Pátrick Treacy


Pátrick Treacy is an Irish physician and an author.[1][2] Treacy was born in 1960 in Garrison, Northern Ireland.[3] He is the founder of Ailesbury Clinic.[4] Treacy studied medicine at Queen’s University Belfast and later at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. In 1990, he worked at Ibn al-Bitar Hospital in Baghdad and was briefly detained in Iraq while reporting on the Halabja gas attacks.[5][6]

Pátrick Treacy
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Born
Ireland
NationalityIrish
OccupationSurgeon
Years active1990-present
Board member ofCanadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine

Treacy began practicing medicine in Dublin in the late 1980s. He later opened a second clinic in Cork in 2005. In 2006, Treacy treated Michael Jackson during the singer’s stay in Ireland.[7][8] He later stated that Jackson showed interest in global health-related charity work. Treacy has also published several books.[9][10]

Books

  • Behind the Mask (2015)[11]
  • Prevention and Management of Aesthetic Complications (2022)[12]

References

  1. Kamienski, Brianna. "Top Medical Professionals To Look Out For In 2024". USA Today. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. "Dr. Patrick Treacy - CBAM". Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  3. Mallon, Sandra (2022-06-25). "Meet the Irish doctor who was Michael Jackson's cosmetic surgeon". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  4. Costello, As told to Rose (2021-08-26). "Where I work: Dr Patrick Treacy". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  5. "Doc freed from Saddam jail after James Joyce chat is cheered on return to Iraq". The Irish Sun. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  6. "The Needle and the Damage Done by Dr. Patrick Treacy". Writing.ie. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  7. "Unmasking Dr Treacy - Michael Jackson's former doctor". Irish Independent. 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  8. "The man in the mirror" (in en-IN). The Hindu. 2015-12-03. ISSN 0971-751X . https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-man-in-the-mirror/article7945353.ece. Retrieved 2025-05-23. 
  9. Staff, Editorial (2023-08-04). "Dr Patrick Treacy releases sixth book, The Living History of Medicine". Irish Medical Times. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  10. McGoldrick, Mark (2025-01-21). "Fermanagh doctor opens up on jail ordeal in new book". The Fermanagh Herald. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  11. Treacy, Patrick (2015-10-05). Behind the Mask: The Extraordinary Story of the Irishman Who Became Michael Jackson's Doctor. Liberties Press. ISBN 978-1-910742-28-0.
  12. Treacy, Patrick (2022). Prevention and Management of Aesthetic Complications. Minerva Medica. ISBN 978-88-5532-143-3.

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