Barry Clements

Background

Clements was born on February 6, 1961, in Larne, Ireland; the son of William Desmond Clements and Mary Currie (Boyd) Gordon.

Education

Clements received an honorary degree of Bachelor of Medicine from Queens University in 1985. In 1997, he was given an honorary degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the same university.

Career

Clements began his career as an intern at Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast in 1985 and held it for a year. In 1987, he served as an anatomy lecturer at Queens University and a surgical training in 1988-1990. Three years later, Barry held the same position of insurgical infection department, where he worked until 1994.

In 1995, Barry was a fellow of laparascopic surgery at Royal Surrey Country Hospital in Guildford. A year later, he was a transplant fellow of Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh.

Since 1997, Clements was a surgeon consultant at Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. Also since 1998 he worked as an examiner at Royal College Surgeons in Ireland. Since 1999, he has been a clinical lecturer at Queens University in Belfast. He is a contributor of articles to numerous professional journals.

Membership

Clements is a member of Wallace High School Parent-Teachers Association, Royal Irish College of Surgeons and European Association of Endoscopic Surgery.

Interests

• Golf, swimming, cricket, gardening

Connections

On July 20, 1987 Barry Clements married Kerry McQuiston. They have 5 children.

Father:

William Desmond Clements Gordon

Mother:

Mary Currie (Boyd) Gordon

Spouse:

Kerry McQuiston

child:

Joshua Clements

child:

Jamie Clements

child:

Jordan Clements

child:

Jake Clements

child:

Paige Clements