Dr Fran O’Keeffe

Dr Fran O’Keeffe is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine with extensive international experience in major trauma and critical care resuscitation. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2006 and completed his early emergency medicine training in Dublin before moving to Melbourne in 2009 to undertake advanced specialist training at The Alfred Hospital Emergency & Trauma Centre—one of the busiest and most highly regarded Level 1 major trauma centres in the Southern Hemisphere.

During his time at The Alfred, Dr O’Keeffe held senior training and fellowship positions, including roles within both the Emergency Department and the Alfred Trauma Service. Following completion of specialist training, he was appointed to dual consultant roles across both services, gaining extensive experience in the delivery of high-acuity trauma care within a mature, systemised trauma network. He continues to maintain strong academic and clinical links with Melbourne and remains actively involved with the Alfred Trauma Service and the National Trauma Research Institute.

Dr O’Keeffe returned to Ireland in 2016 and was appointed Clinical Lead for Trauma at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, where he played a central role in the hospital’s successful designation as the inaugural Major Trauma Centre for the Central Trauma Network. He continues to contribute to the development of trauma systems, emergency care delivery, and trauma governance at a national level.

His clinical and research interests focus on trauma resuscitation, critical care, and trauma systems development. He has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in emergency medicine, trauma, and critical care, and remains actively engaged in international collaborative research through his links with Australia.

A committed medical educator, Dr O’Keeffe is co-founder of The Procedures Course and faculty on multiple national and international emergency and trauma programmes, including the European Trauma Course (ETC), ATLS, and ACLS. He regularly teaches multidisciplinary teams across Ireland, Australia, the Middle East, and China.