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Areas of Expertise
Diagnosis and management of adults with complex and/or multiple coexisting conditions. Systemic autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders. LGBTIQ+ healthcare. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).
About
Education & Experience
Dr. Miguel Galán qualified in medicine from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain in 2017 and completed his five-year specialist training in General Internal Medicine at Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Madrid (2018–2023), with rotations across cardiology, infectious diseases, rheumatology and intensive care. He undertook elective training in point-of-care ultrasound, and in autoimmune and autoinflammatory disease. Before joining Mater Private Cork, he worked as an emergency medicine attending at Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada and as a hospitalist at Sanitas Hospital Universitario La Zarzuela in Madrid.
Special Interests
Dr. Galán enjoys the diagnostic side of general internal medicine, particularly the assessment of patients with persistent or unexplained symptoms that span more than one organ system and don’t fit neatly within a single specialty. He has a particular interest in systemic auto-immune and auto-inflammatory disorders, and in the assessment and management of functional disorders — gastrointestinal and otherwise. He uses bedside ultrasound (POCUS) routinely to support diagnosis and treatment, and has a long-standing interest in medical education and teaching. He is committed to inclusive, culturally competent care that welcomes patients of all backgrounds, including LGBTIQ+ patients seeking an affirming clinical environment.
Clinical Research & Professional Memberships
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr .Galán helped share the Madrid hospital experience of reorganising medical units for COVID-19 with an international audience — first through a widely-shared clinical thread on social media (March 2020), and subsequently as co-author of guidance in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (2020), published in both English and French. He participated in the WHO Solidarity Trial (NEJM, 2021) and the PANCOVID treatment trial (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2023), and served as an external technical advisor to the Spanish Ministry of Health (2023–2024) on national quality standards and rare disease registry design. He is a member of the Irish Medical Organisation, a former accredited clinical tutor at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, and has presented internationally on postgraduate medical education.
