Dr. Gallagher is a General Practitioner specialising in addiction medicine. He has worked exclusively in the field of addiction for the past fifteen years and has served as a GP Coordinator in the HSE Addiction Service in Dublin North.
Dr. Gallagher is a member of the National Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Implementation Committee and the National Methadone Protocol Implementation Committee and on a subcommittee of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol. Hugh is particularly interested in the science of addiction, recovery capital, peer support in addiction recovery, family support in the area of addiction, dual diagnosis, and alcohol-related brain injury.