Programme
This programme is accredited for 6 CPD points
Welcome
Theme: “Surgical Complications”
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9.20am-9.30am | Welcome Professor Peter Neary |
Plenary Session 1 (9.30am - 11.40am) - Complications and Management
Chairs
- Prof. Peter Murchan, Consultant General Surgeon, Tipperary University Hospital
- Mr. Greg Gosi, Consultant Vascular & General Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 9.30am - 9.50am | “Vascular Complications: My Learning Curve” Mr. Greg Fulton, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Cork University Hospital |
| 9.50am - 9.55am | Discussion |
| 9.55am - 10.15am | “Complications in Surgical Practice” Professor Fiachra Cooke, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford |
| 10.15am - 10.20am | Discussion |
| 10.20am - 10.40am | “Penile Catastrophes” Mr. Ivor Cullen, Consultant Urologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin |
| 10.40am - 10.45am | Discussion |
| 10.45am - 11.05am | Complaints to the Medical Council – Practical Advice for Doctors Mr. Kevin Dunne, Partner & Head of the Healthcare Regulatory Team, Hayes Solicitors, Dublin |
| 11.05am-11.10am | Discussion |
| 11.10am - 11.40am | Break / Visit Trade Stands/ Visit Poster Exhibition |
Plenary Session 2 (11.40am - 2pm) Challenges, Implications and Opportunities
Chairs
- Ms. Tara Connelly, Consultant Surgeon, University Hospital Limerick
- Mr. Asam Ishtiaq, Clinical Director, Consultant General & Vascular Surgeon, UPMC Whitfield Hospital, Waterford
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 11.40am - 12pm | “Medicolegal Implications of Surgical Complications” Dr. Ellen Walshe, Medicolegal Consultant, Medical Protectioner |
| 12pm - 12.05pm | Discussion |
| 12.05pm - 12.25pm | “Communication and Decision Making in Emergency Situations” Captain Karl O'Neill, Chief Instructor ATO, Training & Standards, Flight Operations, Aer Lingus |
| 12.25pm - 12.30pm | Discussion |
| 12.30pm - 12.50pm | “Do the Law and Regulation make Patients Safer after Adverse Incidents?” |
| 12.50 - 12.55pm | Discussion |
| 12.55pm - 2pm | Break / Visit Trade Stands/ Visit Poster Exhibition General Poster Adjudicators: Ms. Tara Connelly, Mr. Greg Gosi Orthopaedic Poster Adjudicators: Mr. Oisin Breathnach, Mr. Fiachra Rowan, Prof. Ruairi MacNiocaill |
Research Session (2pm - 3.40pm) Research Session
Chairs
- Prof. Deborah McNamara, President of RCSI, Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
- Prof. Ronan Cahill, Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
- Ms. Jessie Elliott, Consultant General & Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, St. James’s Hospital
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 2pm-2.10pm | The William O'Keeffe Lecture "Combating Healthcare Adversaries: Transformative Growth of Precision Technology" |
| 2.10pm - 3.10pm | William O’Keeffe Prize Presentations (parallel session) Theatre G18 |
Chairs
- Prof. Joe O’Beirne, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford
- Mr. Jamie Ferguson, Consultant in Limb Reconstruction, Oxford University Hospital
- Mr. Eoghan Pomeroy, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford
- Prof. May Cleary, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 2.10pm-3.10pm | Joe O'Beirne Orthopaedic Prize Presentations (Parallel Session) Theatre G19 |
| 3.10pm - 3.40pm | Break / Visit Trade Stands/ Visit Poster Exhibition |
Plenary Session 3 (3.40pm - 5.30pm) - Infections Complications and Beyond
Chairs
- Mr. Eoghan Pomeroy, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford
- Mr. Joe Dowdall, Consultant Vascular / Endovascular Surgeon, St Vincent’s University Hospital
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 3.40pm-4pm | "Surgical Infections: An Infectious Diseases Perspective" Dr. Ruth O’Riordan, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Waterford |
| 4pm-4.05pm | Discussion |
| 4.05pm-4.25pm | “Orthopaedic Infection” Mr. Jamie Ferguson, Consultant in Limb Reconstruction, Oxford University Hospital |
| 4.25pm-4.30pm | Discussion |
| 4.30pm-5pm | The Gordon Watson Lecture Introduction Prof. Simon K. Cross, Retired Consultant Vascular & General Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford “Major Complications in Surgery. Let ‘they‘ who have none cast the first stone” Mr. Gerry McEntee, Consultant Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgeon, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin |
| 5pm-5.05pm | Discussion |
| 5.05pm-5.15pm | Presentation of Prize Awards
|
| 5.15pm-5.30pm | Closing Remarks Professor Peter Neary |
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Drinks Reception and Gala Dinner
- Where: The Strand Inn (Eircode X91E295)
- When: 7pm-11.30pm, Sat 12 Oct 2024