Veronica McSharry

Veronica McSharry is a Specialist Oncology Dietitian with over a decade of experience in cancer nutrition. She graduated from Leeds Beckett University in 2010 and completed an MSc in Nutrition in 2015. Since 2012, she has worked exclusively in cancer care, beginning her career as a Macmillan Oncology Dietitian within the NHS, specialising in head and neck and oesophagogastric cancers.

After relocating to Ireland, Veronica established the outpatient nutrition service for medical oncology and haematology patients at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, helping to improve access to specialist nutrition support for people affected by cancer.

Since 2025, Veronica has been leading the development of new nutrition services within the Irish Cancer Society. Her areas of interest include cancer prehabilitation, cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia, and the role of holistic, multidisciplinary care in improving outcomes and quality of life for people living with and beyond cancer.
Alongside her clinical work, Veronica is secretary of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute’s Cancer Nutrition Network Executive Group and chair of the National Working Group of Health and Social Care Professionals working in cancer. She is committed to advancing evidence-based nutrition care and supportive oncology services across Ireland.