Background
McAnena, Oliver James was born on February 22, 1956 in Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland. Son of Frank and Anne Nancy (Snee) McAnena.
McAnena, Oliver James was born on February 22, 1956 in Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland. Son of Frank and Anne Nancy (Snee) McAnena.
Bachelor Medicine and Surgery, University College Galway, Ireland, 1979. Master of Surgery, National University Ireland, 1985.
Fellow in surgical oncology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1984-1986. Fellow in trauma and critical care University Colorado an Denver General Hospital, 1988-1989. Senior registrar in surgery Beaumont Hospital Dublin and Royal College Surgeons, 1989-1990, Mater Hospital, Dublin, 1990-1991.
Senior lecturer, honorary consultant surgeon Royal London Hospital, University London, 1991-1993. Consultant surgeon University College Hospital, Galway Ireland, since 1993. Consultant general surgeon Bons Secours Hospital, since 1993, Galway Clinic, since 2004.
Regional director cancer services Western Health Board, Ireland, since 1997.
Fellow Royal College Surgeons (Ireland), Association Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. Member Society Surgical Oncology, Surgical Research Society Great Britain and Ireland, Association Endoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.
Married Eavan Jane O'Connor, June 26, 1982. Children; Lisa, Katherine, Peter.