150 healthcare professionals were conferred with postgraduate awards at a conferring ceremony in RCSI on Monday, 12 December 2011. These included Fellowships of RCSI in Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Paediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery and Urology.

Memberships of RCSI including ophthalmology were also awarded as well as Fellowships and Memberships of the Faculties of Radiologists, Dentistry and Nursing & Midwifery.

A Fellowship of RCSI Ad Eundem was awarded to Ali Jalil Awad. Emer Lang received an RCSI Surgical Travelling Fellowship and an RCSI Surgical Grant was awarded to Rowan Casey.

Fellowships of the Faculty of Radiologists Ad Eundem were awarded to Josephine Barry, Raymond Fielding, Charles Gillham and Leo Lawler.  Fellowships of the Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery Ad Eundem were conferred on Ann Begley and Charles Docherty and a Fellowship by Special Election was awarded to Thomas Kearns.

Speaking at the conferring ceremony, Professor Eilis McGovern, President of RCSI congratulated new Members and Fellows on their success in reaching this exciting milestone in their careers and wished them all the very best as they continued to strive for their goals.