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