Patrick Treacy

Patrick Treacy
Born Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Citizenship Ireland and United Kingdom
Education Queen's University Belfast, Hons Degree Biochemistry, 1978, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1986, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1986
Occupation Physician, laser surgeon, and author
Years active 1987 through present
Known for Aesthetic medicine, Michael Jackson's cosmetic physician

Medical career

Profession Physician, derm surgeon
Field Aesthetic medicine, dermatology
Institutions Ailesbury Clinics, St. Vincents University Hospital, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Dunedin Public Hospital, James Connolly Memorial Hospital
Specialism Aesthetic medicine

Patrick Treacy is a cosmetic physician, laser surgeon, and author based in Dublin, Ireland. Treacy founded the Ailesbury Clinic and practices in Dublin, Cork, London and the Middle East. Treacy is known as the lead cosmetic doctor for Michael Jackson's aesthetic treatments during the period he lived in Ireland.[1][2] He was among the first doctors in the world to use the permanent facial endoprosthesis BioAlcamid for HIV Lipodystrophy patients.[3] He co-founded and is chairman of the Irish Association of Cosmetic Doctors and the Royal Society of Medicine Aesthetic Section of which he is president elect.[3][4][5] Treacy has also been a contributor to television and radio shows such as RTE Television, BBC World Service, TV3, Discovery Health, and Dr. Drew on CNN.[1][6][7]

Early life and education

Treacy was born in Garrison, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland where his parents ran a shop, garage, and filing station.[8] In 1972, he won the Irish Aer Lingus "Young Biochemist of the Year" award. A year later, he won the Northern Ireland section of the British Amateur Young Scientist of the Year Award for an innovative project to help plants grow. In 1978, he completed hons biochemistry at Queens University in Belfast during the height of The Troubles.[9] Due to the conflict in Northern Ireland, Treacy transferred to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin to study medicine.[10] He took a break during his education and travelled for a period with David Bowie's Serious Moonlight in Europe.[8][10] In 1986, Treacy graduated Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Career

In 1987, Treacy became a practicing doctor in Dublin. In that same year, Treacy was jabbed in the leg with a needle used on a HIV patient while working in a Dublin hospital.[11] The incident resulted in Treacy having to cut out an area of his leg as this was before protease inhibitor treatments for AIDS existed. This incident led to Treacy's humanitarian work in Africa to pioneer new aesthetic treatment surgeries to help people with AIDS and HIV.[9] He never developed the disease.[11]

Treacy moved to New Zealand in 1988 to work as a respiratory and cardiology registrar with Dunedin Public Hospital.[11] In the 1990s, Treacy worked in Africa and Australia as a flying doctor with Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.[8][12] He became a staff health doctor at Ibn 'al Bitar Hospital in Baghdad during Saddam Hussein's reign when he was arrested and jailed for five days by the Iraqi Army while writing an article for the Fermanagh Herald about the gassing of the Kurds in Halabja.[11][13] He was ships surgeon with Carnival Cruise Line from 1993 through 1994.[14]

In 2000, Treacy founded the Ailesbury Clinic in Dublin. His clinic was the first in Ireland to specialize in all aspects of non-surgical aesthetic skin treatments. He opened another Ailesbury Clinic in Cork in 2005. The Dublin clinic was awarded "Best Clinic in Ireland" at the Irish Healthcare Awards in 2005.[15]

Affiliation with Michael Jackson

Treacy met Michael Jackson in 2006.[16] Jackson sought Treacy for cosmetic treatment after reading about his experience with HLA fillers and his charitable work in Africa.[17] Treacy became Jackson's only doctor when he lived in Ireland in 2006 and 2007. He started as Jackson's personal dermatologist and developed a friendship with the singer.[18] Jackson and Treacy worked on humanitarian projects together.[2] In 2011, Treacy became an ambassador for the Michael Jackson Legacy foundation, and in 2012 opened Everland Children's Orphanage in Liberia and orphanages in Haiti in 2013.[19][20]

In 2008, Treacy co-founded the Irish Association of Cosmetic Doctors, a group of medical practitioners campaigning for government regulation of qualifications in the field of cosmetic medicine, where he is chairman.[4]

Treacy was due to treat Jackson shortly before the singer's death in 2009.[21] In 2009, he was on the special witness list for the trial of Conrad Murray, however, he was never called to testify.[2]

He released his memoirs titled Behind the Mask: The Extraordinary Story of the Irishman who became Michael Jackson's Doctor in 2015.[17]

Accolades

In 2003, Treacy won the "Professional Journalist of the Year" award for his work for Irish Medical Times.[22] He was awarded best non-surgical treatment at the inaugural "My Face My Body Awards" in London in 2012 and 2013.[23] Treacy received the AMEC Aesthetic Award in Paris in 2014 and the 20th World Congress in Aesthetic Medicine Lecture Award in 2015.[24]

References

  1. 1 2 Dr. Drew (September 29, 2011). "Dr. Drew exclusive: Cosmetic doc says he also used propofol on MJ". HLN. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Deidre Reynolds (September 28, 2015). "Fermanagh surgeon reveals how he became Michael Jackson's confidante". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Patrick Treacy, Dr.". Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Call for regulation of cosmetic doctors". The Irish Times. April 15, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Rachel Borrill (July 29, 2012). "Served on a platelet". Irish Examiner. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ryan Tubridy. "Michael Jackson's Irish Doctor". RTE Radio 1. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ Stephen Nolan. "The Fermanagh doctor who befriended pop icon Michael Jackson #BBCNolan". BBC. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 Richard Fitzpatrick (October 3, 2015). "Michael Jackson’s former doctor, Dr Patrick Treacey, reflects on his life so far". Irish Examiner. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Cahir O'Doherty (November 20, 2015). "Confessions of Michael Jackson's Irish surgeon". Irish Central. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  10. 1 2 Joanna Kiernan (August 12, 2015). "Cosmetic doctor to the stars Patrick Treacy tells about his travels, his famous clients and his tell-all book". Herald.ie. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Donal Lynch (November 23, 2015). "Unmasking Dr Treacy - Michael Jackson's former doctor". Independent.ie. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ Neil Delamere (October 11, 2015). "Michael Jackson’s Irish doctor". TodayFM. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Local doctor's friendship with the Kurds". Fermanagh Herald (p. 1). April 20, 1991.
  14. ↑ Greg Baxter (May 18, 2015). "Relising the potential for cosmetic medicine at sea". Irish Medical Times. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  15. ↑ Deidre Reynolds (November 29, 2005). "Facing up . . . Irish turn their backs on plastic surgery". Independent.ie. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  16. ↑ Deidre Reynolds (October 3, 2015). "Jackson’s tears for Irish youngsters burnt in car arson". The Sun. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  17. 1 2 Rebecca Maher (October 9, 2015). "Michael Jackson’s Irish doctor releases memoir". Irish Examiner. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Dr. Patrick Treacy’s New Book : "Behind The Mask" (the Irishman who became Michael Jackson’s doctor)". LMJ Magazine. August 4, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  19. ↑ Jason Johnson (July 1, 2014). "My friend Jacko was a kind man ...Not the child abuser he was made out to be". The Sun. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Fermanagh’s doctor’s Christmas Day with African Orphans". Fermanagh Herald. December 24, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  21. ↑ Paul Martin (8 June 2009). "Jacko Goes Green". The Mirror (London, England).
  22. ↑ "'Irish Times' correspondent wins award for medical journalism". The Irish Times. April 3, 2003. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Top award for Garrison-born doctor". Fermanagh Herald. December 5, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Dr Patrick Treacy receives international award for his Diagnosis and Management of Dermal Filler Complications lecture". Aesthetic Medicine. December 1, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016.

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