John Mark Redmond

Redmond attended primary and secondary school at St Mary's College, Dublin.[3] He then studied medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland,[1] graduating in 1987 with the qualifications LRCP & SI MB BCh NUI.[4] From 1987 to 1988, he undertook his internship at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.[3] Redmond then trained at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, where he completed a 5-year general surgery residency (1988-1993) and a 3-year cardiothoracic surgery programme (1993-1996).[5] In 1996, he undertook a fellowship in paediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a fellowship in aortic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine (1997).[3]

Redmond served as a member of the Johns Hopkins faculty for three years as Director of Paediatric Heart and Lung Transplant, Co-Director of the Dana and Albert "Cubby" Broccoli Centre for Aortic Diseases, and Director of the Cardiac Research Laboratories.[1][5][6] In 1992, Redmond became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI).[4]

Redmond returned to Ireland in 2000.[1] He was appointed consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin,[7] Beacon Hospital and Mater Private Hospital. He also performs surgery for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland.[8]

Redmond is co-founder and co-owner of the Beacon Medical Group, including Beacon Hospital.[5][9] He has served as Medical Director of Beacon Medical Group and Beacon Hospital.[10][11]

In 2008, Redmond collaborated with Professor Martin Corbally and the cardiac team at Our Lady's Children Hospital, Crumlin to develop a cardiothoracic surgery training programme at Paediatric Hospital Number 2 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[9]

Redmond has also worked with Chernobyl Children International, performing surgery on children who developed heart defects as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.[12]