Dr. Nichola Boyle
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About
Education & Experience
Dr. Nichola Boyle is a Consultant Geriatrician and General Internal Medicine Physician with clinical and academic experience across leading teaching hospitals in Ireland and Australia.
She qualified from University College Dublin in 1998 and completed basic specialist and higher specialist training through the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine. She was awarded MRCPI in 2002 and CSCST in 2009. In her later years of higher specialist training, she completed training at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Repatriation General Hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Boyle completed her training at the Centre for Education and Research on Ageing and was a Research Fellow and Staff Specialist Geriatrician from 2009 to 2017. Whilst at Concord Repatriation General Hospital she completed Masters of Medicine in Clinical Epidemiology and PhD through the University of Sydney in the area of Falls Management in Older People.
Dr. Boyle returned to Ireland in 2017 to become a Consultant Geriatrician and General Physician at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin as clinical lead for the Integrated Programme for Older People. Through this role she worked with the HSE Regional Health Authority Dublin and South West and the RCPI Clinical Advisory Group on the development of Integrated Care for Older people. During this time, she was also the Honorary Secretary of the Irish Society for Physicians in Geriatric Medicine until July 2026. Dr. Boyle joined Mater Private Network in September 2026.
Services
Dr. Boyle specialises in the care of older adults experiencing falls, frailty and cognitive disorders with a special interest in those who require care pre and perioperatively with experience in the management of frail older people undergoing orthopaedic and surgical procedures. She offers inpatient and consultation services at Mater Private Hospital Dublin, and outpatient clinics at Mater Private Hospital Eccles Street and Northern Cross Day Hospital.
Special Interests
- Falls and bone health including recovery following fractures.
- Perioperative care and liaison services for frail older people including re-operative assessment and rehabilitation and prehabilitation.
- Memory and cognitive disorders including assessment for and delivery of anti-amyloid therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease.
- Frailty and advanced care planning including decision-making capacity assessment.
Professional Memberships
Dr. Boyle is a member of the Irish Gerontological Society, Irish Society in Physicians in Geriatric Medicine, and British Geriatrics Society
