Dr. Helen Kilrane joined us in March 2017. She underwent her medical training in UCD. She then completed the TCD GP Training Scheme and achieved the top results in the GP exams that year (Eppel Ellard Trophy). She spent some time travelling and working as a GP in Dublin before returning to her native North East.

Helen has special interests in Dermatology (skin) and Women’s Health. Helen spent a year working part-time in the Dermatology Department in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and achieved Distinction in the Diploma in Practical Dermatology from Cardiff University. She really enjoys being able to offer additional skin services like Mole checks and Isotretinoin (Roaccutane) medication for those eligible.

She is competent in insertions of Coils and Implanons and has a Diploma from the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists. She completed a Diploma in Musculoskeletal Injury Management and offers Shoulder and Knee Joint injections to our patients.

In her spare time, Helen enjoys spending time with her husband and son. Her hobbies are drinking too much coffee and going to the gym.

Dr Sylvia McKenna joined Wheaton Hall Medical Practice in 2004. She graduated from Medicine at Trinity College Dublin in 2000 and completed GP training in the North East in 2004. She became a partner in Wheaton Hall in 2005.

Sylvia has special interests to include, women’s health, family planning, dermatology, minor surgery, GP training and ongoing medical education. Her interest in dermatology started when she attained a higher diploma in dermatology with University College Dublin and the Mater Hospital in 2008. She underwent further training in the area of skin surgery and dermoscopy (use of a skin microscope to aid with diagnosis of skin lesions) in 2010 and 2015 respectively. With these skills she set up the minor surgery and skin clinic at Wheaton Hall. Sylvia worked on the committee of the Primary Care Surgical Association from 2013-2017 in an effort to promote community surgery nationwide.

Wheaton Hall Medical Practice was accredited as a training practice, accepting registrars (qualified doctors who are in training to become a GP) since 2003 and Sylvia was appointed GP Trainer in 2006. Sylvia spends her free time with her husband and 2 children, where they live in Dundalk. She enjoys Yoga, running and tennis to unwind after a busy week.

Originally from South Africa, Dr. Suganderan (Sugan) Nayager graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) medical school in Johannesburg in 2004. After moving to Ireland in 2008, he worked in emergency departments across the country, including his last position as a registrar in the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. County Louth has been his home since 2011.

Dr Chukwudi Ugezu began his medical training in Nigeria and further progressed his
professional postgraduate training at the Royal College of Physician in Ireland
(RCPI); where he completed the Basic Specialist Training and Registrar Training
Programme in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. During this period, he completed a
Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at University College Cork (UCC), a
Graduate Certificate in Obstetrics and Gynaecologic Ultrasound in University College
Dublin (UCD) and a Diploma in Paediatrics with RCPI.
He pivoted his career and completed GP Training in the North East Scheme in July
2024. He cherishes his career transition from Obstetrics and Gynaecology to Family
Medicine and currently provides locum maternity cover in Wheaton Hall Medical
Centre.
Chukwudi is a family man and enjoys spending quality time with his wife, 2
daughters, extended family and friends. He keeps active outside work by going for
walks with his wife and 2 girls.

The doctors in Wheaton Hall are very pleased to be involved in training. We feel that it is helpful for tomorrow’s doctors to experience general practice here, and we hope that the supervised training which takes place here will encourage the maintenance of high standards.
In this capacity, the practice will be welcoming doctors who are already extremely well qualified and who are completing their transition from hospital medicine to general practice. Each of these doctors join us for 1 year as a fully fledged member of the practice team. We are fortunate to have worked with excellent young doctors since 2003.
Our current registrar is Dr. Teny Thomas, whom we welcome to the practice team.