Contact Details
Primary Services
Areas of Expertise
Cognitive disorders, transition-of-care rehabilitation, frailty management, and integrated care pathways for older adults
About
Dr. Mina Alemam is a Consultant Specialist in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine with dedicated clinical and academic experience across leading teaching hospitals in Ireland. She specialises in cognitive disorders, transition-of-care rehabilitation, frailty management, and integrated care pathways for older adults.
Training & Background
Dr. Alemam completed specialist training in Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine in Ireland. She completed further sub-specialty clinical training in memory and cognitive disorders as the Watts Clinical Fellow in the National Memory Clinic at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, from 2023 to 2024. She joined Mater Private Network in October 2026.
Clinical Expertise & Special Interests
- Memory & Cognitive Disorders: Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation of cognitive decline and multidisciplinary management.
- Geriatric Rehabilitation & Frailty: Rehabilitation pathways, hospital avoidance strategies, and optimizing transitions between acute and community settings.
- Decision-Making Capacity & Medico-Legal Care: Expertise in functional capacity assessments under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act framework, advance healthcare directives, and collaborating with designated decision supporters on personal welfare and healthcare decisions.
- General Internal & Stroke Medicine: Acute medical care, acute stroke management, falls and syncope evaluation, and bone health services.
Research Interests
- Brain Health & Cognitive Ageing: Cognitive decline, neurodegenerative disorders, and strategies for maintaining brain health.
- Rehabilitation & Clinical Outcomes: Optimizing post-acute rehabilitation programmes, frailty interventions, and patient care models.
Qualifications & Credentials
- Fellowships & Diplomas: Watts Clinical Fellow in Medicine for the Elderly (St James’s Hospital); Diploma in Medicine for the Older Person (RCPI); MRCP (UK)
- Medical Degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Universiti Putra Malaysia.
