2009 Press Releases
09.04.2009
Professors Michael Maher and Fergus Shanahan (UCC) and doctors Kevin O’Regan and Alan Desmond of Cork University Hospital, have been awarded the €10,000 2008 Abbott Innovation in Gastroenterology Bursary for their submission titled, ‘Diagnostic Imaging of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): a collaborative project to reduce radiation exposure and optimise outcomes’
The bursary, which will be used to develop low-radiation imaging strategies for patients with IBD, recognises innovative and pioneering work that improves the practice of health care in Gastroenterology.
Medical imaging is a vital diagnostic tool in the optimal management of IBD. The bursary submission highlighted the fact that in the last decade there has been a three-fold increase in the annual number of imaging studies performed for patients with IBD. Concerns exist regarding the possible harmful effects that cumulative exposure to diagnostic radiation may have on IBD patients as they often present in adolescence and may already carry an increased risk of developing small bowel lymphoma and other gastro-intestinal malignancies.
Photo L - R: Mr Eoin Murphy (Abbott), Professor Michael Maher (CUH), Dr Kevin Regan (CUH), Dr Alan Desmond (APC & CUH), Ms Brenda Egan (Abbott) and Professor Fergus Shanahan (APC)