Dr Bernadette Carr
Occupation: Medical director, Vhi Healthcare.
Personal/family: Married with three children, live in Booterstown, Co Dublin.
What figure from the world of medicine/health do you most admire?Alexander Fleming - the father of modern medicine and therapeutics.
What other career might you have chosen? Law
If you were appointed Minister for Health, what would be your first priority? Sorting out Accident & Emergency services.
Do you have a phobia/what is your greatest fear? Dublin traffic.
Have you ever been a patient and were you a good one? Yes and I couldn't comment.
What three books would you bring to a desert island? Collected poetry of W.B. Yeats, Pride and Prejudice and Brave New World.
Have you a fail-safe method of dealing with stress? Chocolate cake, an open fire and a pot of tea.
What is your favourite TV or radio programme? Desperate Housewives.
If you did not live in Ireland, where would you choose to spend the rest of your life? Bali.
Summarise yourself in 12 words. The best cook in the world - probably!
Do you use alternative medicine/therapies? No.
Who or what makes you laugh? Eddie Murphy.
Interview by Dr Muiris Houston