Research Awards


ICON 2012, Best Abstract Award

February 2012, Arizona, USA

"Mid- to Long-term Experience of Clinical Efficacy and Cost Per Quality-Adjusted Life-Years With Pararenal Endovascular Aortic Repair (PEVAR) Without Fenestration for Pararenal AAA Compared With Open Surgical Repair"

Second Place CACVS Poster Award

January, 2012, Paris, France

"Primary non-synthetic AVFs: Are proximal AVF access procedures superior to distal access interventions? A 5 years experience"

SVS 2011 Annual Meeting, Best Poster Award

June 2011, Chicago, IL, USA

Technical Superioty and clinical Excellence of Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM) vs Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA), as the Sole Imaging Modality in Bypass Surgery (BS) and Endovascular Revascularisation (EvR) For Critical Lower Limb Ischemia (CLI) Patients. 6 Years comparative studdy in a Teritary Referral Vascular Centre

Amplazer Best Poster Award

Barcelona Spain, Site 2011, May 2011

Five Year Irish trial of CLI Patients with TASC II Type C/D Lesions undergoing Subtimal Angioplasty or bypass surgery based on Plaque Echolucency

Alistair Karmody Award

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 36th Annual Symposium, March 2011, Orlando, Florida

Technical and Clinical Excellence of Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM), as the sole imaging modality in Bypass Surgery (BS) and Endovascular Revascularisation (EvR)

ETI-2011 -Best Abstract Award

Endovascular Therapy International, March 2011. Siena, Italy

Five-Year Irish Trial of CLI Patients With TASC II Type C/D Lesions Undergoing Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) or Bypass Surgery(BG) Based on Plaque Echolucency

First Place ISVS Poster Abstract Award

10th International Vascular and Endovascular Course (IVEC)/ International Society for vascular surgery(ISVS), October 2010, Milan, Italy

Cardiovascular burden is more treacherous than any neoplastic Pathology: Prevvalence of malignancies Post AAA repair: an eight years observational study of EVAR vs Open Repair

Second Place ISVS Poster Abstract Award

10th International Vascular and Endovascular Course (IVEC)/ International Society for vascular surgery(ISVS), October 2010, Milan, Italy

Preoperative Vascular Screening & It's clinical Implications in the presence of Aortic, Carotid and Peripheral Pathology for the strategic Certitude for Vascular Surgery Patient's Outcome

RAMI Clinical Case Conference Winner

November 2010, Dublin

TEVAR Hybrid Repair for a Challenging Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Alistair Karmody Award

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 36th Annual Symposium, March 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada.

A prospective comparative study of pre-operative Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM), Digital-Subtraction Angiography (DSA) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) in Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) prior to Endovascular Revascularization (EvR).Clinical, Technical and Economic outcome

Cardiovascular Revascularisation Best Paper Award

CRT2008

Paradigm Shift In Management Of Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI) In The 21St Century. Randomization Of CLI Patients With TASC C And D Lesions To Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) Or Bypass Surgery (BS) In Concurrence To Plaque Echolucency In The Femoro-popliteal Segment. The 5-year Irish Trial

Bard Best Paper Award at the International Society for Endovascular Therapy

January 2008, Florida

Subintimal Angioplasty (SIA) vs Bypass for Critical Lower Limb Ischemia in Patients with TASC C and D Lesions: 5-Year Result.

Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society 2008

The Role of Prostaglandin I2 Infusion in Elective Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.

Veith Symposium International Research Award

34th Annual Veith symposium, November 2007, New York

Management of Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia in the 21st century. Randomization of Patients with TASC D lesions to Subintimal Angioplasty or Bypass surgery depending on plaque echoloucency in the occluded femoro-popliteal segment. The 5-year Irish Trial.

International Society of Vascular Specialists Award Paper

34th Annual Veith Symposium, November 2007, New York

A Prospective Clinical, Economic and Quality of Life Analysis of Open Repair (OR), Endovascular Repair (EVAR) and Best Medical Treatment (BMT) in High-Risk Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) Suitable for EVAR: The Irish Patient Trial.

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Poster Prize Winner ASGBI

2006 Annual Scientific Meeting, May 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland

Duplex Ultrasound Arterial Mapping (DUAM) as Sole Pre-Operative Evaluation Tool for Endovascular Revacularisation (EVR) in Critical Lower Limb Ischaemia (CLI). A Prospective Study of DUAM, Conventional Angiography (CA) and Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA)

Alistair Karmody Award, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

34th Annual Symposium, March 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair in Octagenarians versus Younger Patients in a Tertiary Referral Centre: 5-year survival rate of non-operative AAA.

International Society of Vascular Specialists Award Paper

32nd Annual Veith Symposium, November 2005, New York

A Comparison Of Open And Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair With Best Medical Treatment: Has The Availability Of EVAR Expanded Our Indications For Intervention And Improved Survival?

The Mediterranean League of Angiology and Vascular Surgery Jacobson's Prize

September 2005, Palermo, Italy

Carotid artery intervention in High-Risk Patients; A Prospective parallel group Study of Carotid artery Stenting (CAST) under neuro-protection and Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)

ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Awards

International Congress XVII, February 2004, Phoenix, Arizona

Subintimal Angioplasty as a Primary Modality in the Management of Critical Limb Ischemia. A Parallel Group Study of Bypass versus Angioplasty in Aortoiliac and Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease