ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital

St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007
Department - Anaesthesia, Intensive Care & Pain Medicine
The Wednesday Clinic has been taken over by Dr Paul Murphy as his basic OPD assessment access for new
patients, this commences at 3 p.m and finishes at 6 p.m . We have continuted with the initiative which was
introduced in 2006, of the Wound Clinic and the Walk In OPD Service for emergencies and urgent referrals.
This had a huge impact in emergency admission avoidance and prolonged stay at St. Vincent's University
Hospital.
Publications and Presentations
Presentations
National 5
International 4
Publications 1
2 Papers were presented by Dr Zuberi and Dr Hannsman. INSUKI Meeting in York in October 2007.
There were 5 poster presentations at the Irish Pain Society Meeting in UCD in October 2007, which were
jointly authored by Dr O’Keeffe and Dr Murphy. With presentations from Dr Zuberi, Dr Hannsman, Dr Idrees,
Dr Kamraj on a variety of topics, including Audits of Electronic Neuromodulation Practice, and the use of
Pharmacologic Neuromodulation using a novel new drug, Ziconatide.
There were also 2 presentations from the Unit at the North American Neuromodulation Society in Acapulco,
Mexico, in December 2007, given by Dr Zuberi. One of which was a case report and the second was an audit
of our Electronic Neuromodulation Practice.
Dr Philip Hu commenced and successfully completed a year in the Dept of Functional MRI and the University
of Oxford, under the guidance of Prof Eileen Tracey, where he is investigating the ‘Impact of Subcutaneous
Electrical Stimulation on Brain psycho-physics.’
The Pain Programme, under the joint Clinical Directorship of Dr. Rosemary Walsh and Dr Declan O’Keeffe,
continued with its cognitive behavioural therapy programme, 3 week programme for patients with chronic
pain and new innovations including tailored programmes for patients with special needs.
Publications
Audit of Neuromodulation: Our Experience of 83 Implanted Systems.
Hu P, Majedi Max P, Illynski O, Al Majedi A, O’Keeffe D.
Neuromodulation Vol 10 Issue 2. Page 195-201
April 2007.
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