About Us

Skerries Surgery has a large medical and administration team working together to offer a full range of services. We are also a registered GP training practice. The team is made up as follows:

Dr Zlatina Nickolava

Dr Daniel David

Nurse Manager Michelle McPeake

More information to follow.

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Dr. Seamus K Mulholland
MB, BcH, DCH, D.Obst, LMCC, MICGP., M.Med.Sc

Dr. Mulholland qualified in UCC in 1979. He practiced for a number of years in his home county Derry before moving to Canada in 1988. On his return to Ireland in 1990 he set up the Surgery together with his wife Rhona, Practice Manager. As Skerries has grown over the last decade, so too has the Surgery expanded to the thriving practice it is today. The Surgery is a large teaching practice affiliated to UCD. Dr. Mulholland is a Trainer with The Dublin Mid-Leinster(UCD) GP Specialist Training Scheme. Dr. Mulholland is widely experienced in Emergency Care, Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Osteoporsis, Family Planning, Minor Surgery and General Medicine.To relax, Dr. Mulholland enjoys long distance running. He is also a keen golfer, playing in Skerries and the Algarve when time allows.

Eamonn McElwee Counsellor
BA, MA, MPS, H.Dip.Ed, MIACP, MIITD

Eamonn McElwee is an accredited counsellor and accredited counselling supervisor. He has been counselling individuals and couples at the Surgery since 1997. He trained in counselling in the US and was awarded Masters degrees with First Class Honours from Fordham University, New York and Loyola University, Chicago. Eamonn was formerly Head of Training for Accord Marriage Counselling Service, and Director of Training in the Dundalk Counselling Centre. In addition to his work at the Surgery, he lectures on groupwork and counselling at Trinity College and at CITC, Churchtown.

Emma Quirke Sports Rehabilitator
BSc, GSR

Emma Quirke qualified from Glasgow in 1998 with a BSc. in Sports Science and Physiology and went on to study Sports Rehabilitation in St. Mary’s College in Twickenham where she qualified in 2002. She has been working at Surgery since then with individuals from both sporting and non-sporting backgrounds.

Emma works with many teams in the locality including Skerries RFC, Boyne RFC, runners, triathletes, and Meath Gaelic football teams. Emma has also worked with Stamullen MD Cycling Club over the past number of years on the RAS, the famous bike race around Ireland. She also travelled with the Irish Cycling Team to the World Championship in 2004 to Verona. Emma is herself very involved in sport, having taken part in 3 Marathons and 2 Iron Man competitions in the last two years. Emma’s services include the full range of sports injuries rehabilitation, sports massage, general physio and also in the fitting and supplying of orthotics.

Maria McNulty
Chiropodist, BA, MA, MPS, H.Dip.Ed, MIACP, MIITD

Maria qualified with a BSc in Podiatry from Edinburgh. She is currently studying at Ulster University for her Mater of Science (MSc) in preservation of the lower limb. Maria works between her city centre practice and Skerries Surgery, where she sits every Friday. She also accommodates home visits in Skerries and Donabate. She looks after all types of foot ailments as well as biomechanics and diabetes. www.citycentrechiropody.com

Gabriel Phelan
Audiologist

Gabriel Phelan FdSc Aud provides a hearing service every Saturday by appointment. Gabriel obtained his qualifications in Hearing Aid Audiology from Oxford Brookes University in the UK. This enables him to test hearing levels, prescribe and dispense hearing aids. He is a member of ISHAA, the governing body for hearing aid dispensers in Ireland. Gabriel is also qualified to remove ear wax following his training in this area at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Gabriel also holds qualifications in electronics and instrumentation and has worked with amplification systems for over 30 years.

Rhona Mulholland
Practice Manager