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PERSONAL INJURY
SEMINAR
Monday 30th March 2015
INTRODUCTION
Ormond Meeting Rooms are delighted to be hosting a seminar on Personal Injury
on Monday, 30th March, 2015. Information on our 8 speakers can be seen in the
attached brochure and some of the topics covered will include:
•What to seek in an expert personal injury report
•Predictable Patterns of Injury
•Prognostic features in lower back injury
•Perils & pitfalls of Nerve Injuries in Personal Injury litigation
•A legal practitioner’s overview on changes to the presentation and defence of Personal
injury claims
The seminar will run from 9.30am to 5.00pm and, at€ €250 per person, will include
morning and afternoon refreshments and a hot lunch (please advise us of any dietary
requirements at time of booking).
Places are limited so early booking is advised (see booking form attached).
If you feel this seminar would be more suited to one of your colleagues, please
don’t hesitate to contact us.
Dr James Gray
MB BCh BAO BA AFRCSI DFLM FCEM Dr. James Gray is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Tallaght Hospital since
2006. He has extensive experience having worked in Emergency Medicine in
both the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is a medicolegal expert in Accident and
Emergency Medicine since 2006 and has an expert interest in all aspects of injury and
trauma. Having graduated in Medicine at TCD in 1996, Dr. Gray initially trained gaining
a Membership of the RCSI in 2001 and shortly after took up an Emergency Medicine
Specialist Registrar position at the South Trent Higher Training Programme in the UK. Dr.
Gray gained a Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine in 2006. He completed
the Diploma in Forensic and Legal Medicine at UCD in 2012. Dr. Gray is on the Specialist
Register in Emergency Medicine of the Medical Council of Ireland. He is a member of
the Medical Protection Society (MPS), the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA),
and the Medicolegal Society of Ireland. Dr. Gray attends courses and conferences
regularly for his continuing professional development. He is a Clinical Lecturer and
Tutor in Emergency Medicine at the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
(TCD) as well as an Examiner for the College of Emergency Medicine,
London.
Dr Michael Alexander
Dr Michael Alexander is a Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist in the Adelaide and Meath
Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin and has been the clinical Head of Department there since 2009.
He carries dual accreditation in both Neurology and Neurophysiology, having completed his
training at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London
and the Royal Free Hospital, London.
Dr. Alexander’s subspecialty clinical and research interests lie in traumatic nerve injury,
hereditary and acquired neuropathy, the clinical and genetic aspects of Motor Neuron
Disease and neuromuscular disorders.
Dr. Jean O’Sullivan
MB BAO BCH BMedSci (Hons) MRCSEd FCEM
Dip Sports & Exercise Med, DFLM
Dr. Jean O’Sullivan is a graduate of University College Cork and is currently a Consultant
in Emergency Medicine at Tallaght Hospital and a lecturer in emergency Medicine at Trinity
College Dublin. In 2003 Dr. O’Sullivan was awarded a Diploma in Sports and Exercise
Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and in the same year was awarded
the Membership Examination in Accident and Emergency Medicine at the Royal College of
Surgeons of Edinburgh. In 2004 she was awarded Membership of the Faculty of Sports and
Exercise Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Dr. O’Sullivan became a
Fellow of the College of Emergency Medicine, London in 2008 and in 2012 successfully
completed a Diploma in Forensic and Medico-Legal Medicine at University College Dublin.
In 2008 Dr. O’Sullivan founded an international charity, Global Emergency Care Skills
and has worked extensively throughout Africa. Dr. O’Sullivan is a member of the
Medicolegal Society of Ireland and has worked as a medico-legal expert since
2008. She is a Director of Medicolegal Ireland, Dublin.
Dr Martin Rochford
MB BCh BAO Msc Sports Med DipSEM FACEM
Dr Martin Rochford is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Tallaght Hospital and is a
graduate of University College Dublin. Dr. Rochford completed the advanced training program
in Emergency Medicine in Sydney, Australia and is a Fellow of the Australasian College
of Emergency Medicine. He has been awarded Membership of the College of Emergency
Medicine in London and the Membership of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine at the
Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Dr Rochford has a special interest in musculoskeletal
injury and in Legal Medicine and holds a Masters Degree in Sports and Exercise Medicine
from Trinity College. He has also been awarded the Intercollegiate Diploma in Sports and
Exercise Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Dr. Rochford is a
member of the Medicolegal Society of Ireland and has worked as a medicolegal
expert since 2009.
Mr. Tony O’Connor, BL
MB BAO BCH BMedSci (Hons) MRCSEd FCEM
Dip Sports & Exercise Med, DFLM
Tony O’Connor is a Senior Counsel since 2006 who practised as a solicitor for eight years
before joining the Law Library in 1991. He graduated from University College Dublin and
completed his masters in Trinity College Dublin. His practice has brought him on Circuit
and he practises in all of the Superior Courts now. He has been instructed in many leading
cases concerning negligence by medical professionals. Mr O’Connor has acted as a legal
assessor for the regulators of health professionals since 2007 and has advised on the EU and
State regulation of issues falling with the remit of the HSE, the Health Products Regulatory
Authority (formerly the IMB) and HIQA. He is regularly appointed as a Chairperson of
Mental Health Tribunals and is a Board member of Concern Worldwide. He is a CEDR
accredited Mediator
OTHER SPEAKERS
•Mr Barry O’Sullivan- Plastic Surgeon
•Dr. Paula McKay, Psychiatrist
•Mr Jeremy O’Connor, Ophthalmic Surgeon
Personal Injury Seminary, March 2015 – Booking Form
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As spaces are limited, we would be obliged if you could RSVP by Friday, 13th March. If you
feel this event will be more suited to one of your colleagues, please let us know asap.
Date: Monday, 30th March, 2015
Venue: Ormond Meeting Rooms
Time: 9.30 – 17.00
Price: €250 per person
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