- Start Date - 22/01/2014
- End Date - 22/01/2014
- Start Time - 18.00
- End Time - 19.30
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Hilary Sanfey is Specialist Advisor in Postgraduate Surgical Training & Education in the Department of Surgical Affairs in Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), currently on leave from her position as Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Surgical Education in the Department of Surgery at Southern Illinois University (SIU), in Springfield Illinois.
Dr. Sanfey graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1976, underwent surgical training at RCSI and spent three years as a research fellow at Johns Hopkins University (1981 – 1984). She worked as a Consultant transplant surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for four years before moving to the University of Virginia in 1996. At the University of Virginia she continued to practice as a transplant surgeon and served as the Associate Program Director and Clerkship Co – Director until she left for SIU in 2008. In 2009 she received a Masters Degree in Health Professions Education (MHPE) from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Dr. Sanfey is a past president of the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), a former member of the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors, past chair of the American College of Surgeons Women in Surgeons Committee and the recipient of the AWS Olga Jonasson Distinguished Member Award. She is the current President of the International Society of Surgery, US Chapter and a member of the American Surgical Association.
Dr. Sanfey will be delivering a presentation titled ‘Leading in Your Setting’ on Wednesday, 22nd January at 6pm, in the RCSI. Register Today: http://www.rcsi.ie/leadershiplectures2014