Mr. Ahmed Haidaran

Areas of Expertise

Gallstone disease, abdominal wall hernias (inguinal, femoral, umbilical and incisional), gastrointestinal surgical conditions (appendicitis, diverticulitis and perforated viscus), perianal surgeries (haemorrhoids, fissure, fistulae, perianal abscess and anal warts or skin tags), Pilonidal sinus. Skin lesions (basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and warts), lipoma, biopsies, and ingrown toenails. Endoscopy (OGD and colonoscopy).

About

Education and experience

Mr. Ahmed Haidaran graduated from Mosul Medical College/ University of Mosul, Iraq in 1993. He completed his core surgical training, higher surgical training, and graduated as a Fellow of the Iraqi Board of Medical Specialisations in General Surgery (FIBMS) in 2007. He was subsequently appointed as a Consultant General Surgeon at Al-Jumhouri Teaching Hospital, Iraq in 2007.  

In 2017 Mr.  Haidaran moved to Ireland where he commenced additional surgical training at Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital. In 2022 he was appointed as a Consultant General Surgeon specialising in gastrointestinal surgery at Cork University Hospital and Bantry General Hospital. In 2025 he worked as a Consultant General Surgeon at Galway University Hospital and then returned to Mercy University Hospital in Cork where he worked as Consultant General Surgeon (FRCS qualified) specialising in Colorectal surgery. In October 2026 he joined Mater Private Network in Cork.

Special Interests

Mr.  Haidaran has speciality interest in surgery for perianal conditions including laser intervention for treatment of fissure in anal piles, fistulas, excision of anal warts, condylomas and papilloma. 

He also treats inguinal, femoral and umbilical hernias, and performs excision of skin lesions such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), warts, and papilloma under local anaesthesia. 

Clinical Research and Professional Membership

Mr. Haidaran was awarded an MD by thesis and in 2010 became a Professor of General Surgery at Nineveh Medical College and a Consultant General Surgeon at Al-Salam Teaching Hospital, Iraq.  

He is a senior clinical lecturer with University College Cork and author of 13 published scientific papers. He has presented at national and international surgical conferences and meetings, and he is regularly involved in training the Higher Specialist Training (HST) and Core Surgical Training (CST)  trainees with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

Mr.  Haidaran is a Fellow of RCSI, Fellow of RCPS Glasgow, Fellow of the European Board of Surgery, and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Member of Royal College of Surgeons of England, and Member of United Iraqi Medical Association (UIMA) UK & Ireland.