Welcome to SEDDA

-South East Dublin Departments of Anaesthesia, Ireland

SEDDA is the aggregation of the Departments of Anaesthesia of seven participating hospitals located in the South East of Dublin.  With St. Vincent's University Hospital at the core, the other constituent hospitals are The National Maternity Hospital, The Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, St. Columcille’s Hospital, and the National Rehabilitation Hospital. Read more...

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Dr Abigail Walsh, Chairperson 2023—2026

Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Saint Vincent's University Hospital

SVUH Annual Dept Medal Awards Recipients 2024 - future recipients for review 2025-2026

Dr Abigial Walsh presenting medal award to Dr Andrew Smith	Dr Andrew Westbrook presenting medal to Dr Mohammad Ahmed Rasheed

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CAI Annual Congress, May 20th - 22nd 2026

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Safe Anaesthesia Network Ireland Newsletter - SANI - College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (CAI)

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Local Anaesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery 2026, Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hsopital, November 10th 2026

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KP Moore Medal Abstract Submission Form 2026 - College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (CAI)

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Belfast Critical Care Research Symposium, Belfast, October 10th 2026

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ICC-CTN BASIC Clinical Research Course, 24-25th August 2026

Expression of Interest

ICC Annual Meeting, The Titanic Museum, Belfast, June 9th 2026

Early Career Research Seed Funding Award 2026 - Awardee Announcement We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate this year’s ECR seed funding awardees; Dr. Aisling Mc Mahon and Dr. Kiran Reddy (pictured). Both awardees delivered well-considered, innovative proposals and were awarded joint first place. Congratulations both!

Dr. Aisling McMahon: The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in disorders in organ injury following Acute Brain Injury (COALESCE-Brain).

Dr. Kiran Reddy: Single-cell multiomic profiling of inflammatory subphenotypes in acute respiratory failure: secondary analysis of the PHIND study.

Bedside identification of subphenotypes in acute respiratory failure (PHIND) - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Journal

Congratulations to Prof Alistair Nichol and the PHIND team at participating Irish sites; Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Musgrave Park Hospital Belfast, Galway University Hospital, Beaumont Hospital Dublin and St. Vincent’s University Hospital Dublin. 

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SVUH Airway Skills Workshop - March 4th 2026

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SVUH officially opens the Enda McDermott Simulation & Education Centre (EMSEC), St. Vincent's University Hospital

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SVUH National Liver Transplant Programme

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AAGBI Guidelines - Peri-operative management of diabetes mellitus - February 2026

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Professor Alistair Nichol, Consultant Anaesthestist, SVUH

Congratulations to Professor Alistair Nichol, Chair of Critical Care Medicine UCD, Chair of Irish Critical Care Trials Group, Intensivist at SVUH, who received a special commendation from the Irish Research Council for his ‘exceptional contribution’ to the field of medical research, relating to critical care clinical trials and the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

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ICC-CTN Journal Club

We’re delighted to remind you about the launch of the new Quarterly Journal Club coordinated by the Irish Critical Care Clinical Trials Network (ICC-CTN) – the ICC-CTN-JC.

This initiative is designed to foster critical discussion, highlight current research, and encourage collaboration across the Irish critical care community. All critical care professionals, researchers, and especially trainees are encouraged to participate.

Next Sessions: Tuesday 21st July, Tuesday 20th October, Tuesday 8th December (17:30-18:30)
5:30–6:30 PM (GMT+1)

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Irish Critical Care Clinical Trials Network - ICC-CTN Meeting, Belfast, June 9th 2026

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Royal Society – Research Ireland University Research Fellowship - September 9th 2026

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Health Research Charities Ireland (HRCI) Position Paper 2026

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Research & Education Foundation - Sligo University Hospital - 13th Clinical Audit & Service Evaluation Forum

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Future Health Summit May 2025

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, Minister for Health and Dr Tony Healy St Vincent's Anaesthesia Foundation sharing like minds at the summit.

Hon. Fellowship, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, RCSI

Congratulations to Dr Tony Healy, Consultant Anaesthetist and St. Vincent's Anaesthesia Foundation on the award in recognition of being a founding member of HEMS Committee Ireland. Former member of the Canadian Off-Shore Medical Services, St. John's Newfoundland and the Canadian Merchant Navy. Academic qualifications from the Aviation Medicine Department, Kings College London, and the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough. Hyperbaric Medicine training in Toronto General Hospital and UK centres.

Ocean Ranger oil rig disaster - Canadian Atlantic Ocean, 1982

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2025 End of an Era: Sikorsky S‑92 SAR Operations Conclude in Ireland as Bristow Takes Over

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IMO AGM 2026

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IMO Annual Report 2025

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College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland College Medal

Professor Donal Buggy, President of College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland, honours and presents Professor John Boylan, UCD Clinical Professor and Consultant Anaesthetist, SVUH with the CAI College Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution throughout his career to the continuous development and evolution of Anaesthesia by his teaching & research.

Brian Kavanagh Lecture - CAI Annual Congress, 2024

Professor John Boylan, UCD Clinical Professor and Consultant Anaesthetist, SVUH gives the annual Brian Kavanagh Lecture at the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland Annual Congress, 2024

'Mechanistic Research in Clinical Care - How It Started, How It's Going'

Professor Paul Murphy, Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist in St. Vincent's University Hospital

Professor Paul Murphy, Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist in St. Vincent's University Hospital and St. Vincent's Private Hospital, has pioneered a new technology in Ireland for the treatment of Chronic Pain—using Medtronics, Inceptiv-spinal cord stimulator, close loop technology sensing system.

Professor Kirk Levins, Consultant Anaesthetist, Pain Specialist, SVUH and National Maternity Hospital

Congratulations to Professor Kirk Levins on his appointment as Consultant Anaesthetist, Pain Specialist, SVUH, the National Maternity Hospital, and the National Rehabilitation Hospital.

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NSUKI Neuromodulation Society of the UK & Ireland Annual Scientific Congress Dublin, 3rd-5th, October, 2024

Professor Paul Murphy, Dr Ashish Gulve Presentation -'Real World Outcomes of Closed Loop Multiwavefrom Spinal Cord Stimulation'

Dr Kirk Levin's Presentation - 'SAS For Spinal Cord Injury'

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The 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis

The 2030 Global Agenda for Sepsis is the first global strategy developed under the leadership of the Global Sepsis Alliance, with the engagement of 70 partner and member organizations from GSA and Regional Sepsis Alliances across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Latin America, and North America.

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Clinical Trials Ireland

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Congratulations -- to Assoc. Professor Crina Burlacu -- on her appointment as Chairperson of ESAIC Simulation Committee, starting 1st January, 2024

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ESAIC News - An Interview with Professor Crina Burlacu

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Congratulations -- to Assoc. Professor Crina Burlacu, Consultant Anaesthetist, SVUH -- on her appointment as Council Member and Chair of the Training Committee, CAI June, 2024

Integration of simulation-based education in anaesthesiology specialist training

EJA: Synthesis of results from an Utstein Meeting. Utstein Simulation Study Group
Authors: Georges L. Savoldelli, Crina L. Burlacu, Marc Lazarovici, Francisco Maio Matos and Doris Østergaard

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Dr Siobhain O'Mahony - Hononary Fellowship and Medal Award

Dr Hugh Gallagher, Dean of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of Ireland, presenting Dr. Siobhain O'Mahony with an honorary fellowship and the CAI - St. Vinent's Anaesthesia Foundation Medal in recognition of her main reserach interests in the communication within the brain-gut-microbiota axis.

World Congress of Anaesthesia - São Paulo, Brazil 2024

Dr Muhammad Mukhtar, Associate Clinical Professor of Anaesthesiology, UCD Consultant Anaesthesiologist, St. Vincent's University Hospital & Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital Dublin, Ireland

COPA 2024

Presenter of Ophthalmic Workshops on sub-Tenon's blocks and presentation on Reducing the Risks of Vision Loss

Dr Roger McMorrow rows the world's toughest race

Dr Roger McMorrow, Medical Director, National Maternity Hospital and Consultant Anaesthetist, SVUH joins Power of 1 team to row 5,000km across the Atlantic Ocean in memory of Saoirse O'Driscoll.

Duration: 39 Days, 14 Hours and 31 Minutes and Third Place Overall

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SVUH Airway Skills Workshop

Airway Skills Workshop, SVUH, Department of Anaesthesiology, 3rd September 2025

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SVAF provides aid to displaced children at Fr W. Stuart School, Refugee Camp, Tyre, South Lebanon

The St. Vincents Anaesthesia Foundation gladly supports Dr Richard Assaf, Consultant Anaesthetist, in his continuing endeavours to provide aid to the Rosminians Fathers for the "Displaced Children's Fund" and the Fr William Stuart run school, part of the Schools for Syria project, based at the Rashidieh Refugee camp in Tyre, South Lebanon.

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Watch update from Fr. Stuart in Lebanon

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Hon. Fellowship, Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine, RCSI

Congratulations to Dr Roger McMorrow, Consultant Anaesthetist, SVUH & National Maternity Hospital

Successful summiteer Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition 2007

Hon. Fellowship, Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine, RCSI

Congratulations to Dr Michael O'Dwyer, Intensivist and Consultant Anaesthetist, SVUH

Successful summiteer Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition 2007