5TH IRISH CONGRESS OF OBSTETRICS, GYNAECOLOGY AND PERINATAL MEDICINE (ICOGPM)
28th - 29th November 2019
Galway Bay Hotel, Galway
Old and new executive committee members (L-R: Dr. Brendan McDonnell, Dr. Mei Yee Ng, Dr, Gillian Ryan, Dr. Lucia Hartigan, Dr. Niamh Murphy, Dr. Eibhlin Healy, Dr. Sabina Zus, Dr. Ciara Nolan, Dr. Syeda Farah Nazir and Dr. Cathy McNestry)
Judges for oral presentation; Prof. John Morrison and Dr. Nikhil Purandare
Some of the wonderful presenters at the end of the oral presentations
Chair Dr. Lucia Hartigan and Vice-Chair Dr. Niamh Murphy chairing the JOGS session
Dr. Bogdan Muresan with his prize for coming in first in poster presentation
Dr. Tara Rigney delivering an eye-opening account of her experience working and researching in maternal in rural Sierra Leone
Dr. Rebecca Grimes and her audit of providing antibiotics at operative vaginal delivery Coombe Hospital
Dr. Brendan McDonnell with his study on e-cigarettes and its obstetric outcomes based at Coombe Hospital
Dr. Catherine Finnegan and her review of NIPT available in the market
Dr. Karen Mulligan and her study on a novel approach on using HIPEC
Dr. Kent Klemmer on his analysis of women presenting with acute abdominal pain in University College Hospital Galway
Dr. Emily O'Connor and her study of the Pre-term Birth Clinic at the Coombe Hospital
Dr. Gabriela McMahon and her study on conservative management of focal CIN 2 in Sligo University Hospital
Dr. Daniel Kane and his study analysing the correlation between maternal co-morbidities and Caesarean section rates
Dr. Somaia Elsayed and her study of women's experience of first trimester miscarriage at EPAU in the Coombe Hospital
Dr. Zahrah Elsafty and her audit on SGA detection rates at Wexford General Hospital
Dr. Maebh Horan and her study on waiting times and efficiency of the outpatient fertility clinic at National Maternity Hospital
Medical student; Ms. Aoife Sweeney and her study on the social determinants on labour outcomes in primiparous women in North-West Ireland
Dr. Gillian Corbett and her study on predictive maternal demographics and outcomes in term pregnancies
Dr. Niamh Murphy and her RECIPE study findings
Dr. Orla Donoghue presenting on behalf of Dr. Sadbh Lee and her study on climate change and its impact on women's health
Dr. Jill Mitchell and her study on the correlation between alcohol consumption and development of ADHD
Dr. Lucia Hartigan and her study on need to set up a fertility preservation service in Ireland
Dr. Aleksandra Sobota and her study on antenatal diagnosis of fetal anomalies using QFPCR
WINNERS
The standard of research presented by our trainees this year was phenomenal.
Congratulations to all presenters and prize-winners!
Oral Presentations
1st Prize: Dr Gillian Corbett
2nd Prize: Dr Somaia Elsayed
3rd Prize: Dr Catherine Finnegan
First Prize Medical Student Presentation
Aoife Sweeney
Poster Presentations
1st Prize: Dr Bogdan Muresan
2nd Prize: Dr Teresa Treacy
3rd Prize: Dr Clare Foley
Best Case Report Presentation
Conor Medlan
Clinch Medal
Dr. Jill Mitchell