07/10/2013
'Troubles' Surgeon To Address US Medics
A Belfast surgeon and Queen’s University Professor is to address US medics on his experiences operating on hundreds of victims at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Professor Roy Spence will deliver the prestigious I.S Ravdin Lecture in Washington today (7 October).
Professor Spence was a surgeon for 35 years in Northern Ireland throughout most of the country’s conflict.
More than 3,600 were killed and more than 47,500 were injured in 36,900 shootings and 16,200 bombings.
Professor Spence will discuss how the circumstances brought advances to trauma practice in Northern Ireland.
"I will pay tribute to my colleagues in vascular surgery who used shunts in injuries to limb arteries and veins caused by gunshot wounds and, in particular, the unique injury knee-capping in Northern Ireland. I will recall the work of colleagues in neurosurgery who proposed early ventilation of patients with gunshot wounds of the head and the replacement of missing skull fragments, caused by bullets, with titanium plates."
In the second part of his lecture, Professor Spence will discuss the changes to cancer services in Northern Ireland, specifically research led by Professor Johnston, Dean of School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen's University.
He will also discuss the role of Senator Mitchell and President Bill Clinton in the Northern Ireland Peace Process.
(IT/CD)
Professor Roy Spence will deliver the prestigious I.S Ravdin Lecture in Washington today (7 October).
Professor Spence was a surgeon for 35 years in Northern Ireland throughout most of the country’s conflict.
More than 3,600 were killed and more than 47,500 were injured in 36,900 shootings and 16,200 bombings.
Professor Spence will discuss how the circumstances brought advances to trauma practice in Northern Ireland.
"I will pay tribute to my colleagues in vascular surgery who used shunts in injuries to limb arteries and veins caused by gunshot wounds and, in particular, the unique injury knee-capping in Northern Ireland. I will recall the work of colleagues in neurosurgery who proposed early ventilation of patients with gunshot wounds of the head and the replacement of missing skull fragments, caused by bullets, with titanium plates."
In the second part of his lecture, Professor Spence will discuss the changes to cancer services in Northern Ireland, specifically research led by Professor Johnston, Dean of School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen's University.
He will also discuss the role of Senator Mitchell and President Bill Clinton in the Northern Ireland Peace Process.
(IT/CD)
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