About us
The aim of the Irish Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders is to raise the awareness of Inherited Metabolic Disorders and related topics in Ireland. The Society, founded in 2015, aims to promote and advance education amongst health care professionals with an interest in Inherited Metabolic Disorders.
Professor Ahmad Ardeshir Monavari – President
Professor Monavari has more than 20 years experience in Inherited Metabolic Disorders in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Canada. He has been a permanent consultant in The National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (NCIMD) for more than 10 years. Currently, he is the Clinical Director of the NCIMD.
Professor Monavari is interested in all areas of Inherited Metabolic Disorders with particular interest in Glutaric Aciduria (GA1), Urea Cycle Defects (UCD) and Newborn Screening.
Professor Ina Knerr – Chairperson
Professor Ina Knerr is a consultant metabolic paediatrician at the National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street in Dublin. She is the Chairperson of the Irish Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders. She is also communicating editor for the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (JIMD) and a council member of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM). Professor Ina Knerr is the Chairperson of the local organizing committee for the SSIEM Annual Symposium in Dublin in 2027.
Carl Talbot – Honorary Treasurer
Carl Talbot is a Principal Clinical Biochemist working in the Biochemistry Laboratory in the Coombe Hospital, Dublin. He has been the Honorary Treasurer for the Irish Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders (ISIMD) since 2019.
Louise Perris – Honorary Secretary
Ms. Louise Perris is Clinical Nurse Education Facilitator at the National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders / St. Brigid’s Ward at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street in Dublin. She is the Hon Secretary of the Irish Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders.
ISIMD Committee
Prof. Ahmad Ardeshir Monavari – President
Prof. Ina Knerr – Chairperson of the ISIMD and of the LOC for SSIEM in Dublin 2027
Ms. Louise Perris – Hon Secretary
Mr. Carl Talbot – Hon Treasurer
Ms. Patricia Fitzsimons – Committee Member, SSIEM Advisory Council Member
Dr. Siobhan O’Sullivan – Committee Member
Ms. Jenny McNulty – Committee Member
Ms. Maria O’Regan – Committee Member
Ms. Fiona Boyle – Committee Member
Dr. Kevin Gaughan – Associate Committee Member
Hon. Committee Members:
Ms. Catherine McDonnell
Prof. Philip D. Mayne