2025 Autumn GP Study Day – 13th September

2025 Autumn GP Study Day

On Saturday 13^th September we were in UCD’s O’Reilly Hall for our 2025 Autumn GP Study Day on “Advanced Breast Care & Hot Topics”!

The day was split into two sessions, with our first session featuring our Beacon Breast Centre team. Mr Terry Boyle, Consultant Breast Surgeon and Beacon Breast Centre Medical Director was our Chair for the first session.

Our GP Study Day kicked off with a presentation by Mr Terry Boyle and Martina Farley on current Breast Cancer Trends. Dr Reem Salman, Consultant Breast Surgeon, followed with a useful guide on Risk assessment Tools for the GP. Assoc Prof Sylvia O’Keeffe, Consultant Radiologist spoke on Breast Surveillance for high risk, dense breast and HRT. Dr Carmen Torre, Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon gave an update on Breast Reconstruction Case Studies. Our first session ended with an MDT Panel on High Risk Patients with Mr Dhafir Alawazi, Consultant Breast Surgeon, Dr Lisa Prior, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Prof Fran Duane, Consultant Radiation Oncologist.

Following on from a great first session, our second session contained six more brilliant presentations. Prof Seamus Linnane, Consultant in General and Respiratory Medicine, and Deputy Medical Director of Beacon Hospital was our Chair for Session 2.

Our second session started with a presentation on Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery by Mr William Robb, Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon. Prof Eddie Moloney, Consultant in Respiratory and GIM gave an update on obstructive sleep apnoea. Next, Dr Abhilash Sahadevan, Consultant in Respiratory and GIM, spoke on Exercise Induced Asthma. Dr Deirdre B Fitzgerald, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, followed with advice on Integrated COPD Care. Prof Seamus Linnane, Consultant in Respiratory and GIM and Deputy Medical Director of Beacon Hospital, covered Common and Uncommon Respiratory Presentations. Prof Robert Hannon, Consultant General, Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon, closed out the session discussing Surgical Aspects of IBD.

Finally, there was ice-cream all round to mark the end of summer!

A Big Thank You to All Attendees & Speakers

A huge thank you and well done to all of our speakers on Saturday at our 2025 Autumn GP Study Day.

As always if you would like to watch or view the slides of any of our presentations, these are now available to view in the GP section of our website, on our September 2025 GP Educational Morning event page.

All material from our previous Study Days is also accessible in the Study Events section of the website under GP information. This includes presentation files and videos of the presentations to rewatch.

Thank you to all who attended, both in-person and online. It was wonderful to have so many GPs join us in UCD O’Reilly Hall on the day. Please note certificates of attendance for online attendees have been sent to the email address you logged in with on the day.

We are already looking forward to welcoming you back to our next GP Educational event in January 2026! Our Annual 2026 GP Study Day will be taking place on Saturday 24^th January 2026. Register Now!