November – December 2010
Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
Newsletter
Published 5 times a year
Volume 5, 2010, Issue 2 : November - December 2010
RAMI meetings
To all Members and FeIlows of the Academy,
November 2010
I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of some of the benefits of
membership of the Academy:
2nd Section of Surgery
Clinical Conundrums
5th Section of
Ophthalmology
11th Section of
Epidemiology & Public
Health Medicine
(Jacqueline Horgan
Bronze Medal Prize)
17th-18th Healthcare
Informatics Society inc
RAMI Section of
Healthcare Informatics
19th Dermatology
December 2010
1st History of Medicine
3rd Otorhinolaryngology
3rd Section of Psychiatry Medical Education
9th IJMS Doctor Awards
9th Section of Pathology
January 2011
13th Section of Pathology
- Registrars’ prize: Case
reports.
Abstract sponsorship privileges at Section Meetings
Symposium attendance privileges
The right to sponsor new member applications (Fellows only)
The right to vote in annual elections of RAMI officers and councillors
Membership of the Council, Executive and Section Councils (Fellows only)
Information through RAMI website service
Free online access to IJMS
Free subscription to IJMS Quarterly
Eligibility for various RAMI-sponsored prizes and awards
RAMI Diary
RAMI Certificate
Purchase of RAMI souvenirs
CME credits are available for attendance at RAMI meetings
I am delighted at the continued attendance of our fellows and members at all of
our Section meetings and in particular to congratulate all of our recipients of
the RAMI prize medals this past year I would like to offer our thanks to the
Health Research Board (HRB) and Molecular Medicine Ireland (MMI) for their
kind sponsorship of the Graves Lecture.
Our thanks too for the sponsorship of St. Luke’s Hospital, in Rathgar, Dublin 6
for their support of the annual St. Luke’s Lecture.
RAMI appreciates the assistance from sponsors of various RAMI section
meetings held throughout the year.
May I wish all applicants for Academy Prize Medals
this coming year the very best of success.
Dr. John O’Connor
General Secretary,
Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
February 2011
9th St. Luke’s Lecture
March 2011
24th Section of Pathology
June 2011
22ndBiomedical Sciences
Section
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The meetings held in
Frederick House,
19 South Frederick
Street, Dublin 2 is
located two doors up
from Reads Stationery
Store (red shop) on
Nassau Street.
Download map
For further details and to
download the programme
please go to:
http://www.radiology.ie/
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Faculty of Radiologists, Royal
College of Surgeons in Ireland
123 St. Stephen's Green,
Dublin 2, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-4022139; Fax:
+353-1-4022466; Email:
radiology@rcsi.ie;
Website:
www.radiology.ie
RAMI Section of Epidemiology & Public Health Medicine - The Jacqueline
Horgan Bronze Medal meeting
Date: Thursday 11th November, 2010
Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: Frederick House, 19, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2.
The presentation for the Jacqueline Horgan Bronze Medal commences in the
morning at 10.30am and the winner will be announced at 1.20pm.
Refreshments of tea, coffee and sandwiches at 1.30pm.
The afternoon session commences at 2.15pm and the topic is 'Regulating
healthcare to protect the public health'
Speakers are:
Dr Paul Kavanagh, Head of Professional Competence, The Medical Council
'Maintaining Competence, Maintaining Trust'
Dr Deirdre Mulholland, Head of Standards and Methodology, HIQA.
Each speaker will give a presentation which will be followed by time for
questions relating to their presentation. At the end we will have a panel
discussion on the subject. The afternoon will finish at 4.30 pm.
CME Credits
Morning session 2 CME credits
Afternoon session 2 CME credits
Please sign the CME attendance sheets provided
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RAMI Section of Dermatology
Date: Friday 19 November 2010
Time: 4pm – 9pm
Venue: No 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
4-6pm Dermoscopy teaching session with Dr Jonathan Bowling, Consultant
Dermatologist, Oxford
6-6.30 Refreshments
6.30
Dermoscopy and Diagnosing Melanoma- An Inconvenient Truth!
Dr Jonathan Bowling
7.30
Update on Systemic Therapy for Advanced Melanoma
Dr Liam Grogan
Consultant Oncologist, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
We are delighted to announce the rescheduled date for the above meeting.
Please email me to reserve a place at Dr Bowling’s dermoscopy teaching
session.
Sandra Kirke, Secretary, RAMI Dermatology section
sandra.kirke@amnch.ie
CME points will be awarded for both sections of this meeting but are only
available to RAMI members. If you wish to join RAMI please email
Helen Moore at Helenmoore@rcpi.ie. Forms will also be available on the
night.
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The Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland incorporating the Healthcare
Informatics Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland and the Irish
Computer Society will hold the 15th Annual Conference and Scientific
Symposium, Ireland’s premier healthcare informatics on the 17th - 18th November
2010 in the Stillorgan Park Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Co. Dublin.
This conference is recognised for providing a significant contribution to the
development and understanding of information and its associated technologies in the
delivery of healthcare. It is the focal point for those interested in Healthcare
Informatics in Ireland to network with their peers and learn about the latest
developments in Healthcare ICT.
For this year’s plenary session (Thursday 18th), which we organise in conjunction with
the Irish Health Services Management Institute, we have maintained our tradition of
bringing acknowledged achievers in Healthcare IT internationally to an Irish audience
and having as a keynote speaker, the winner of the US CEO of the Year award for
Information Technology and are very pleased to welcome this year’s winner, Mr Peter
S. Fine, President and CEO Banner Health, Arizona.
Mr. Peter Fine is president and CEO of Banner Health, one of the largest secular,
non-profit healthcare organisations operating hospitals and other services in seven
states of the USA. A number of prestigious organisations have honoured Mr. Fine
including, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society with the 2010
CEO IT Achievement Award in the USA.
Prof. Matthew Swindells, Chair BCS Health who was on the NHS Management
Board as it’s first Chief Information Officer and led an influential review of NHS IT.
Mr. Brian James, Chief Executive, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Dr. James Sheehan, Founder of the Blackrock Clinic, Dublin and the Galway Clinic,
Galway
Prof. (Dr.) Martin Curley Senior Principal Engineer Director, Intel Labs Europe, CoDirector, Innovation Value Institute National University of Ireland, Maynooth
The seminars and workshops on the first day of the conference (Wednesday 17th) are
of particular interest with the input of internationally recognised experts in electronic
health records, data protection, clinical decision support, nursing informatics,
healthcare informatics standards, technology and systems innovation. In addition we
have introduced a new practical workshop format in which participants will have a
proactive involvement.
With such a wide range of expert workshops, seminars, peer reviewed presentations
and together with the commercial exhibition, attendees now have every opportunity to
update and inform themselves on the latest developments in healthcare informatics at
home and abroad and to meet and network with their peers, industry leaders and
experts.
Make sure you reserve your place at this year’s conference by visiting our website
www.hisi.ie
If you have any further questions or would like to register by phone please call 017753007.
Health Informatics Society of Ireland Executive
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RAMI History of Medicine Section
Date: Wednesday, 1st December 2010
Time: 6.30 for 7 pm
Venue: 4th Floor, Frederick House, 19, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2.
Topic: Revolution to Evolution: Ninety years of General Surgery in Ireland,
1920-2010’
Speaker: Professor Pierce Grace, F.R.C.S.I.
Professor Pierce Grace is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon and a professor of
Surgical Science in Limerick.
All Welcome. Students particularly welcome.
COUNCIL MEMBERS: PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE A SECTION
COUNCIL MEETING PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT 6PM.
RAMI History of Medicine Section Secretary: Dr. Susan Mullaney, Dept. Of
Ophthalmology, St. James’s Hospital , Dublin 8.Email: suemullaney@eircom.net
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RAMI Section of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Winter Meeting
Date: Friday, 3rd December 2010
Time: 6.30 for 7 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Physicians, 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
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RAMI Medical Education Symposium for the Psychiatry Section
Date: Friday 3rd December, 2010
Time: 08.30-5pm
Venue: Frederick House, 19, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2.
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Faculty of Radiologists, Royal
College of Surgeons in
Ireland, 123 St. Stephen's
Green, Dublin 2,Ireland
Phone: +353-1-4022139; Fax:
+353-1-4022466
Email: radiology@rcsi.ie;
Website: www.radiology.ie
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The Irish Journal of Medical Science Doctor Awards 2010
Date: Thursday 9th December, 2010
Venue: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, No. 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
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RAMI Section of Pathology
Date: Thursday, 9th December 2010
Time: 6.30 for 7 pm
Venue: 4th Floor, Frederick House, 19, South Frederick Street, Dublin 2
Dr Cynthia Heffron, Consultant Histopathologist, Cork University Hospital
Title: Cancer stem cells - do they exist?
Prof Eoin Gaffney, Consultant Histopathologist, St James’s University Hospital
Title: The Irish Cancer Biobanking Network
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Four Provinces/JOGS Annual Scientific Meeting 2007
Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting 2008
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Masterclass series
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Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Irish Endocrine Society, 32nd Annual Meeting
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10th International Mater Breast Cancer Meeting
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