Dr Colin Davenport

Dr Colin Davenport is the Lead Consultant for Integrated Diabetes Care in Connolly Hospital and Community Healthcare Organization 9. Dr Davenport is a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). During his training in endocrinology he completed a Health Research Board-funded PhD in the area of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes with RCSI and Dublin City University (DCU). After completing his specialty training he was awarded the inaugural Aspire Fellowship in Obesity Medicine in Ireland. He subsequently gained experience as an endocrinology consultant in the obesity departments in St Columcille’s Hospital Loughlinstown and University Hospital Galway before spending a year developing diabetes services in Wexford General Hospital. In 2022, Dr Davenport was appointed to the first integrated diabetes care consultant post in the country, and is currently focused on developing specialist-led services for diabetes and obesity in the community. In addition to 45 peer-reviewed publications and his participation in multiple seminal international trials of diabetes care such as LEADER, Dr Davenport has helped to develop both the national model of care for obesity and the guidelines for the management of type 1 diabetes in Ireland.