Dr Patrick B. Deegan

Dr Deegan is a consultant physician in General Medicine and Metabolic Diseases. He graduated in Dublin, Ireland in 1988. His clinical postgraduate training began in diabetes and endocrinology, where he completed his MD research thesis on lipoprotein metabolism in diabetes. Dr Deegan gained consultant level accreditation in clinical biochemistry and developed an interest in inherited metabolic diseases. He joined the Lysosomal disorders team at Addenbrooke’s in 2001 and became its clinical director in 2006. He is a member of the European advisory board of the ICGG Gaucher registry. His current research interests include biomarkers of Lysosomal storage disease and cellular targeting of enzyme replacement therapies.