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UNIVERSIT Y
OF MEDICINE
AND HEALTH
SCIENCES
CHARTER
DAY
MEETING
11 February – 15 February 2020
CPD ACCREDITATION
TUESDAY In Conversation With = 1 credit
WEDNESDAY NOCA = 6 credits
What is a 21st Century Doctor? = 1 credit
THURSDAY NCPS = 6 credits/ Videosurgery = 3 credits
FRIDAY Charter Day = 6 credits
SATURDAY ISTG Meeting = 4 credits
RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020 2
THE RCSI ROYAL CHARTER
In 1765 Sylvester O’Halloran, a surgeon from Limerick, had proposed a College of Surgeons
in Ireland along the lines of the College de St. Cosme in Paris, which had been regulating
French surgery since its creation by royal charter by Louis IX in 1255. O’Halloran called for a
college of surgery to be founded in Dublin to train, educate and examine persons in the art
of surgery. This lead to a group of Dublin surgeons joining together and forming the Dublin
Society of Surgeons in 1780. The main goals of the society were to separate surgeons from
the Barber Surgeons Guild and provide surgical training, education and regulation in Ireland.
They lobbied for a royal charter in 1781 and presented the Lord Lieutenant with their petition.
The Lord Lieutenant presented the petition to King George III who saw it fit to grant a royal
charter on 11 February 1784 establishing the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The first
President was Samuel Croker-King (1728-1817) and the first Professor of Surgery was William
Dease (1752-1798).
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RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
It is my great pleasure to welcome all those attending Thursday evening sees Professor Tom Walsh’s 30th Annual
events this week for our Charter Day celebrations. Video Surgery meeting take place and will feature surgical
This year is a time for special celebration as for the first videos from both Ireland and abroad. I congratulate Tom on
time we can now refer to RCSI as a University. This follows his long-term commitment to this project which can only be
a resolution passed in both Houses of the Oireachtas last described as a true labour of love.
December. ‘Choosing Wisely’, the theme of Friday’s Charter meeting
University status is the culmination of many years of plenary sessions, has been chosen to examine constraints in
sustained growth for the institution. RCSI has evolved healthcare delivery. Wasteful and inappropriate healthcare
considerably since its foundation in 1784 from an practices need to be addressed if we are to manage future
organisation set up by Charter from King George III to set demands on healthcare. In addition to our local speakers,
standards in surgery and oversee surgical training to the I welcome Ms Laura Magahy from Sláintecare, Professor
institution it is now; an internationally recognised health Stephen Wigmore from Edinburgh and Mr Tony Sparnon,
sciences University with campuses in Dublin, Dubai, Bahrain President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, all
and Malaysia. of whom will talk to this important topic.
Over the years, our annual Charter Day meeting has Also on Friday morning, in a novel event for RCSI, the
grown to reflect our ever-expanding role and reach as a Emergency Medicine Programme will demonstrate an
professional training body. emergency crisis simulation. Following this, eleven of the
This year we begin on Tuesday evening with interviews surgical subspecialties will also run parallel sessions.
with Drs Michael Farrell and Morgan Crowe and Prof Con Dr med Claude Martin Jr, AO Alliance Managing Director
Feighery who will reminisce on past glories in the history of will deliver the annual Johnson and Johnson Lecture on
the Hospital Cup (rugby for the non-initiated!) the impact of musculoskeletal injuries in low and middle-
income countries and the 96th Abraham Colles Lecture will
On Wednesday, RCSI hosts the annual NOCA conference
be delivered by Professor James Lau of the Department of
which will examine changing perceptions in quality
Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong on the demise of
healthcare. NOCA continues to expand its portfolio of
emergency ulcer surgery.
national audits which are key to quality improvement in Irish
healthcare and the annual conference provides a valuable On Saturday morning RCSI hosts the Annual Irish Surgical
opportunity to bring all of the relevant stakeholders Training Group Meeting and the Bosco O’Mahony Lecture
together to address the opportunities and challenges which will be delivered by Mr Justin Geoghegan, Consultant
presented by audit. Hepatobiliary, Transplant and Bariatric Surgeon in St Vincent’s
University Hospital.
On Wednesday, we are pleased to host Dr Olle Ten Cate
who holds the Chair in Medical Education at University The Charter Day Dinner on Saturday evening will be
Medical Centre Utrecht. Dr Ten Cate, who will address preceded by the conferring of Honorary Fellowships on
‘What is a 21st Century Doctor?’ has a specific interest in Dato’Dr Godfrey Geh Sim Wah and the Honourable Justice
the application of ‘entrustable professional activities’ in Susan Mary Denham.
competency-based medicine. This topic will be of interest This comprehensive programme has been developed by a
to those involved in undergraduate medical education and large cohort of surgeons and other healthcare professionals.
postgraduate professional training. I wish to acknowledge all those who organised the various
This will be followed by the medical students’ 14th Annual individual sessions and the speakers and chairs for their
Intercollegiate case presentation competition, which is commitment to these activities which could not take place
competed for by students from seven national medical without their support.
schools. I also wish to acknowledge the organising committee of Sean
On Thursday, the annual meeting of the National Clinical Tierney, Kieran Ryan, Louise Loughran, Cara McVeigh, Aoife
Programmes in Surgery (NCPS) will examine what’s required Mahon, Sheila Corballis, Paula Curtin, Robyn Byrt and Kate
to improve emergency surgery in Ireland’. The separation of Smith for their efforts in putting together this comprehensive
acute from elective surgical care has been a major focus of and interesting programme. I hope you find something of
the NCPS since its inception and continues to challenge all interest and I look forward to your participation.
of us who work in surgical care delivery.
Mr Kenneth Mealy
President
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CONTENTS
06 Programme at a Glance
TUESDAY 11 February
09 In Conversation With… Dr Michael Farrell (class of 1974), Professor Conleth Feighrey,
Dr Morgan Crowe
WEDNESDAY 12 February
11 NOCA Annual Conference
Quality Healthcare: Challenging Perceptions
15 What is a 21st Century Doctor?
15 14th Annual Intercollegiate Case Competition
THURSDAY 13 February
16 National Clinical Programme in Surgery:
Improving Emergency Surgery in Ireland
20 National Clinical Programme in Surgery: Our Speakers
24 30th Annual Videosurgery Meeting
FRIDAY 14 February
25 Kindly sponsored by…
26 Morning Plenary Session – Choosing Wisely: Health Systems Approach
27 Johnson & Johnson Lecture
29 President’s Forum
29 Afternoon Plenary Session – Choosing Wisely: Doctors Choosing Well
29 96th Abraham Colles Lecture
31 Parallel Session: Cardiothoracic Surgery
32 Parallel Session: General Surgery & Paediatric Surgery
33 Parallel Session: Neurosurgery
34 Parallel Session: Ophthalmic Surgery
36 Parallel Session: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
37 Parallel Session: Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
38 Parallel Session: Plastic Surgery
39 Parallel Session: Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
40 Parallel Session: Urology
41 Parallel Session: Vascular Surgery
42 Johnson & Johnson Lecturer
44 Abraham Colles (1773 – 1843)
46 Charter Day Guest Speakers
SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY
49 Irish Surgical Training Group Meeting (ISTG)
50 including the Bosco O’Mahony Lecture
53 Honorary Fellowship Conferring
54 Save the Date
56 Court of Examiners
CPD
Please ensure you sign in each day to receive all CPD credits for the meeting.
CPD credits cannot be awarded without a signature.
PLEASE NOTE: You will be required to sign in on two occasions on Thursday, 13 February for both the
NCPS Meeting and the Videosurgery Meeting to receive CPD credits for both meetings.
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RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Time Title Venue
18.15 – 18.30 Registration Front Hall,
St Stephen’s Green
18.30 – 19.30 In Conversation With… College Hall
Dr Michael Farrell (class of 1974),
Professor Conleth Feighrey, Dr Morgan Crowe
19.30 Drinks Reception Boardroom
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Time Title Venue
National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA)
Annual Conference in conjunction with
Charter Day Meetings
08.00– 09.00 Registration 26 York Street
09.00 – 16.00 Quality Healthcare: Challenging Perspectives Desmond
Auditorium
17.00 – 17.30 Registration College Hall
17.30 – 18.30 What is a 21st Century Doctor?
19.00 – 22.00 14th Annual Intercollegiate Case Competition Albert LT
Thursday, 13 February 2020
Time Title Venue
National Clinical Programme in Surgery Meeting
in conjunction with Charter Day Meetings NCPS
08.15 – 09.00 Registration Front Hall, York
Street
09.00 – 16.00 Improving Emergency Surgery in Ireland Houston LT
30th Annual Videosurgery Meeting
16.00 - 16.30 Registration Front Hall, York St.
16.30 - 20.30 30th Annual Videosurgery Meeting Cheyne LT
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Friday, 14 February 2020
Time Title Venue
07.45 – 08.50 Registration Front Hall, York St.
08.50 – 10.00 Morning Plenary Session O’Flanagan LT
Choosing Wisely: Health Systems Approach
10.00 – 10.40 The Trauma Team Response Exam Hall
10.40 – 11.00 Exhibition & Refreshments Exam Hall
11.00 – 13.00 Parallel Sessions
Cardiothoracic Surgery Tutorial Room 324/325 (level 3, 26 York Street)
Emergency Medicine (de-brief) Dr Mary Emily Dowson Room (VC Room)
General Surgery & Paediatric Surgery Houston LT
Neurosurgery Bouchier-Hayes Auditorium (level 5, 26 York Street)
Ophthalmic Surgery Tutorial Room 4
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Tutorial Room 8
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Albert LT
Plastic Surgery College Hall
Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery Cheyne LT
Urology Tutorial Room 1
Vascular Surgery Tutorial Room 2 & 3
13.00 – 14.15 Exhibition & Lunch Exam Hall
14.15 – 14.45 Johnson & Johnson Lecture O’Flanagan LT
14.45 – 15.00 Award and Medal Presentations O’Flanagan LT
15.00 – 15.15 Presidential Forum O’Flanagan LT
15.15 – 17.00 Afternoon Plenary Session O’Flanagan LT
Choosing Wisely: Doctors Choosing Well
17.00 – 17.30 Refreshments College Hall
17.30 – 18.00 96th Abraham Colles Lecture College Hall
18.00 – 19.00 Reception Atrium
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Saturday, 15 February 2020
Time Title Venue
08.15 – 09.00 Registration Front Hall, York St.
09.00 – 13.00 Irish Surgical Training Group Meeting (ISTG) Cheyne LT
including the Bosco O’Mahony Lecture
18.45 Charter Day Dinner
18.45 Commences with a drinks reception followed by Honorary College Hall
Fellowship Conferrings upon
The Honourable Susan Denham, Chief Justice of Ireland
2011-2017
Dato’ Dr. Godfrey Geh Sim Wah, DSPN, PJK
Dress code: Black Tie, Orders & Decorations
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TUESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2020
Tuesday 11
18.15 – 18.30 Registration
Front Hall, St Stephen’s Green
18.30 - 19.30
IN CONVERSATION WITH… College Hall
DR MICHAEL PROFESSOR DR MORGAN
FARRELL CONLETH FEIGHERY CROWE
RCSI Class of 1974, Former Irish Rugby Former St Vincent’s
Former Hospitals International, President of Hospital RFC and William
Cup Captain, the Dublin Hospitals Cup Osler House XV player,
Neuropathologist Committee, Consultant Consultant Physician in
Beaumont Hospital Immunologist Geriatric Medicine
Join RCSI, RTÉ’s Michael Corcoran and our special guests as they take us through the history of
the Dublin Hospitals Rugby Cup competition and its lasting impact. The Dublin Hospitals Rugby
Cup is the longest running rugby cup competition in Ireland; Michael, Conleth and Morgan
discuss findings from research they have carried out over the past few years along with the
competitions unique contribution to Dublin medicine and Irish Rugby.
followed by a Drinks Reception
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RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
Dr Morgan Crowe, UCD Clinical Associate Professor, UCD School of Medicine
Dr Morgan Crowe was educated at St Michaels and Blackrock College and graduated from UCD in
Medicine in 1974. After house posts in Dublin hospitals including St. Vincent’s, Our Lady’s Hospital,
Crumlin, Richmond and Connolly Hospitals, he trained in General and Geriatric Medicine in Oxford at
the John Radcliffe Hospital. On returning to Ireland he worked as Consultant General Physician at Naas
General Hospital before being appointed as Consultant Physician in General and Geriatric Medicine at
St Vincent’s University Hospital and St Columcille’s Hospital Loughlinstown in 1987.Subspecialty interests
included stroke, rehabilitation and exercise in old age. Prior to retirement in 2015, he returned to Oxford
on a sabbatical where he worked in the Oxford Vascular Study at the University of Oxford. In 2018, he was
awarded the Presidential Medal by the Irish Gerontological Society for life time services to older people
through research, education and practice.
Interests outside medicine include sport particularly rugby (serving on the organizing committee of the
Dublin Hospitals Football Union for over 10 years), golf, music and history.
Dr Michael Farrell (class of 1974)
Dr Michael Farrell graduated in medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and interned at
the Richmond Hospital. He captained the RCSI Rugby XV in 1973. Following completion of the MRCPI,
Dr Farrell began his training in Pathology at St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin and later at the Westminster
Hospital in London. Following completion of the MRCPath, Dr Farrell began a career in Neuropathology
at the University of Western Ontario, Canada where he also undertook a fellowship in Neuroimmunology.
Later, Dr Farrell succeeded Dr. John Dinn and Professor Paddy Bofin as Neuropathologist to the
Richmond Hospital, moving to the new Beaumont Hospital in 1987. Dr Farrell was appointed as the first
Professor of Clinical Neurological Sciences at RCSI in 1996. Later, he became Dean of the Institute of
Irish Clinical Neuroscience and was also Chairman of the Neuroscience Cogwheel at Beaumont Hospital.
His interests include all aspects of clinical neuroscience but with particular interest in epilepsy and
mitochondrial disease. He is a member of the American Association of Neuropathologists and the British
Neuropathological Society as well as the International Society of Neuropathology.
Professor Conleth Feighrey
Con Feighery attended primary school in Gonzaga College and then received his secondary education at
Castleknock College. Since rugby was the principal sport in both schools, a life time interest in the game
developed. He then attended UCD to study medicine during a period when rugby flourished in the
university with multiple players achieving high honours, playing for inter-provincial and international sides.
Con first played for Leinster in 1970 and having joined Lansdowne RFC, for Ireland in 1972. He played
three games for Ireland, the team winning each time – including games against France in Paris and
against England in Twickenham. The international programme was cut short that year, when Scotland and
Wales refused to travel to Dublin, because of violence in Northern Ireland. During his student days, Con
was a regular member of Dublin hospital cup teams. He won a medal with a St. Vincent’s team in 1965
and was injured for the final of a winning Mater team in 1967. He was appointed president of the Dublin
Hospitals Football Union in 2001 and continues in that position. Professionally, Con was appointed as
Senior Lecturer in Immunology in Trinity College Dublin in 1982 and as consultant Immunologist in St.
James’s Hospital. He has had an active research career and published extensively.
10WEDNESDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2020
NATIONAL OFFICE OF CLINICAL Desmond
Auditorium
AUDIT (NOCA)
NOCA - Excellent healthcare for Ireland shaped by good information
NOCA was established in 2012 to create sustainable clinical audit programmes at national level.
NOCA is funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE) Quality Improvement Team, governed by
an independent voluntary board and operationally supported by the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland. Working with the HSE and the Department of Health (DoH), through its National Clinical
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Effectiveness Committee (NCEC), NOCA designs, establishes and supports a portfolio of national
clinical audits based on national priorities that include burden of care, variation of care, availability
of clinical standards and economic benefit.
NOCA enables the Irish healthcare system to continually improve by maintaining a portfolio of
prioritised national clinical audits, measuring care against national and international standards.
By making reliable data available to those who use, manage and deliver healthcare, clinical audits
help to refine Irish healthcare, improve patient outcomes, and achieve change at local and national
level.
NOCA advocates for change at a national level, arising from key findings in our audits. We do
this by working with senior decision makers at both policy and operational levels within the Irish
healthcare system. NOCA promotes transparent reporting and publishes national annual reports
for each of its audits as well as providing regular reports to hospitals.
National clinical audit, while still relatively new in Ireland, is recognised by those who deliver and
manage healthcare as a key component to improve healthcare through the systematic collection
and analysis of data that assesses if the level of care provided meets the required standards.
NOCA’s current audit portfolio includes:
• Irish Heart Attack Audit
• Irish Hip Fracture Database (IHFD)
• Irish National Audit of Stroke (INAS)
• Irish National ICU Audit (INICUA)
• Irish National Orthopaedic Register (INOR)
• Major Trauma Audit (MTA)
• National Audit of Hospital Mortality (NAHM)
NOCA also provides a governance only model to the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre
(NPEC), who conduct three national clinical audits.
-Perinatal mortality in Ireland
- Severe maternal morbidity in Ireland
- Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Republic of Ireland
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NOCA NATIONAL CONFERENCE Desmond
Auditorium
Quality Healthcare: Challenging Perspectives
08.00 – 09.00 Registration & Tea / Coffee
26 York Street
SESSION 1
Chair Collette Tully, Executive Director, NOCA
09.00 - 09.15 Welcome Address
Dr Brian Creedon, Clinical Director, NOCA
09.15 – 09.40 LAUNCH: Major Trauma Audit National Report 2018
Dr Conor Deasy, Clinical Lead, Major Trauma Audit
09.40 – 10.00 ‘That What is Measured Improves’ (Pearson) – UL Hospitals Story
Colette Cowan, Chief Executive Officer, UL Hospitals Group
10.00 – 10.20 Should we trust healthcare professionals?
Brendan Martin, Managing Director, Buurtzorg Britain & Ireland
10.20 – 10.30 CodeHip
NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2020 - Top 3 submission
Ricardo Paco, Trauma Audit Coordinator, St James’s Hospital
10.30 – 11.00 Panel Discussion:
Professor Áine Carroll, Professor of Health Integration and Improvement University
College Dublin / National Rehabilitation Hospital
Colette Cowan, Chief Executive Officer, UL Hospitals Group
Dr Conor Deasy, Clinical Lead, Major Trauma Audit
Mr Paddy Kenny, Joint Clinical Lead, Irish National Orthopaedic Register
Brendan Martin, Managing Director, Buurtzorg Britain & Ireland
11.00 – 11.30 Exhibition & Refreshments
Exam Hall
12SESSION 2
Chair Professor Conor O’Keane, Chair, Noca Governance Board
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11.35 – 12:00 KEYNOTE: Bending the quality curve - The long arc to safer, better care
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Founding Director of the Australian Institute
of Health Innovation & President Elect, ISQUA
12:00 – 12.20 LAUNCH: Irish National ICU Audit Annual Report 2018
Dr Rory Dwyer, Clinical Lead, Irish National ICU Audit
12.20 – 12.35 An ICU patient perspective
Shaun & Gretta Fogarty
12.35 – 12.45 Paediatrics ECG interpretation checklist
NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2020 - Top 3 submission
Muhammad Moazzam Gulzar, Registrar Emergency Medicine, Children’s Health
Ireland at Crumlin
12.45 – 12.55 Seven-day Physiotherapy Stroke Assessment in St James’s Hospital
NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award 2020 - Top 3 submission
Helen Kavanagh, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, St James’s Hospital
12.55 – 13.20 Panel Discussion:
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Founding Director of the Australian Institute
of Health Innovation & President Elect, ISQUA
Dr Rory Dwyer, Clinical Lead, Irish National ICU Audit
Shaun & Gretta Fogarty
Dr David Hanlon, National Clinical Advisor & Group Lead Primary Care, HSE
Professor Joe Harbison, Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician, St James’s
Hospital
13.20 – 14.20 Exhibition & Lunch
Exam Hall
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SESSION 3
Chair Brian O’Mahony, Chief Executive, Irish Haemophilia Society
14.20 – 14.50 Strengthening Accountability for Improved Health Outcomes
Paul Reid, CEO, HSE
14.50 – 15.10 Benchmarking hospitals in the Netherlands – lessons learned in a broader
perspective
Arthur van Leeuwen, Journalist, Netherlands
15.10 – 15.30 Open data in healthcare - knowledge, control and accountability
Professor Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems, DCU
15.30 – 16.00 PANEL DISCUSSION:
Professor Richard Greene, Director, National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre
Dr Jennifer Martin, Chair, National Audit of Hospital Mortality
Paul Reid, CEO, HSE
Professor Anthony Staines, Professor of Health Systems, DCU
Arthur van Leeuwen, Journalist, Netherlands
16.00 – 16.15 Presentation of NOCA Quality Improvement Champion Award & Closing
Address
Collette Tully, Executive Director, NOCA
16:45 - 18:15
COMPLEXITY SCIENCE SIMULATION GAME
Exam Hall
THE COMPLEXITY SCIENCE SIMULATION GAME
Facilitated by Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Founding Director of the Australian Institute of
Health Innovation & President Elect, ISQUA
You know all about the health system from your own standpoint, but do you wonder about what
other stakeholders think and do? In this workshop, we will simulate what happens in the health
system. You will be a participant and, alongside other participants, you will be asked to solve a
challenging problem. Be prepared to be surprised about how the health system works and doesn’t
work, and for whom.
@noca_irl #NOCA2020
OPTIONAL SESSION (Limited to 100 participants)
WHAT IS A 21ST CENTURY DOCTOR?
17.00 – 17.30 Registration Front Hall,
St Stephen’s Green
17.30 – 18.30 What is a 21st Century Doctor? College Hall
14Delivered by Olle Ten Cate, PhD
Professor ten Cate is a professor of medical education at University Medical Center Utrecht, the
Netherlands. With a background of medical education and a PhD in social sciences, he has vast experience
with curriculum innovation, educational research, and faculty development in the health professions
domain, locally, nationally and internationally. He was the founding director of the Center for Research and
Development of Education at UMC Utrecht, served as the President of the Netherlands Association for
Medical Education, and has published widely about advances in health professions education.
One of his interests is in competency-based education, and specifically in the application of entrustable
professional activities (EPAs), which are increasingly being used internationally in undergraduate and
postgraduate training of doctors. There are also plans to bring this framework into Irish medical settings. He
will be in Dublin to speak on this topic at the Irish Network of Healthcare Educators (INHED) conference in
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Trinity College on February 13 and 14.
For this special public lecture, Professor ten Cate has agreed to address the important topic of how medical
education will need to take account of significant changes taking place in healthcare and their impact on
the role of the doctor.
14th ANNUAL INTERCOLLEGIATE 19.00 - 22.00
Albert LT
CASE COMPETITION
The Intercollegiate Case Competition is an annual event which sees an individual student from each
of the Medical Schools in Ireland compete against one another through presentation of a surgical
case, to a 3 person judging panel of well-respected surgeons. The winning student, as selected by
the judges, takes home not only the bragging rights for their Medical School, but is also awarded
the Bouchier-Hayes Medal for Surgical Excellence. The Bouchier-Hayes Medal is named in honour of
Professor David Bouchier-Hayes who performed Ireland’s first laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
19.00 – 21.00 14th Annual Intercollegiate Case Competition Albert LT
Hosted by the RCSI Surgical Society
including the presentation of the Bouchier-Hayes
Medal for Surgical Excellence
Welcome Address
Professor Rory McConn Walsh
Guest Speaker
Associate Professor David Bouchier-Hayes (Hon.)
Judges
Ms Camilla Carroll, Council Member, RCSI
Professor John Reynolds, Professor & Head of
Department, Surgery, TCD
UCD - TBC
Universities participating;
• National University of Ireland, Galway
• Queen’s University Belfast
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Trinity College Dublin
• University College Cork
• University College Dublin
• University of Limerick
21.00 – 21.45 Reception Boardroom
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THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
NATIONAL CLINICAL PROGRAMME Houston LT
IN SURGERY
The National Clinical Programme in Surgery represents a strategic initiative between the Health
Service Executive’s (HSE) Clinical Design and Innovation and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
(RCSI) as the relevant post-graduate training body. Clinical Design and Innovation, under the
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leadership of the HSE Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry, works through the clinical programmes
to define best practice and to assist in the development of evidence-based policy. Clinical
leadership is central to the delivery of the changes required by our health system. The National
Clinical Programmes (NCPs) will play a strong role in supporting the transformation that is required
over the next ten years, the anticipated lifetime of Slaintecare.
RCSI is home to both the National Clinical Programme in Trauma and Orthopaedics as well as
to the National Clinical Programme in Surgery which encompasses specialty advisors including
General Surgery, Urology, Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery and Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. The National Clinical Programme in
Surgery works to ensure an ongoing focus on the needs of surgical patients. The programmes
define models of care and also advise on the implementation of change initiatives that will improve
and standardise the quality, access and cost-effectiveness of surgical care.
The aim of the National Clinical Programme in Surgery is to provide a framework for the delivery
of safer, more timely and accessible, more cost effective and efficient care for surgical patients.
The NCPS works closely with the other National Clinical Programmes as well as with colleagues
throughout the HSE, Department of Health, Slaintecare, acute hospitals, patient advocacy groups
and other relevant stakeholders across the health system.
The National Clinical Programme in Surgery reports directly to the RCSI Committee for Surgical
Affairs (CSA) and to the Chief Clinical Officer through the National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead
for Acute Operations, Dr Vida Hamilton.
NCPS
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08.30 – 09.15 Registration
Front Hall, York St.
09.15 – 09.25 Welcome & Launch of the Patient Experience Report
Professor John Hyland, NCPS Clinical Lead
Professor Deborah McNamara, NCPS Clinical Lead
09.25 – 09.30 When Patients Cannot Choose: the case for improvement in emergency
surgery
Professor Deborah McNamara
Council Member RCSI & NCPS Co-Lead
SESSION 1 EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY IN IRELAND:
THE NOW AND THE NEXT
Co-Chairs Mr James Geraghty, Council Member, RCSI
Mr Eamon Mackle, Council Member, RCSI
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09.30 – 09.45 State of Emergency General Surgery 2018
Professor Paul Ridgway
National Clinical Advisor in General Surgery NCPS
09.45 – 10.00 Evidence & Outcomes in Emergency Laparotomy
Mr Dara Kavanagh
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
10.00 – 10.15 Training Tomorrow’s Workforce for Emergency General Surgery
Mr Kenneth Mealy
President, RCSI
10.15 – 10.30 Challenges to delivering surgical services across Ireland
Dr Vida Hamilton
NCAGL Acute Hospitals, HSE
10.30 – 11.00 Panel Discussion: the future of emergency general surgery
11.00 – 11.30 Refreshments
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SESSION 2 THE ACUTE SURGICAL ASSESSMENT UNIT – FROM IDEA TO
IMPLEMENTATION
Co-Chairs: Ms Eleanor Carton
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Drogheda
Professor Simon Cross
Council Member RCSI & Consultant Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford
Ms Camilla Carroll
Council Member RCSI, Consultant Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeon,
RVEEH Dublin & National Lead for ENT Education in Primary Care
11.30 – 11.50 What do patients think? The national ASAU patient experience report
Mr Jamie Logan
NCPS Nurse Lead
11.50 – 12.00 Is there a role for the ASAU in acute urology?
Mr Eamonn Rodgers
National Clinical Advisor for Urology NCPS
12.00 – 12.10 Is there a role for the ASAU in acute ENT?
Professor Michael Walsh
National Clinical Advisor for ENT NCPS
12.10 – 12.20 Is there a role for the ASAU in vascular surgery?
Mr Martin Feeley
National Clinical Advisor for Vascular Surgery NCPS
12.20 – 12.40 Expanding the ASAU- what does the patient in the Emergency Department
need?
Dr Emily O’Conor
Emergency Medicine Consultant and President IAEM
12.40 – 13.00 Panel Discussion: lessons learned from successful ASAUs and next steps
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Co-Chairs: Professor Paul Burke
Council Member RCSI
Consultant Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital Limerick & St John’s Hospital
14.00 – 14.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Trauma Centralisation: from vision to implementation
Mr Keith Synnott
National Clinical Lead for Trauma Services
14.30 – 14.45 Discussion
18SESSION 3 PLANNING FOR TRAUMA CENTRALISATION – PERSPECTIVES
FROM THE FRONTLINE
Chairs Ms Bridget Egan
Council Member RCSI, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Tallaght University Hospital,
Dublin
Mr Paddy Kenny
Council Member RCSI, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & National Trauma and
Orthopaedic Clinical Programme Co-Lead
Professor Ronan O’Connell
Vice-President, RCSI
President Elect European Surgical Association
Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University College Dublin
14.45 – 14.55 Neurosurgery and trauma centralization: meeting the needs of patients
Professor Mohsen Javadpour
Consultant Neurosurgeon
14.55 – 15.05 Meeting the needs of trauma patients: the HSCP perspective
Ms Alison Enright
Health and Social Care Professions Development Manager HSE
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15.05 – 15.15 Experience in Cardiothoracic Trauma
Professor David Healy
Council Member RCSI, Consultant Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon,
St Vincent’s & Mater Misericordiae University Hospitals, Dublin
15.15 – 15.30 The general surgeon and trauma- who will care for trauma patients?
Professor Carmel Malone
Consultant General and Breast Surgeon, Head of School of Medicine NUI Galway,
& Chair of the Irish Medical Schools Council
15.30 – 15.50 Panel Discussion: next steps in trauma centralisation
15.50 Closing address
Professor Deborah McNamara, Clinical Lead
Professor John Hyland, Clinical Lead
19RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020
NATIONAL CLINICAL PROGRAMME
IN SURGERY: OUR SPEAKERS
Professor Deborah McNamara acute surgical assessment at Tallaght Hospital (2015).
Professor Deborah McNamara MD FRCSI (Gen He has over 80 Peer reviewed publications, book
Surg) is a Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon chapters and numerous invited lectures. He
at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; Clinical Professor in represented Ireland as an International Cricketer at
Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; University level.
Co-Lead of the National Clinical Programme for References: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/
Surgery and a member of Council at RCSI. She is pubmed/?term=ridgway+p
formerly Clinical Director for Surgery at Beaumont
Hospital; Secretary of the Irish Association of Mr Dara Kavanagh
Coloproctology; National Training Programme Director Dara is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Tallaght
for General Surgery and Chair of the RCSI General University Hospital & St James’ Hospital where he
Surgery Sub-Committee. She represents RCSI at the was appointed in 2013. He is a graduate of University
SAC in General Surgery and chaired the RCSI Short- College Dublin in 2000. He has a specialist interest
Life Working Group on Gender Diversity in Surgery. in minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer &
A former Council Member of ACPGBI, she chairs the Inflammatory Bowel Disease with particular emphasis
NCCP Rectal Cancer Lead Clinician Group. She is upon transanal minimal access surgery. He is a Senior
recipient of the Patey Prize and a Millin Lecturer. Her Lecturer in Surgery and Research supervisor at RCSI.
interests include colorectal cancer, surgical education His main research interests include simulation in
& training and healthcare quality improvement. Her surgery and surgical outcomes. He has published
work as Co-Lead of the National Clinical Programme in over 90 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals
Surgery focuses on collaborating with colleagues in all and supervised 2 PhDs to completion. He has a
surgical specialties to publish evidence-based policies particular interest in optimizing outcomes for patients
and care pathways that will improve the delivery of undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery.
surgical care in Ireland.
Mr Kenneth Mealy
Professor Paul Ridgway
Kenneth Mealy is a consultant general surgeon based
Paul is an Academic Consultant General Surgeon in Wexford. He qualified in 1983 from Trinity College
at Tallaght Hospital with honorary appointments to Dublin and his surgical training took place in Dublin
Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin and St and the UK. Mr Mealy was a Research Fellow in the
Vincent’s Hospital. Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical
Qualified from RCSI in 1996, Paul trained in Ireland, from 1987 – 1989. He was Joint Lead of the National
London (England) and Toronto (Canada). He has held Clinical Programme in Surgery and Medical Director
elected positions on the councils of the Society of of National Office of Clinical Audit (2010 – 2018). He
Academic and Research Surgery (SARS; 2005-9) and has had a long interest in surgical training, audit,
the Network of Accredited Skills Centres in Europe performance management and quality improvement in
(NASCE; 2014-present). He was president of the Surgery and is currently President of RCSI.
Biological Society of TCD 2013/14 and is a co-founding
member of the Irish Sarcoma Group. In 2016, he was Dr Vida Hamilton
appointed the National Clinical Advisor for General Dr Hamilton graduated from the Royal College if
Surgery to the Clinical Programmes, a HSE initiative Surgeons in Ireland in 1995. She trained in Anaesthesia
and is currently the National Clinical Programme and Intensive Care in Ireland and Australia and joined
General Surgical Advisor (RCSI), appointed in 2016. University Hospital Waterford as Consultant in 2008.
He has research interests in the patient-technology She has acted as Department Lead, Medical Director
interface as it pertains to training and practice. His of the ICU and Honorary Secretary for the Medical
doctorate (Imperial College, London; 2002) was centred Advisory Board during her tenure there.
on how tumours interact with the technology used to At a national level Dr Hamilton is Council Member of
remove them. His recent eHealth projects include the the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and of the
development of a Virtual Reality Outpatients (2009) Intensive Care Society of Ireland.
and the use of a telepresence robot “LUCY” to deliver
20Internationally she is the former Chair of the Quality Mr Eamonn Rogers
Improvement Committee of the Global Sepsis Alliance Mr Eamonn Rogers M.Ch., M. Med. Sci., F.R.C.S.I. ,
and remains a committee member. F.R.C.S. (Urol), Dip. Urol. (Baylor). Consultant Urologist
Dr Hamilton led on the development of National with special interest in Urological Oncology, University
Clinical Guideline No. 6: Sepsis Management formed College Hospital Galway; Vice President of Irish
and led on its implementation programme; leaving Society of Urology; Clinical Lead in Urology for Saolta
an established governance structure, implementation Healthcare Group; National Clinical Advisor in Urology
team, audit and feedback process. Annual publication to the National Clinical Programme in Surgery and HSE.
of the National Sepsis Outcome Report outlines the
A member of Irish Society of Urology, British
impact of the National Programme and facilitates
Association of Urological Surgeons and European
international benchmarking.
Association of Urology. Throughout my career, I was
In September 2018, Dr Hamilton took up the post of responsible for formal and informal tuition of both
National Clinical Advisor and group Lead for Acute undergraduates and fellow postgraduates at University
Operations. This role involves providing clinical College Hospital Galway, Royal College of Surgeons in
advice and guidance to all aspects of acute hospital Ireland, Baylor College of Medicine and University of
care including serious incident management, Brexit Dublin, Trinity College.
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preparedness, Quality and Safety and Process
Improvement. She leads on 13 clinical programmes Professor Michael Walsh
whose remit is to design models of care and
Appointed William Wilde Professor of Ear, Nose
patient pathways that are evidence-based, quality
and Throat Surgery, RCSI Ireland and Consultant to
assured, feasible and pragmatic and to support
Beaumont Hospital Dublin in 1990. Senior Lecturer in
their implementation within an effective governance
Trinity College Dublin and Consultants at St James
arrangement.
Hospital from 1983 to 1990. Trained in ENT and
Head and Neck Cancer Surgery in Toronto, 1978 to
Mr Jamie Logan
1981. Senior Registrar in the Royal Victoria Eye and
Jamie LOGAN (RN, AdDip, BSc, PgDip) is the Nurse Ear Hospital from 1981 – 1983. Chairman training
Lead within the National Clinical Programme in Surgery programme in Ireland 1987 to 2009, Member Specialty
at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland), which is Advisory Committee UK 1995 to 2000. President of
jointly commissioned by the HSE and RCSI, and looks European Union Specialty Group 1996. Secretary
at improving the surgical patient journeys, considering Intercollegiate Board in ENT Surgery 1994 to 1996.
access, quality and cost. As part of this role, Jamie is President of the Irish ENT Society in 2007. Founding
central to the roll out of Acute Surgical Assessment member of the Irish Institute of Otolaryngology.
Units (ASAU) in Ireland. Professor Walsh is currently the Clinical Advisor in
He is Chair of the ASAU Accreditation review board Otolaryngology Head/ Neck Surgery to the National
as well as active member of the Department of Health Clinical Programme in Surgery.
Safe Staffing and Skillmix phase II, Deteriorating
patient improvement programme, he is developing Mr Martin Feeley
advanced practice within surgery and the development
of a foundation education programme for surgical
nurses nationwide.
Jamie trained in the UK, beginning his career in
Neurosurgery in Sheffield before heading to Australia
for some rural and remote nursing, then latterly to the
Kings College Hospital in London, where he worked
in numerous roles, including Neuro-oncology CNS,
Intensive Care Charge Nurse, Patient Safety and Risk
Management, and lead for the newly qualified and
overseas nurse education programmes.
21RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020
NATIONAL CLINICAL PROGRAMME
IN SURGERY: OUR SPEAKERS
Dr Emily O’Conor British Neurological Surgeons (2011-2016)
Qualified Trinity College Dublin, post graduate training
Ireland and UK, Fellow Royal College Emergency Mohsen moved back to Ireland in 2011. He is
Medicine (FRCEM) , President Irish Association for currently Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National
Emergency Medicine 2016- date, Council Member Neurosurgical Centre, Beaumont Hospital and
RCEM, Member Working Group National Emergency honorary clinical associate Professor at RCSI. He has
Medicine Programme, Member Slaintecare Advisory published more than 80 peer reviewed articles and has
Council, Consultant Emergency Medicine Connolly written 5 book chapters, and is an associate editor of
Hospital Blanchardstown. the British Journal of Neurosurgery.
Mr Keith Synnott Ms Alison Enright
I am a consultant Trauma, Orthopaedic and Spine Alison Enright is Health and Social Care Professions
surgeon working in the Mater Misericordiae University Development Manager in the HSE’s National Health
Hospital, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital and Social Care Professions Office. Alison has held
and the National Rehabilitation Hospital. I trained leadership roles in healthcare and in overseas not-for-
on the Higher Surgical Training scheme in RCSI and profit environments during the past seventeen years.
subsequently received fellowship training in the Previously, she worked as an Occupational Therapist in
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. the UK and Ireland.
I served as Training Program Director for T&O for 6 Her special areas of interest are frontline staff
years and have previously a member of RCSI council engagement in service design, quality improvement
and have a particular interest in education. Having won and fostering cultures which value creativity and
the Sir Walter Mercer medal for the intercollegiate innovation.
examination in Trauma and Orthopaedics have
subsequently been an examiner in that examination Professor David Healy
for 10 years. Prof. Healy is a cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon.
My practice involves a special interest in spinal trauma. His subspeciality focus is thoracic oncology having
As such I am involved in patient care from initial trained in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
resuscitation and transfer through definitive acute He was a member of the NCCP lung cancer guideline
management on to complex rehabilitation. This has group.
fostered an interest in the full spectrum of trauma care He has previously served as president of the Irish
throughout the system. Transplant Society and performed the first combined
I sat of the reception an intervention sub-committee of Irish heart and lung transplant. In 2019 he was
the working group that produced the report “A Trauma privileged to host the European Society of Thoracic
System for Ireland” under Prof Eilis McGovern and was Surgery in Dublin and has been on the RCSI council
appointed National Clinical Lead for Trauma Services since 2018.
in 2019. Cardiothoracic injuries have historically been major
factors in trauma deaths. Progress in the management
of such life threatening injuries has been a significant
Professor Mohsen Javadpour
contributor to improved trauma outcomes. Trauma
Mohsen is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (1993). is now the a key focus of health policy and a co-
He obtained his training in neurosurgery at the Walton ordinated national effort is underway to optimise care.
Centre for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK Cardiothoracic surgery will be a pillar or this policy.
and subspecialty training in neurovascular surgery
at the Toronto Western Hospital, Canada. He was Professor Carmel Malone
Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Walton centre in
Professor Carmel Malone is a Consultant General
Liverpool from 2004 to 2011 and held a number of
and Breast Surgeon, Head of School of Medicine
positions, including Chairman of British Neurovascular
NUI Galway and chair of the Irish Medical Schools
Group (2008-2012) & Member of Council of Society of
22Council. Professor Malone has been involved in the
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education
over many years. She is former Chair of the National
Intern Network Executive and is a member of the
national Medical Intern Board and RCSI General
Surgical Training Sub Committee. Clinically, Professor
Malone’s speciality interest is Breast Cancer and
Reconstructive Surgery. She is former President of the
Society of Irish Breast Surgeons (SIBS). Her research
interests include Medical Education, Molecular
Oncology and Reconstructive Breast Surgery.
Thursday 13
23RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020
THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020
30th ANNUAL VIDEOSURGERY Cheyne LT
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown presents VideoSurgery in conjunction with RCSI
16.00 – 16.30 Registration
Front Hall, York St.
Co-Chairs: Session 1 Session 2
Professor Aoife Lowry Professor Paul Redmond
Professor Arnie Hill Professor Thomas Lynch
16.30 - 20.30 Video Surgery Meeting
Not Just One of the Ladds: Surgical Management of Adult Intestinal Malrotation
Mr Mayilone Arumugasamy
Connolly/Beaumont Hospitals, Dublin
Computer Aided Central Vascular Guidance for Complete Mesocolic Excision of
Right Colon Cancer
Professor Ronan Cahill
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin
Laparoscopic management of post-cholecystectomy bile leak
Mr Robert Cunningham
University Hospitals Limerick
Laparoscopic One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass for Severe Obesity and Metabolic
Disease
Professor Helen Heneghan
St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
Efferent Loop Syndrome After OAGB
Maj. Gen. (Prof.) Khalid AL-Khalifa
BDF Hospital, Bahrain
Clamshell Thoracotomy – The ‘Go-to’ Manoeuvre in Exsanguinating Thoracic
Hameorrhage
Mr Morgan P McMonagle
University Hospital Waterford
Muco-epidermoid Carcinoma of The Skull Base
Professor Paul O’Neill
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Robotic Transabdominal Retromuscular Incisional Hernia Repair
Mr Will Robb
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
Magnetic Seed Localisation for Impalpable Breast Lesions
Ms Siun Walsh
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin
Robotic Transthoracic Parathyroidectomy: How we do it
Mr Maher Shuhaibar & Mr Peter Walshe
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital / Beaumont University Hospitals, Dublin
Open Trype IV Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair with Protective Temporary
Externalised Axillary-Unifemoral Bypass
Mr Morgan P. McMonagle
University Hospital Waterford
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FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2020 MORNING SESSION
PLENARY SESSION O’Flanagan LT
CHOOSING WISELY
Health Systems Approach
07.45 – 08.50 Registration
Front Hall York Street, RCSI
08.50 – 09.00 Presidents Welcome
Mr Kenneth Mealy, President RCSI
Co-Chairs Professor David Healy
Council Member RCSI, Consultant Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon,
St Vincent’s & Mater Misericordiae University Hospitals, Dublin
Professor May Cleary,
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford.
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, U.C.C.
09.00 – 09.15 Sláintecare and Delivering Health Care in Ireland
Ms Laura Magahy
Executive Director of Sláintecare Programme Implementation Office
09.15 – 09.30 Health care delivery in Scotland - the good and the bad
Professor Stephen Wigmore
Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh,
President British Transplantation Society & Programme Director MSc in Surgical
Sciences
09.30 – 09.45 Challenges in Health Care Delivery
How do we assist surgeons to choose wisely?
Dr Tony Sparnon
President, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
09.45 – 10.00 Discussion
10.00 – 10.40 The Trauma Team Response
10.40 – 11.00 Exhibition & Refreshments
11.00 – 13.00 Parallel Sessions
13.00 – 14.15 Exhibition & Lunch
26AFTERNOON SESSION
PLENARY SESSION O’Flanagan LT
14.15 – 14.45 JOHNSON & JOHNSON LECTURE
At breaking point: the impact of musculoskeletal injuries in low and
middle-income countries
Delivered by;
Dr med Claude Martin jr., AO Alliance Managing Director
Introduction & Chair: Professor Ronan O’Connell, Vice-President, RCSI
14.45 – 15.00 AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS
PROGRESS Women in Surgery Fellowship 2020
The RCSI has a long tradition of excellence in surgical training. Our surgeons, male and female, have over many
decades, earned leading positions in institutions across the world.
The College has been at the forefront in developing transparent selection processes for future surgeons. But
despite more than 20 years of gender parity among medical graduates, female consultant surgeon numbers in
Ireland remain very low. Evidence from other sectors shows that gender diversity within organisations results in
better decision making. The RCSI believes that Surgery as a profession will also benefit by ensuring the unique
contribution of male and female surgeons is valued and enabled.
In 2017 RCSI undertook to publish a comprehensive report ‘PROGRESS: Promoting Gender Equality in
Surgery,’ which highlights the scale of the problem and seeks to make meaningful recommendations that will
ensure that surgery as a profession is an attractive and practical career for both men and women. The RCSI is
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committed to the findings within the report and is seeking to make substantial changes to career pathways for
females interested in pursuing a career in surgery. RCSI feel that the provision of fellowships and programmes
that advance female role models will do much to break down barriers and unlock the potential of women in
surgery.
The RCSI PROGRESS Female Surgical Fellowship, funded by Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices
Companies through an educational grant, is a prestigious bursary awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland to promote female participation in surgical training at fellowship level that will support the acquisition of
additional surgical skills and knowledge contributing to the advancement of surgical science and practice on the
island of Ireland.
The successful candidate is awarded a Fellowship of an €45,000 and also is awarded the RCSI PROGRESS
Fellowship Medal.
27RCSI CHARTER DAY 2020
Colles Travelling Fellowship in Surgery Award 2020
The RCSI Colles Travelling Fellowship in Surgery 2020 awarded to Eamon Francis who will receive the Colles
Medal, together with an amount of €20,000 towards his International Clinical Fellow in Reconstructive
Microsurgery - Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan. (01/07/2020 – 30/06/2021).
The Colles Travelling Fellowship in Surgery is offered by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to promote the
acquisition of additional surgical skills and knowledge that will contribute to the advancement of surgical science
and practice in Ireland.
The Fellowship is open to Fellows/Members of the College who, at the time of application, are in, or have
completed within the previous two years, a higher surgical training programme in the Island of Ireland.
RCSI Surgical Travel Grant 2020
Ailin Rogers will receive the sum €10,000 towards the cost of a Fellowship in robotic surgery for advanced pelvic
cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, Chelsea, London. (August 2020 – August 2021).
Peter Lonergan - €6,500 towards the cost of a Pelvic & Upper Tract Robotic Urologic Oncology Fellowship at
the University of California, San Francisco, USA (July 2019 – June 2021)
Helen Mohan - €6,500 towards a Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Advanced Colorectal Cancer Fellowship,
Melbourne, Australia. (January 2021 – December 2021).
Gregory Nason - €6,500 towards a Senior Robotic Pelvic Oncology Fellowship at the Royal Surrey Hospital,
Guildford, UK. (July 2020 – July 2021)
Gerald O'Sullivan Medal
The Gerald O'Sullivan medal is awarded every year to the Fellow who graduates top of the class at the annual
COSECSA (College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa) exams.
The medal is named in honour of the former President of RCSI, Professor Gerald (Gerry) O'Sullivan, who along
with Professor Krikor Erzingatsian, set up the partnership between RCSI and COSECSA in 2007. This partnership
aims to help train and retain surgeons in sub-Saharan Africa, and make better surgery accessible to more
patients. In this region, the ratio of surgeons to population is 1.8:100,000 thus far below the 20:100,000 ratio
recommended by the Lancet Commission. The partnership is funded by the Irish people, through Irish Aid, and
is coordinated by RCSI. To date, COSECSA has graduated 450 surgeons, over 90% of whom are practicing in
Africa.
The medal has been awarded every year since 2012. Previous winners have been from Kenya and Zimbabwe.
The medal winner for 2019 is Dr Benson Harrison Lyimo. He is a General Surgeon at Arusha Lutheran Medical
Centre in Tanzania. This is the first year that the winner is from Tanzania.
28FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2020 AFTERNOON SESSION
15.00 – 15.15 PRESIDENT’S FORUM, CHOOSING WISELY
Mr Kenneth Mealy
CHOOSING WISELY O’Flanagan LT
DOCTORS CHOOSING WELL
Co-Chairs Ms Bridget Egan
Council Member RCSI, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Tallaght University Hospital,
Dublin
Professor Micheal O’Riordain
Mercy University Hospital, Cork
15.15 – 15.30 The GP Gatekeeper and Equity of Care
Dr John Cox
Chair ICGP
15.30 – 15.45 Maintaining Balance in Cancer Screening Programmes
Professor Michael Kerin
Council Member, RCSI & University College Hospital Galway, Galway
15.45 – 16.00 Effective Care in Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor John M. O’Byrne
Professor of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, RCSI, Dublin
16.00 – 16.15 Radiology: Making the best use of it
Dr Niall Sheehy
Dean, Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI, Dublin
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16.15 – 17.00 Discussion
17.00 – 17.30 Refreshments, College Hall
17.30 – 18.30 96th ABRAHAM COLLES LECTURE
The Demise of Emergency Ulcer Surgery College Hall
Professor James Lau BMedSc, MBBS (Hons), FRCS Edin and Glasgow,MD
Chair, Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong
18.30 – 19.00 Reception
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CONTINUOUS
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME
2019 – 2020
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CPD
More than 75 courses aimed at supporting NCHDs at all stages of their careers
to meet their professional development needs.
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30MORNING SESSION
Tutorial Room
PARALLEL SESSION: 324/325, (level 3,
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY 26 York Street)
11.00 – 11.15 Mitral valve surgery
Ms Tara Ni Donnchu
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cork University Hospital, Cork
11.15 – 11.30 Robotic thoracic surgery
Mr Vincent Young
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St James Hospital, Dublin
11.30 – 11.45 Cardiac tumours
Mr John Hinchion
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cork University Hospital, Cork
11.45 – 12.00 Transcatheter technologies and the surgeon
Mr Ronan Kelly
Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
12.00 – 12.15 Recent cardiac surgery clinical trials and the impact on surgeons
Ms Rebecca Weedle
Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, St James Hospital, Dublin
12.15 – 12.30 Thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation ablation
Ms Marina Cannoletta
Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiac Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, Dublin
12.30 – 13.00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Evolution of minimally invasive programme in Royal Brompton Hospital
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Mr Anthony de Souza
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
President-elect, BISMICS
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