Ms Lauren V O’Connell will journey to Australia to endure fellowship in superior colorectal most cancers
A specialist registrar on the Mater will journey to Australia to undertake additional coaching in superior colorectal most cancers after securing a prestigious bursary for ladies in surgical procedure.
Ms Lauren V O’Connell was lately introduced by the Royal School of Surgeons in Eire (RCSI) because the recipient of the 2025 PROGRESS Girls in Surgical procedure Fellowship.
Ms Lauren V O’Connell
Ms O’Connell will undertake a fellowship in superior colorectal most cancers on the Peter MacCallum Most cancers Centre in Melbourne, Australia, permitting her to realize worldwide publicity in colorectal most cancers surgical procedure, and additional develop her experience for the good thing about sufferers.
Presently a specialist registrar typically and colorectal surgical procedure on the Mater Misericordiae College Hospital, Ms O’Connell graduated with honours from College School Dublin in 2014. She achieved Fellowship of the Royal School of Surgeons in Eire (FRCSI) in 2024, receiving the Professor W.A.L. McGowan Medal because the top-performing candidate in Part 2 FRCS throughout all RCSI surgical subspecialties.
Ms O’Connell has over 35 peer-reviewed publications in main journals, has authored e-book chapters, and has offered at main worldwide conferences. Her analysis focuses on early-onset colorectal most cancers, practical outcomes post-resection, surgical schooling, and minimally invasive methods.
“I’m delighted to be the 2025 PROGRESS Girls in Surgical procedure Fellowship recipient and wish to thank RCSI for his or her help,” she stated. “This initiative will enable me to have interaction absolutely with the appreciable alternatives the fellowship has to supply, growing my abilities in pelvic, robotic and cytoreductive surgical procedure for superior colorectal cancers.”
Now in its sixth 12 months, the PROGRESS Fellowship was launched to assist handle the limitations to feminine development in surgical procedure. It provides them entry to worldwide expertise of their chosen fields, purchase extra surgical abilities, entry new applied sciences and contribute to the development of surgical science and observe on the island of Eire.
“The PROGRESS Girls in Surgical procedure Fellowship is a cornerstone of our dedication to advancing fairness in surgical procedure. Every year, we now have the privilege of recognising and supporting outstanding girls who embody the values of innovation, excellence, and management,” stated RCSI president Prof Deborah McNamara.
“I’m assured that Ms O’Connell will proceed to encourage and lead in her profession, contributing to the development of the surgical discipline.”
Earlier PROGRESS Fellowships recipients incllude Ms Ailín Rogers (2020), Ms Helen Mohan (2021), Ms Christina Fleming (2022), Ms Evelyn Murphy (2023) and Ms Ola Ahmed (2024).
