Dr. Kate McCann
Lifestyle medicine physician
Dr. Kate McCann received her undergraduate degree cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 2000 and MB BCh (Hons) from University College Cork 2006. She is a Member of Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. She is a former post-doctoral research associate in molecular biology at the Indiana University School of Medicine and former Fellow at the Eck Institute for Global Health.
After more than 15 years in hospital medicine, Dr. McCann wanted to do more to address the unmet need for primary and secondary chronic disease prevention. For many of the patients she met, there was often a way that hospital admission or disease progression could have been prevented with earlier intervention. She established an independent practice dedicated to preventative and lifestyle medicine in 2021. The founding vision was to provide a direct specialty model of care focusing on evidence-based and patient-centred approaches.
Dr. McCann is certified in lifestyle medicine, and is a Member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine. She has a special interest in obesity medication, and holds certification from The Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE). In 2018, she began a community health promotion project on social media, which is still ongoing, focusing on family health literacy and urban mythbusting. Dr. McCann has become a familiar and trusted voice in health literacy and science communication; she regularly presents at community programmes, and contributes to expert panels, podcasts, and across media.
Dr. McCann also works in clinical research at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, in collaboration with UCD and CEPHR. She has academic collaborations with University of Limerick , and is a lecturer in RCSI. She is a board member of Women in Medicine in Ireland Network, and became Chairperson in 2025. She is a co-author on multiple scientific papers. She has been active in the development of the newly formed Irish Society of Lifestyle Medicine and has joined the board of Yoga4Health Ireland. She is a member of WHO Fides.
Dr. McCann enjoys running and is an active member of St. Andrew’s AC. She also enjoys cooking, hill-walking, and going to the beach with her husband, two young sons, and their rescue terrier, Lucy.
