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Mr. Paul Ridgway

Associate Professor Consultant (Surgery)

 ridgwayp@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Memberships/ National Bodies/ International Bodies . (Previous) Association of Surgeons in Training (ASIT): Council 2005-9 . Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALS, formerly AESGBI) . European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) . EA-HPBA . Basic Training Committee (RCSI) member 2004/5 . Society of Academic and Research Surgery (SARS): Council 2005-9 . RCSI CPD committee member 2010-2015 . Steering Council of UEMS clinical skills accreditation 2013 . President TCD Biological Society 2013/14 . Secretary of NASCE, a MJC of the UEMS 2014-2018 . Co-founding member of the Irish Sarcoma Group 2014-present . National Clinical Advisor (General Surgery) to NCPS 2016-present . Treasurer UEMS Division General Surgery 2017-present . Clinical Director (Periop) Tallaght Hospital 2017-present . Chair of Examinations, UEMS Gen Surgl 2018-present

Research Tags

  Biotechnology   Cancer/Carcinogenesis   DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS   Education and Work   Educational Improvement   Educational Reform   E-Learning   Gene Expression   Genome/Phenome   Health Care Reform   HOME   LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY   Liver Cancer   Liver Functions   MECHANISM   Medical Informatics   Medical Instrumentation   METAANALYSIS   MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HEPARIN   MOTION   Oncology   Pancreas   Pancreatitis   SKILL   Surgery   Thoracic Surgery   THROMBOEMBOLISM   VENOUS THROMBOSIS   WARFARIN   Wound Healing

Research Projects

 Towards fit for purpose final assessment of clinical skills in medical graduates

Representations

Details Date
President Division General Surgery, UEMS 2022
President European Board of Surgery Treasurer, Division of General Surgery UEMS 2018
National Clinical Advisor in General Surgery National Clinical Programme in Surgery 2016
Clinical Director (Perioperative and Lead) Tallaght University Hospital 2018
Chair Sarcoma Steering Group Irish Sarcoma Group 2014
Council Society Academic and Research Surgery SARS UK&I 2005
Vice Chair & Secretary Network of Accredited Skills Centres in Europe (NASCE) 2014

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Network of Accredited Skills Centres in Europe (NASCE) Accreditation review board 2019- Secretary 2014-2018 2014 present
Co-founding member of the Irish Sarcoma Group 2014- Chair of the Sarcoma Steering Group 2016-2019, 2021- 2014 present
Member of Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) 2012 present
Member of British Sarcoma Group 2019 present
Council of Society of Academic and Research Surgery (SARS) 2005 2009
Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG) 2016 present
Whelehan DF, Connelly TM, Burke J, Doherty E, Ridgway PF, Self-Reported Surgeon Health Behaviours: A Multicentre, Cross-Sectional Exploration Into the Modifiable Factors That Impact Surgical Performance with the Association of Surgeons in Training, Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Whelehan DF, Alexander M, Connelly T, McEvoy C, Ridgway PF, A multi-method assessment of sleep deprivation and performance in surgery, Journal of Surgical Research, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Whelehan DF, Connelly TM, Brown D, Ridgway PF, Fatigued Surgeons: A thematic analysis of the causes, effects, mitigators and opportunities in surgery, International Journal of Surgery Open, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Whelehan DF, Connelly TM, Doherty E, Ridgway PF, Fatigued surgeons - would you let them fly a plane?, Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture & Surgical Symposium, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Whelehan DF, Connelly TM, Doherty E, Ridgway PF, Mapping modifiable lifestyle factors that impact on-call surgical performance, Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture & Surgical Symposium, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Benamer C, Fitzpatrick G, Ridgway P, O'Neill D, Persistent Perioperative Cognitive Impairment: prevention, management and sharing with patients , Ir Med J, 113, (5), 2020, pP68 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Whelehan DF, McCarrick C, Ridgway PF, A systematic review of sleep deprivation and technical skill in surgery, The Surgeon, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Whelehan DF, Conlon KC, Ridgway PF, Medicine and Heuristics: Cognitive biases and medical decision making, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Whelehan DF, Alexander M, Ridgway PF, Would you allow a sleepy surgeon operate on you? A Narrative Review, Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Whelehan DF, Baily-Scanlan M, Ridgway PF, Is your physio tired? Exploring sleep deprivation in Irish physiotherapists, Physiotherapy Practice and Research, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Cholangiocarcinoma in, editor(s)Moises Cukier Amy Gillis Jamie Escallon Frances Wright , Surgical Oncology Manual, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, 2012, pp61 - 69, [Gillis A, Ridgway PF, Cleary S], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Gallbladder Cancer in, editor(s)Moises Cukier Amy Gillis Jamie Escallon Frances Wright , Surgical Oncology Manual, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, 2012, pp105 - 115, [Gillis A, Ridgway PF, Cleary S], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Pancreatic Cancer in, Hepatolbiliary and Pancreatic Surgery: A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice 3/e, Elsevier, 2004, [Ridgway PF, Conlon KC], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Honorary Fellowship of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS) 2016
President Biological Society, Trinity College Dublin 2013
RCSI Travelling Scholarship award 2007
Oral presentation award, Irish Society of Gastroenterology, Galway 2006
Bennet Symposium award, TCD 2003
Resident's Prize award (2nd), New York: SAGES 2002
Poster of Distinction Award (1st), New York: SAGES 2002
Blackwell Science Video Award (2nd), Dublin: ASGBI 2002
The Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine Student's Research Symposium, Imperial College Best Poster Prize: 2001