Professor McKone is a Consultant Respiratory Physician in the National Referral Center for Adult Cystic Fibrosis, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, he completed his initial respiratory training in Ireland and at the University of Washington, Seattle where he was on faculty for 4 years. In 2006, he was appointed to St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin where he is currently a respiratory physician with clinical and research interests in the areas of cystic fibrosis, epidemiology and clinical trials.