary.
Immediate Past-President (2021-2023): Ms. Cathrina Keville BL
Ms. Cathrina Keville BL is a practicing barrister and an MII accredited and practicing mediator. She is a graduate in law from Trinity College Dublin and has a Master’s Degree in European Law from the University of Exeter in the UK. She has a diploma in mediation from the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
Cathrina practices in Dublin and on the Midland Circuit in civil, family and child protection law and has a special interest in the protection of vulnerable clients and in alternative dispute resolution.
Cathrina is a Chairperson of Mental Health Tribunals as well as an adjudicator and mediator with the Residential Tenancies Board. She has also chaired certain fitness to practice committees. She previously lectured on European Law at UCD and DIT and she is an instructor on the Advanced Diploma in Mediation run by the Honorable Society of the Kings Inns. Cathrina is a member of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of the Bar Council of Ireland.
She was elected to the Council of the Society in 2018 and has served on the sub-committees of the society responsible for organising the annual academic days and compiling its programme of events. Cathrina is the outgoing President of the Medico-Legal Society having served her two-year term since 2021.
Honorary Secretary: Ms Yvanne Kennedy.
Ms Yvanne Kennedy is an Senior Associate solicitor in Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. She specialises in public and administrative law, with a focus on professional regulation, particularly in the healthcare field. In addition to her regulatory work, Yvanne has experience in advising clients in the public sector with variety of legal issues. These include responding to statutory investigations; regulation of quasi-judicial bodies; and revision of policy and procedure.
Yvanne is also experienced in the internal management of disciplinary processes and has also represented public bodies in the defence of judicial review proceedings. She is a law graduate of University College Dublin (BCL, Prof Dip) and Queen’s University Belfast (LL.M).
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Zetti Azvee
Dr Zetti Azvee is an alumna of National University of Ireland (UCD), Penang Medical College, Malaysia and Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. She is a member of Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and College of Psychiatrists Ireland.
Following completion of an Aspire Fellowship in Transplant Psychiatry, Dr Azvee now works as a Consultant Psychiatrist in north inner-city Dublin with a special interest in bridging the gap between primary care and specialist services. Dr Azvee’s past work experience includes time in the Western Sahara and the Lebanon with the United Nations.
Officers 68th Session 2023 – 2024
President of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland : Ms Mary Kennedy
Mary is an Irish Prison Service Assistant Governor currently assigned to Mountjoy Female Prison (Dochas Centre) in the IPS. She graduated as a Registered General Nurse from in St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 1989 with first class honours. She also qualified with a Higher Diploma in Healthcare from RCSI; a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management & Quality from UCD; and a Diploma in Law from the Law Society of Ireland with an award for constitutional law. More recently she obtained an advanced Diploma in Employment Law from the Honorable Society of the Kings Inns and Health and Safety certification from UCD.
Mary was a Chief Nurse Officer in the Irish Prison Service promoting best nursing practice from 2008-2018. She has appointed as an Assistant Governor since 2018 to Cloverhill and Mountjoy Prisons . She is currently assigned to Mountjoy Female Prison where she manages a portfolio of healthcare, operational and rehabilitative regimes; risk and compliance; human resources; work and training; health and Safety.
Mary has a special interest in human rights and custodial care. She was the Honorary Secretary of the Medico-Legal Society since 2019.
Immediate Past-President (2021-2023): Ms. Cathrina Keville BL
Ms. Cathrina Keville BL is a practicing barrister and an MII accredited and practicing mediator. She is a graduate in law from Trinity College Dublin and has a Master’s Degree in European Law from the University of Exeter in the UK. She has a diploma in mediation from the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
Cathrina practices in Dublin and on the Midland Circuit in civil, family and child protection law and has a special interest in the protection of vulnerable clients and in alternative dispute resolution.
Cathrina is a Chairperson of Mental Health Tribunals as well as an adjudicator and mediator with the Residential Tenancies Board. She has also chaired certain fitness to practice committees. She previously lectured on European Law at UCD and DIT and she is an instructor on the Advanced Diploma in Mediation run by the Honorable Society of the Kings Inns. Cathrina is a member of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of the Bar Council of Ireland.
She was elected to the Council of the Society in 2018 and has served on the sub-committees of the society responsible for organising the annual academic days and compiling its programme of events. Cathrina is the outgoing President of the Medico-Legal Society having served her two-year term since 2021.
Honorary Secretary: Ms Yvanne Kennedy.
Ms Yvanne Kennedy is an Associate solicitor in Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. She specialises in public and administrative law, with a focus on professional regulation, particularly in the healthcare field .In addition to her regulatory work, Yvanne has experience in advising clients in the public sector with variety of legal issues. These include responding to statutory investigations; regulation of quasi-judicial bodies; and revision of policy and procedure.
Yvanne is also experienced in the internal management of disciplinary processes and has also represented public bodies in the defence of judicial review proceedings .She is a law graduate of University College Dublin (BCL, Prof Dip) and Queen’s University Belfast (LL.M).
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Zetti Azvee
Dr Zetti Azvee is an alumna of National University of Ireland (UCD), Penang Medical College, Malaysia and Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. She is a member of Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) and College of Psychiatrists Ireland.
Following completion of an Aspire Fellowship in Transplant Psychiatry, Dr Azvee now works as a Consultant Psychiatrist in north inner-city Dublin with a special interest in bridging the gap between primary care and specialist services. Dr Azvee’s past work experience includes time in the Western Sahara and the Lebanon with the United Nations.
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Officers 67th Session 2022 – 2023
President: Ms. Cathrina Keville BL is a practicing barrister and an accredited mediator. She is graduate in law from Trinity College Dublin and has a Masters’ Degree in European Law from the University of Exeter in the UK. She practices in Dublin and on the Midland Circuit in civil, family and child protection law and has a special interest in the protection of vulnerable clients and in alternative dispute resolution. She was Chairperson of Mental Health Tribunals for 13 years and has been appointed as an adjudicator and mediator with the RTB. She previously lectured on European Law at UCD and DIT. Cathrina is an elected member of the Council of the Bar of Ireland and Chair of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of the Bar. She was recently involved in the design of a new mediation course starting in the Kings Inns this year. She was elected to the Council of the society in 2018 and has served on the sub-committees of the society responsible for organising the annual academic days and compiling its programmes of events.
Immediate Past-President (2019-2021): Professor Damian Mohan. Damian is Associate Clinical Professor in Forensic Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin. He previously worked as consultant forensic psychiatrist at the at the National Forensic Mental Health Service (NFMHS) up to June 2022. From October 2022, Prof Mohan will act as Clinal Lead for the Clinical Management System (CMS) for Specialised Care Services on behalf of the National Forensic Mental Health Services (NFMHS). This framework established an agreement between the HSE and Intersystems for the supply, modification, installation, integration, implementation, hosting, data migration and on-going support of a Clinical Management System (CMS). Two initial sites have signed contracts namely—the National Forensic Mental Health Services (NFMHS) and the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH). The eHealth Community team work jointly with NFMHS and NRH as we embark on this innovative and digital transformative journey enabling safer and better patient care.Damian is a 1985 Medical Graduate of TCD. After completing his Basic Specialist Training (BST) in St. Patrick’s University Hospital Dublin, he completed his Higher Specialist Training (HST) between the University of Southampton and the Institute of Psychiatry in London. Damian worked as a Consultant in Broadmoor Hospital, West London NHS before returning to Dublin in 2001.Damian is a keen cyclist and sometime skier.He is the Immediate Past- President of the Medicolegal Society of Ireland.
Honorary Secretary: Ms Mary Kennedy graduated as an RGN in St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 1989. She achieved a Higher Diploma in Healthcare from RCSI; a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management & Quality from UCD; a Diploma in Law from the Law Society of Ireland and an advanced Diploma in Employment Law in the Honourable Society of the Kings Inns. Mary was a Chief Nurse Officer in the Irish Prison Service promoting best practice. She has worked as an Assistant Governor in Mountjoy Prison since 2018 and is currently assigned to Mountjoy Female Prison; managing operational and prison regimes; health and safety; human resources; and infection control. Mary has been the Honorary Secretary of the Medico-Legal Society since 2019.
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Zetti Azvee, a graduate of the National University of Ireland and Penang Medical College is currently working as a consultant psychiatrist in Dublin. She has strong interests in Liaison, Forensic and Homeless Psychiatry. Dr Azvee past work experience includes time in the Western Sahara and the Lebanon with the United Nations. She has been Treasurer of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees and Vice Chair of the Trainee Committee for College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. She has a special interest in bridging the gap between primary care and specialist services.
Officers 66th Session 2021 – 2022
President: Ms Cathrina Keville BL. Cathrina is a practicing barrister and an accredited mediator. She is a graduate in law from Trinity College Dublin and has a Masters’ Degree in European Law from the University of Exeter in the UK. She practices in Dublin and on the Midland Circuit in civil, family and child protection law and has a special interest in the protection of vulnerable clients and in alternative dispute resolution. She was Chairperson of Mental Health Tribunals for 13 years and has been appointed as an adjudicator and mediator with the RTB. She previously lectured on European Law at UCD and DIT. Cathrina is an elected member of the Council of the Bar of Ireland and Chair of the Arbitration and ADR Committee of the Bar. She was recently involved in the design of a new mediation course starting in the Kings Inns this year. She was elected to the Council of the society in 2018 and has served on the sub-committees of the society responsible for organising the annual academic days and compiling its programmes of events.
Immediate Past-President (2019-2021) Damian Mohan. Damian is Associate Clinical Professor in Forensic Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin and a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based at the National Forensic Mental Health Service. He is currently the clinical lead on the Transition Management Team (TMT) with responsibility for relocating the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Portrane. Damian is a Medical Graduate of TCD. After completing his Basic Specialist Training (BST) in St. Patrick’s University Hospital Dublin, he completed his Higher Specialist Training (HST) between the University of Southampton and the Institute of Psychiatry in London. Damian worked as a Consultant in Broadmoor Hospital, West London NHS before returning to Dublin in 2001. Damian is a keen cyclist and sometime skier. He is the current President of the Medicolegal Society of Ireland
Honorary Secretary: Ms Mary C Kennedy Mary graduated as an RGN in St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 1989 with first class honours. She achieved a Higher Diploma in Healthcare from RCSI; a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management & Quality from UCD and a Diploma in Law from the Law Society of Ireland. More recently she has completed studies for the advanced Diploma in Employment Law in the Honourable Society of the Kings Inns. Mary was a Chief Nurse Officer in the Irish Prison Service (IPS) from 2008- 2018 contributing to better systems of care and standards of practice. Ms Kennedy is currently an Assistant Governor in Mountjoy male prison. Her current portfolio includes governance over Health and Safety, Human Resources and Infection Control. She is the Covid-19 Liaison Officer for Mountjoy Prison. Mary joined the Society in 2016 and is the Honorary Secretary of the Medico-Legal Society since 2019.
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Zetti Azvee, Dr Zetti Azvee, a graduate of the National University of Ireland and Penang Medical College, is in her final year of Higher Specialist Training with interests in in Homeless and Liaison Psychiatry. Dr Azvee past work experience includes time in the Western Sahara and the Lebanon with the United Nations. She has been Treasurer of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees and Vice Chair of the Trainee Committee for College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. She has a special interest in bridging the gap between primary care and specialist services
Officers 65th Session 2020 – 2021President: Professor Damian Mohan is Associate Clinical Professor in Forensic Psychiatry in Trinity College Dublin and a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based at the National Forensic Mental Health Service. He is currently the clinical lead on the Transition Management Team (TMT) with responsibility for relocating the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to Portrane. Damian is a Medical Graduate of TCD. After completing his Basic Specialist Training (BST) in St. Patrick’s University Hospital Dublin, he completed his Higher Specialist Training (HST) between the University of Southampton and the Institute of Psychiatry in London. Damian worked as a Consultant in Broadmoor Hospital, West London NHS before returning to Dublin in 2001. Damian is a keen cyclist and sometime skier. He is the current President of the Medicolegal Society of Ireland
Immediate Past-President (2017-2019): Ms. Elizabeth Doyle Fleming BSc OSH, CMIOSH MIES is a chartered occupational safety and health (OSH) practitioner since 2005 with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. She specialises in OSH Risk Management and OSH education at third level. She lectured in occupational safety and health at the Centre for Safety and Health at Work, University College Dublin and continues to be involved academically. With a professional background in the aviation industry, she is a founding member and an honorary life member of the European Aviation Group of Occupational Safety and Health. She joined the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland in 2006, was elected to Council in 2010 and nominated as Honorary Secretary in 2011 and re-elected each year to 2017. Liz was proposed and elected as President of the Society in June 2017.
Honorary Secretary: Ms Mary C Kennedy graduated as an RGN from St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin. She continued her studies with an Higher Diploma in Healthcare from RCSI and a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management & Quality from UCD and a Diploma in Law from the Law Society of Ireland. More recently she has completed the advanced Diploma in Employment Law in the Honourable Society of the Kings Inns. Mary was a Chief Nurse Officer in the Irish Prison Service (IPS) from 2008-2018 contributing to safer systems of care. Ms Kennedy is currently an Assistant Governor in Mountjoy prison. Her areas of responsibility include Health and Safety, Human Resource Management , Healthcare, and Infection Control. She is also the Covid-19 Liaison. Mary joined the Society in 2016 and is the current elected Honorary Secretary since the Society’s AGM in 2019.
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Zetti Azvee, Dr Zetti Azvee, a graduate of the National University of Ireland and Penang Medical College, is in her second year of Higher Specialist Training. A Senior Registrar, she hopes to specialise in Liaison Psychiatry. Dr Azvee is an honorary lecturer with the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and her experience includes time in the Western Sahara and the Lebanon with the United Nations. She has been Treasurer of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees and Vice Chair of the Trainee Committee for College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. She has a special interest in bridging the gap between primary care and specialist services.
Officers 64th Session 2019 – 2020
President: Professor Damian Mohan is a medical graduate of Trinity College Dublin. He was a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist at Broadmoor High Security Hospital West London Mental Health NHS Trust from 1999 to 2001 before returning to Ireland in 2001. He is currently a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist based at the National Forensic Mental Health Service at the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin. He is also Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, Department of Psychiatry. Prof. Mohan and his team have been awarded a number of prestigious awards nationally and internationally in recognition of innovative work carried out in transforming the delivery of mental health care at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The World Health Organisation Best Practice in Prison Award which was presented in 2011. In addition, the ‘Excellence in Healthcare Management Award’ and the overall ‘Duais Mhór’ Award was also awarded at the 2011 Irish Healthcare Awards. The Taoiseach’s Public Service Excellence Award was awarded in July 2012 in recognition of their innovative work. Prof. Mohan joined the Medico-Legal Society in 2011 and was elected to Council in 2014 and re-elected each year to date. Prof. Mohan was elected President of the Society at the Society’s AGM in 2019.
Immediate Past President (2017-2019): Ms. Elizabeth Doyle Fleming BSc OSH, CMIOSH MIES is a chartered occupational safety and health (OSH) practitioner since 2005 with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). She specialises in OSH Risk Management and OSH education at third level. She lectured in occupational safety and health at the Centre for Safety and Health at Work, University College Dublin and continues to be involved academically. With a professional background in the aviation industry, she is a founding member and an honorary life member of the European Aviation Group of Occupational Safety and Health. She joined the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland in 2006, was elected to Council in 2010 and nominated as Honorary Secretary in 2011 and re-elected each year to 2017. Liz was elected President of the Society in June 2017-2019.
Honorary Secretary: Ms Mary C Kennedy graduated as an RGN in St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin. She continued her studies with a Higher Diploma in Healthcare from RCSI and a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Risk Management & Quality from UCD. Her most recent qualification is a Diploma in Law from the Law Society of Ireland. Mary was a Chief Nurse Officer in the Irish Prison Service (IPS) from 2008- 2018. She developed effective systems of work which contributed to safer work practices and better systems of care. Ms Kennedy is currently an Assistant Governor in Mountjoy male prison which accommodates approximately 800 prisoners. Her current portfolio includes governance over Health and Safety, HR and Healthcare within a prison setting. Mary joined the Society in 2016 and was elected Honorary Secretary at the Society’s AGM in 2019.
Honorary Treasurer: Dr Zetti Azvee, a graduate of the National University of Ireland and Penang Medical College, is in her second year of Higher Specialist Training. A Senior Registrar, she hopes to specialise in Liaison Psychiatry. Dr Azvee is an honorary lecturer with the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and her experience includes time in the Western Sahara and the Lebanon with the United Nations. She has been Treasurer of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees and Vice Chair of the Trainee Committee for College of Psychiatrists of Ireland. She has a special interest in bridging the gap between primary care and specialist services. Dr. Azvee joined the Society in 2015 and was elected Hon. Treasurer at the Society’s AGM in 2019.
Officers 63rd Session 2018 – 2019
President: Ms. Elizabeth Doyle Fleming BSc OSH, CMIOSH MIES is a chartered occupational safety and health (OSH) practitioner since 2005 with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. She specialises in OSH Risk Management and OSH education at third level. She lectured in occupational safety and health at the Centre for Safety and Health at Work, University College Dublin and continues to be involved academically. With a professional background in the aviation industry, she is a founding member and an honorary life member of the European Aviation Group of Occupational Safety and Health. She joined the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland in 2006, was elected to Council in 2010 and nominated as Honorary Secretary in 2011 and re-elected each year to 2017. Liz was proposed and elected as President of the Society in June 2017.
Immediate Past President (2015-2017): Prof. Denis Cusack FRCPI, FFFLM, FCLM, FCIArb, Barrister-at-Law.
Practitioner in medicine (General Internal Medicine and Diabetes/Endocrinology) in Ireland and the USA and practitioner as Barrister at the Bar of Ireland with current practice in the specialty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Professor and Head of Subject of Forensic & Legal Medicine, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, 1999 to date. Professor of Forensic & Legal Medicine Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland/UCD at Penang Medical College, Malaysia 2000 to date. Coroner for the County of Kildare, Ireland 1995 to date. Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Dublin, Ireland 1997 to date. President, Coroners Society of Ireland 2008-2010. Member of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland since 1987. He was elected President of the Medico-Legal Society in 2015 and held the position until June 2017.
Honorary Secretary: Ms. Dolores Keane BL is a Past President of the Society and is a practicing barrister. She graduated with a BA in Economics and Politics and an MSc (Econ) in European Affairs from University College Dublin. She also pursued further studies at Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA in Medical Science. She attended Kings Inns and was called to the Bar in 2000. She has lectured on the Degree Course at Kings Inns, developed its Continuing Professional Development programme and is the examiner for the Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Compliance Course for the Institute of Bankers, University College Dublin. She specialises in medical/healthcare law and pharmaceutical/medical device law. Dolores was acting as Joint Honorary Secretary for the previous session and was elected as Hon. Secretary at the Society’s AGM in June 2018.
Honorary Treasurer: Dr. Mary Davin-Power MICGP MRGCP MMedSc is a Past President of this Society. She is a RCSI graduate and General Practitioner practicing in Trinity College Dublin. In addition to her clinical commitment she acts as GP Risk Advisor for Medisec Ireland. Mary is closely associated with the Irish College of General Practitioners in the area of Faculty Liaison. She has a particular interest in medico-legal medicine. Mary was acting as Joint Honorary Secretary for the previous session and was elected as Hon. Treasurer at the Society’s AGM in June 2018.
Officers 62nd session 2017 – 2018
President: Ms. Elizabeth Doyle Fleming BSc OSH, CMIOSH MIES is a chartered occupational safety and health (OSH) practitioner since 2005 with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. She specialises in OSH Risk Management and OSH education at third level. She lectured in occupational safety and health at the Centre for Safety and Health at Work, University College Dublin and continues to be involved academically. With a professional background in the aviation industry, she is a founding member and an honorary life member of the European Aviation Group of Occupational Safety and Health. She joined the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland in 2006, was elected to Council in 2010 and nominated as Honorary Secretary in 2011 and re-elected each year to 2017. Liz was proposed and elected as President of the Society in June 2017.
Immediate Past President (2015-2017): Prof. Denis Cusack FRCPI, FFFLM, FCLM, FCIArb, Barrister-at-Law.
Practitioner in medicine (General Internal Medicine and Diabetes/Endocrinology) in Ireland and the USA and practitioner as Barrister at the Bar of Ireland with current practice in the specialty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Professor and Head of Subject of Forensic & Legal Medicine, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, 1999 to date. Professor of Forensic & Legal Medicine Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland/UCD at Penang Medical College, Malaysia 2000 to date. Coroner for the County of Kildare, Ireland 1995 to date. Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Dublin, Ireland 1997 to date. President, Coroners Society of Ireland 2008-2010. Member of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland since 1987. He was elected President of the Medico-Legal Society in 2015 and held the position until June 2017.
Joint Honorary Secretaries: Ms. Dolores Keane BL and Dr. Mary Davin-Power
Ms. Dolores Keane BL is a Past President of the Society and is a practicing barrister. She graduated with a BA in Economics and Politics and an MSc (Econ) in European Affairs from University College Dublin. She also pursued further studies at Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA in Medical Science. She attended Kings Inns and was called to the Bar in 2000. She has lectured on the Degree Course at Kings Inns, developed its Continuing Professional Development programme and is the examiner for the Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Compliance Course for the Institute of Bankers, University College Dublin. She specialises in medical/healthcare law and pharmaceutical/medical device law.
Dr. Davin-Power MICGP MRGCP MMedSc is a Past President of this Society. She is a RCSI graduate and General Practitioner practicing in Trinity College Dublin. In addition to her clinical commitment she acts as GP Risk Advisor for Medisec Ireland. Mary is closely associated with the Irish College of General Practitioners in the area of Faculty Liaison. She has a particular interest in medico-legal medicine.
Honorary Treasurer Dr Carlos McDowell is a graduate of medicine from Trinity College, Dublin [1973] and specialised in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, graduating with Fellowships from both the Irish and London Colleges of Anaesthesia. She worked as a consultant in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for 29 years. Since retiring from hospital work, she is currently working part-time with the Turf Club and Irish Racecourses – pre-hospital trauma. Dr McDowell was nominated and elected as Hon. Treasurer at the Society’s AGM in June 2014 and re-elected each year to date.
Officers 61st Session 2015 – 2017
President: Prof. Denis Cusack FRCPI, FFFLM, FCLM, FCIArb, Barrister-at-Law.
Practitioner in medicine (General Internal Medicine and Diabetes/Endocrinology) in Ireland and the USA and practitioner as Barrister at the Bar of Ireland with current practice in the specialty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Professor and Head of Subject of Forensic & Legal Medicine, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, 1999 to date. Professor of Forensic & Legal Medicine Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland/UCD at Penang Medical College, Malaysia 2000 to date. Coroner for the County of Kildare, Ireland 1995 to date. Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, Dublin, Ireland 1997 to date. President, Coroners Society of Ireland 2008-2010. Member of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland since 1987.
Immediate Past President: Ms Dolores Keane BL
Ms Keane BL is a practicing barrister. She graduated with a BA in Economics and Politics and an MSc (Econ) in European Affairs from University College Dublin. She also pursued further studies at Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA in Medical Science. She attended Kings Inns and was called to the Bar in 2000. She has lectured on the Degree Course at Kings Inns, developed its Continuing Professional Development programme and is the examiner for the Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Compliance Course for the Institute of Bankers, University College Dublin. She specialises in medical/healthcare law and pharmaceutical/medical device law.
Honorary Secretary: Ms Elizabeth Doyle Fleming
Ms. Doyle Fleming is a chartered occupational safety and health practitioner. She became a chartered member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in 2005. She specialises in OSH Risk Management and OSH education at third level. She lectured in occupational safety and health at the Centre for Safety and Health at Work, University College Dublin and continues to be involved academically. With a professional background in the aviation industry, she is a founding member and an honorary life member of the European Aviation Group of Occupational Safety and Health. She joined the Medico- Legal Society of Ireland in 2006, was elected to Council in 2010 and nominated as Honorary Secretary in 2011 and re elected in 2014 to date.
Honorary Treasurer: Dr. Carlos McDowell
Dr. McDowell is a graduate of medicine from Trinity College, Dublin [1973] and specialised in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, graduating with Fellowships from both the Irish and London Colleges of Anaesthesia. She worked as a consultant in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for 29 years. Since retiring from hospital work, she is currently working part-time with the Turf Club and Irish Racecourses – pre-hospital trauma. Dr McDowell was nominated and elected as Hon. Treasurer at the Society’s AGM in June 2014.