Sports Medicine

Dr Jamie Kearns is a Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine. He graduated with honours from University College Dublin in 2006, completing a BMedSci, and went on to specialist training in medicine, earning his MRCPI in 2009.

He holds a Master’s in Sports and Exercise Medicine from NUI Galway with first-class honours and postgraduate training in Medical Ultrasound from AECC University College, Bournemouth.

Dr Kearns completed higher specialist training in Sports and Exercise Medicine in 2023. He is Head of Medical for Munster Rugby and has worked as team doctor for Connacht Rugby, the Ireland Men’s senior rugby team, and the Ireland Women’s senior football team. He also serves as an independent match-day doctor for international rugby.

His clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and management of acute sports injuries, chronic tendon and joint problems, and concussion, along with ultrasound-guided joint injections (excluding spinal procedures). He is also active in research on concussion in elite rugby.