Having graduated from University College Cork, Professor Higgins, MRCOG, FRANZCOG, MPH (Melb), undertook his postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the West of Scotland Deanery. He subsequently undertook subspecialty training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at The Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Upon completing his fellowship, he was appointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne and Consultant in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Professor Higgins returned to Ireland in 2004 to a Consultant position in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and subsequently to the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street in 2009. Professor Higgins is Associate Professor at University College Dublin, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and is the current Master of the National Maternity Hospital, having commenced his seven year tenure as Master on 1st January, 2019.
As a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Professor Higgins has a broad range of clinical and management experience gained within Ireland, Scotland and Australia.