IAANMP: Committee news

We are delighted to extend a warm welcome to Leena Rodrigues, RANP, Fracture Liaison Service (FLS), who has recently joined our committee from St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH), Dublin. Leena brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the role, and we look forward to the valuable contributions she will make to our work. (See Leena’s bio).

We would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Dr Emily Lockwood for her dedication to IAANMP over the years. In addition to her valuable support of the committee’s wider activities, Emily played an important role in advancing our research work, contributing her knowledge, insight, and expertise to help shape and strengthen our evidence-based initiatives. Her input has been greatly appreciated, and we wish her every success in her future endeavours as she steps away from the committee.

A paediatric representative role is currently available on the committee, and we warmly encourage interested members to consider putting themselves forward for this position. This is a wonderful opportunity to help shape the committee’s work and represent the interests of our paediatric colleagues.

Finally, we are delighted to share that two of our committee members have recently welcomed new additions to their families. Dona Cromar and her husband Idriss are celebrating the arrival of their beautiful baby daughter, Aryiah, while Vincent Melvin and his wife Lorraine are delighted to announce the birth of their gorgeous baby boy, Conor. We send our heartfelt congratulations to both families and wish them every joy and happiness as they embark on this wonderful new chapter.

Introducing Leena Rodrigues
Leena is a registered advanced nurse practitioner and nurse prescriber with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. With over 26 years of international clinical experience spanning India, Oman, and Ireland, she has a strong foundation in intensive care nursing and advanced clinical practice.

Leena qualified as a registered nurse in 1998 from the Bombay Nurses Training Institute, Mumbai, India, and has since pursued extensive postgraduate education in Ireland, including a Postgraduate Diploma in Critical Care Nursing and dual Master’s degrees in Clinical Practice and Advanced Practice Nursing from University College Dublin.

Leena currently serves as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the FLS at SVUH, where she led the design and implementation of the ANP-led service. Her role involves autonomous assessment, diagnosis, education, and bone health management for patients aged 50+ with fragility fractures, with a strong focus on falls and secondary fracture prevention. She is actively involved in national performance measurement through the FLS database and is a member of the national FLS Report Writers Committee.

Leena’s previous roles include CNM2 in the DXA department and Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Co-ordinator at SVUH, contributing to service improvement, policy development, and infection prevention. Passionate about innovation in nursing, Leena brings deep expertise in clinical leadership, service design, and interprofessional collaboration. She is proud to support the work of the IAANMP committee, advocating for the visibility and impact of advanced practice roles in Ireland.

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