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St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007 Department - Surgery Report from the Professor of Surgery Professor P. Ronan O’Connell Surgical Professorial Unit Staff Head of Subject: Professor P. Ronan O’Connell Senior Lecturer: Mr Enda W McDermott Adjunct Professor: Professor M Joe Duffy Special Lecturers: Ms Mary Dillon Mr Farrukh Naseem Senior Research Associate: Dr Neil Docherty Research Fellows: Dr Colin Pierce Dr Michael Cunningham Dr Fiachra Rowan Ms. Karen Griffen Ms. Paulina Wojciechowska Senior Laboratory Technician: Mr Dermot Carty Clinical Research Nurse: Ms Helen Vaughan Executive Assistants: Mrs Patricia O’Shea Ms Hannah Carpenter Ms Maureen Mulhall Ms Elaine O’Sullivan 2007 saw the retirement of Professor Niall O’Higgins. A Festschrift was held in January to celebrate the many achievements of his 29 years as Professor of Surgery. The keynote address was given by Professor Irvine Taylor from the Royal Free and University College Medical School, London. He paid tribute to Professor O’Higgins as an educator, a scientist, an administrator and a surgeon. The meeting was attended by many former trainees, research fellows and colleagues. Professor P. Ronan O’Connell took up post as Professor of Surgery and Head of Subject in September. Prof O’Connell had been consultant surgeon at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital since 1990 and Newman Clinical Research Professor at UCD since 2002. His appointment brought a reconfiguration of the Surgical Professorial Unit to reflect his clinical interest in colorectal surgery while maintaining the Unit’s well established interest in breast and endocrine surgery under the academic leadership of Mr Enda McDermott, Senior Lecturer. Return to Contents 224
St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007 Department - Surgery The Final Medical Year students of 2007 did spectacularly well in their Final Surgical Examination, 35% achieved honours and 5% were awarded First Class honours in surgery. The following Prizes in Surgery were awarded in 2007 - The O’Farrell Gold Medal in Surgery Dr. Romaine King, McArdle Prize in Surgery Dr. Niall Breen, Gallagher Prize in Orthopaedics Dr. Stephen Kearney, and Tobin Prize in Surgery Ms. Rebecca Fry (Resident Year). In 2007 research from the Surgical Professorial Unit was recognised by several national and international awards. Dr Ciaran Healy was awarded the ASCRS Research Prize for the best research paper presented to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting in St Louis. Dr John Burke won the British Journal of Surgery Prize for best paper presented to the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting in Glasgow. Dr Burke also won the Sir Peter Freyer Medal for best research presented to the Sir Peter Freyer Surgical Symposium in Galway. Professor O’Connell was invited to speak at several national and international meetings. The highlights for 2007 were delivery of the Sir Peter Freyer State of the Art Lecture in Galway, the ESR Hughes Lecture to the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide and the Sir Alan Parks’ Lecture at St Mark’s Hospital London. 2007 was a productive year in terms of publications. Representative articles are listed below. In addition numerous presentations were made at national and international scientific meetings. Books Edited 1. EUROPEAN MANUAL OF COLOPROCTOLOGY, Herold A, Matzel K, Lehur PA, O’Connell PR eds. Springer, Frankfurt (publication, summer, 2008) 2. BAILEY and LOVE’S SHORT PRACTICE OF SURGERY (25th Edition) Bulstrode C, O’Connell PR, Williams NS eds. Arnold, London (publication, autumn 2008) Book Chapters 1. O’Connell PR ANAL CANCER in Herold A, Matzel K, Lehur PA, O’Connell PR eds, EUROPEAN MANUAL OF COLOPROCTOLOGY, Springer, Frankfurt, (in press) 2. Shields C, O’Connell PR ELECTROCAUTERY in Trimbos JB, Trimbos-Kemper TC eds BASICS OF SURGERY:tools, techniques, attitude and expertise. 2007 Elsevier, Maarssen, pp67-77 3. Joyce M, O’ Connell PR ANO-RECTAL STENOSIS: in Clavien JC, Mortensen NMcC eds ANORECTAL SURGERY, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT. Springer, Frankfurt (in press) Return to Contents 225
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