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NMH | 2024 18 Governance The 67th Annual Charter Day Lecture was held in the Lecture Theatre on Friday, 26th January 2024. The Lecture entitled "Working at Unusual Places with Challenging Patients" was delivered by Prof. Dr. Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt, Hon FRCVS, Hon MSRF, Dip ECZM Reproductive Management, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) Berlin, and Professional Fellow, Dept. Zoology, University of Melbourne. A Symposium entitled "What I've learned about…" was held as part of the Charter Day celebrations. The symposium was Chaired by the Master, Prof Shane Higgins and the following lectures were delivered. "Pathology" Dr Paul Downey, Pathologist, NMH "Assisted Reproduction" Prof Cathy Allen, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, NMH "Midwifery" Ms Ann Rath, Midwife (Retired), NMH "Fetal Medicine" Dr Stephen Carroll, Obstetrician and Fetal Medicine, NMH "Neonatal Nursing" Ms Emily Barriga, Neonatal Nurse, NMH "Medicine" Dr Medsud Hatunic, Endocrinologist, NMH & Mater Misericordiae University Hospital "Research in Neonatology" Prof Colm O'Donnell, Neonatologist, NMH Hospital Awards & Certificates Awards for 2024 examinations are as follows: Medical Students John F. Cunningham Medal Dr Isabel Dwyer RCSI/NMH Medal Renitha Reddi Bathuni Kieran O'Driscoll Prize Eoghan Culligan A. Edward Smith Medal Louise Murphy Student Midwives Hospital Gold Medal Emma Donohoe (BSc) Ann Nwagwu (Bsc) Elizabeth O'Farrell Medal Katie White (HDip) Alexandra Novotna (BSc) Neonatal Medal (established by Dr Niall O'Brien) Oshya George We congratulate each of them and wish them every success in their future careers. Additional awards were obtained during the year by: Director of Midwifery Award Ann Calnan, Assistant Director of Midwifery & Nursing. Awarded to Ann to acknowledge her outstanding contribution to midwifery and to The National Maternity Hospital for almost 35 years. Colm O'Herlihy Medal Aoife Reynolds, Chief Medical Scientist in Transfusion. Awarded for Research and Innovation. Aoife's research undertook a study on "Increased Blood Produce Requirement Associated with Compliance with the National PPH Guidelines at The National Maternity Hospital". Declan Meagher Medal Helen Thompson, CNM3. Awarded for Innovation. Medal awarded to Helen for her presentation entitled "Transforming Scheduled Outpatient Care; Centralizing Benign Gynaecology Referrals" Orla Gavigan, (CMM2) NMH's Clinical Placement Coordinator (CPC) was presented with a Commendation for Midwifery Practice Education Leader Trailblazer Award at the All Ireland Maternity and Midwifery Festival on the 9th April, which is a fantastic achievement. The NMH Pharmacy Team took the Bronze prize for the Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year, at the Pharmacy Excellence Awards for maintaining motivation within the team, ensuring high-quality patient care, fostering a positive work environment and their incredibly high staff retention rate. In addition, the NMH Pharmacy Team were finalists in the Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year at the Hospital Professional Honours Award Ceremony. Hospital Professional Honours Awards 2024 Alice Hoffmeister, NMH Community Midwife, won the Innovation and service development award for her Birth Affirmation project. The Declan Meagher Symposium was held on Friday, January 12th, 2024. This is the National Maternity Hospital Annual Fetal Medicine Meeting comprising of a full day's programme with lectures on Fetal Growth, Placenta Accreta Spectrum, Preterm Delivery and Preventing Stillbirth. There was also a Masterclass on the latest technologies in 3D Ultrasound. Alongside several local Consultants and Professors, speakers included Prof Basky Thilaganathan, Prof Eric Jauniaux and Dr Rocco Cuzzilla. This International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology