Dr Cormac Convery is an aesthetic practitioner at the forefront of research and education in the medical aesthetics specialty, with a particular passion for complication management and treating rhinophyma.
Dr Convery grew up in rural Northern Ireland in a family of sheep farmers. His interests lay further afield, with passion for both art and medicine.
He was torn between applying for architecture or medicine at university, saying,
“Being the headstrong individual I am, I decided to apply for both courses even after being told it was a bad idea. The architecture school made me an offer, but I got rejected from medicine because I had applied for something else. After all that, I went off the idea of architecture, and somehow managed to get into medical school through the back door.”
He studied medicine at the University of Dundee, first trying surgical training before realising that he “hated hospitals,” and opted for general practice instead. He qualified in 1996, and went straight into GP practice in Ayrshire for 17 years, becoming the resident expert in practical aspects including joint…
