Peter Prendergast

Dr. Peter Prendergast is an internationally renowned expert in aesthetic medicine and minimally invasive cosmetic surgical procedures. He was founder of the European College of Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery and has been medical director of Venus Medical - an award winning cosmetic clinic in Dublin for 17 years. Dr. Prendergast graduated with honours in medicine and surgery from University College Cork in 1999. He completed his internship at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and returned to Ireland to undergo Basic Surgical Training. After two years, he became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Following further surgical training in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery in Ireland and Singapore, he was drawn to the relatively new and evolving field of aesthetic medicine. He is also an internationally renowned educator and author, having authored two textbooks and trained hundreds of surgeons in cosmetic procedures at courses held all over the world. In 2008, he founded the European College of Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery and was President of this organization for ten years. Dr. Prendergast has appeared on national television and radio on several occasions, often with his patients who have described the positive experience treatments have had on their lives. His training in this field took him all over the world, first as student, but later as a teacher himself. He is regularly invited as keynote speaker to lecture at international conferences.