She joins from Cohn & Wolfe where she was associate director in the healthcare team.
The appointment follows the growth of the company's EMEA Healthcare practice which has seen revenue increase by over 50 per cent in the last six months.
In the newly created role, Corcoran will be responsible for driving continued both global programmes and UK-specific growth, working on the agency portfolio of healthcare clients, including Insightec, Abbott, FUS Foundation and GSK Biologicals.
Corcoran will work closely with EMEA director of healthcare Jane Brearley.
Corcoran's appointment follows the recent announcements about Jon Silk joining as senior digital consultant and Bryan Taylor as director of client development for EMEA.