Healing Therapies Kildare 2.51

Dr. Fiona is a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine (Physiology). Previous to this Dr. Fiona obtained a B.Sc. in Biology (NUI Maynooth) and a M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine (Physiology; Trinity College Dublin). The Masters course focused on the molecular understanding of disease and treatment. She trained in anatomy and physiology throughout her education and work life at many medical research facilities including Beaumont Hospital, Veterans Hospital, Long Beach, California and the Digestive Diseases Centre, UCLA, California. During Dr. Fiona's career she trained in California at top medical institutes publishing (over 25 papers) in the areas of gastroenterology, hepatology, various cancers, endocrinology, metabolism, vitamin signalling, electrophysiology, chinese herbs, cardiology, genetics and other related topics. She has spoken at medical conferences all over the world, acted as referee in reviewing potential publications for many journals and was involved in teaching scientists and medical doctors. Dr. Fiona often writes letters of recommendations for many of her past students applying to medical school.

In summary, her knowledge of science, biology and anatomy/physiology has been obtained from a 15 year career and more recently with ITEC (ongoing).

Why the transition to the wellness area? Dr. Fiona has always had an interest in complimentary therapies. Understanding the workings of the body meshes well with the application of massage therapies to the body! Massage not only affects the body at a whole level but also at a physiological level. This holistic sense of the process lead Dr. Fiona to enter this new career and she is dedicated to giving people a holistic experience and to find wellness and relaxation (Wellexa) in their every day stressful lives. She has found, following training in Dharamshala, India, that massage is both a gift to give and receive!