ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital

St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007
Department - Radiology
The following staff joined us during 2007:
Brendan Foy Celeste Kelly Petrutchka Jack
Sander Quadros
Breda Mullins
The following staff left us during 2007:
Emer Timony Nolan Marie Louise Kilty Eileen Mc Ginley
Ann Sharkey Mary Gaughan Gillian Harmon
Ann Marie Leahy
Mary Peare
Ancillary Staff
The Radiology Aides have continued to contribute significantly to the workflow of the Radiology Department.
Outstanding Achievements
Administrative and Academic achievements by consultant radiologists in 2007
Dr Conor Collins was elected Hon. Secretary of the International Cancer Imaging Society and delivered the
keynote lecture on PET-CT in Oncology at the 7th annual meeting of the Society in Bruges, October 2007.
He also delivered a state of the art lecture on PET-CT in Oncology at the European Congress of Radiology
in Vienna, March 2007.
Dr O Laoide was elected Dean-elect of the Faculty of Radiologists and continues as Hon. Secretary.
Dr Skehan was appointed examiner to the part II Fellowship.
Specialist Registrar achievements
Drs Victoria Chan, Shauna McDermott, Chris Hegarty and Carol Ridge were successful in the primary
examination for the Fellowship.
Drs David O’Donnell and Ronan Killeen were successful in the FFRRCSI examination.
Selected Publications
PET CT in Oncology – for which tumours is it the reference standard?
Collins CD. Cancer Imaging 2007; 7; 77- 87.
Sheehan JJ, Ridge CA, Ward EV, Collins CD, Skehan S, Malone DE.. The process of evidence-based
practice in radiology: an introduction. Acad Radiol 2007;14:385-388
Sheehan JJ, Ridge CA, Ward EV, Collins CD, Skehan S, Malone DE. FDG PET in preoperative assessment
of colorectal liver metastases combining "evidence-based practice" and "technology assessment"
methods to develop departmental imaging protocols: should FDG PET be routinely used in the
preoperative assessment of patients with colorectal liver metastases? Acad Radiol 2007;14:389-397
O'Connor R, O'Leary M, Ballot J, Collins CD, Crown JC. A phase I clinical and pharmacokinetic study of
the multi-drug resistance protein-1 (MRP-1) inhibitor sulindac, in combination with epirubicin in patients
with advanced cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2007;59:79-87
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