Dr Eimear Byrne is an experienced private GP with over 26 years of experience in general practice and a particular interest in Women’s health

Eimear completed her medical training in Dublin, Ireland, graduating with an honours degree and medals in anatomy, medicine and the gold medal & 1st class honours in Obstetrics&Gynaecology. She moved to Cambridge in 2000 to train as a GP and was awarded a distinction in her exams to become a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2003.

Eimear’s general and speciality training included General and Respiratory Medicine, General and Colorectal Surgery, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, ENT (Ear, nose and throat surgery), Obstetrics&Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Rheumatology. She secured an additional 6 months in Rheumatology, the Back Pain Cnic and the Cambridge University Sports Injury Clinic at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Eimear’s additional postgraduate qualifications include diplomas in Obstetrics&Gynaecology, Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare, Child Health, certificates in skin surgery and letters of competence for contraceptive coil and implant fitting. She is a British Menopause Society trained Menopause Specialist. Eimear is also a member of the Primary Care Dermatology Society and has undertaken advanced training in Dermoscopy.

Eimear’s particular expertise include:

Women’s health: All aspects of menopause care, with particular subinterests in problematic migraine, progesterone sensitivity and PMDD, Genitourinary Syndrome of the Menopause and Histamine intolerance.

Fitting coils for contraception, menopause care and emergency contraception.

Fitting and removing contraceptive implants

Musculoskeletal medicine, rheumatological conditions and joint injections

Dermatology including vulval dermatology, and skin surgery. Eimear’s career focus has been supporting patients to make informed choices about their healthcare, through the provision of high quality, evidence-based information.

She has 22 years of post-speciality training NHS General Practice, 18 of those as a partner in a local Cambridge practice, where she undertook leadership roles. She has subsequently supported other GP practices across Cambridgeshire and Suffolk in urban, rural and Fenland settings.