Bridget Melley

Irish | Doctor | Medical Scientist | BSc MB BCh MCh MRCSI| Core Surgical Trainee Year 2👩🏻‍⚕️Irish Surgical Trainee Group CST2 Rep/PRO | Orthopaedic Enthusiast

[BOA @BritOrthopaedic]

BOA response to The Times (1st May, 2025) article suggesting orthopaedic surgery is primarily suited to men due to the physical nature of the work: “outdated and derogatory.”
BOA President Mark Bowditch: “Skill, judgement and teamwork—not gender—define a good surgeon.”
Read it here: https://t.co/rqDJpY7yhL
#WomenInSurgery #OrthoEquality

[MaterSurgery @Matersurgery]

Wow

https://t.co/8jFok2o3Pl

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

Our first special guest for the ISTG Session #RCSICharter Week on Saturday February 8th is PROGRESS Women in Surgery Fellowship recipient Ms Evelyn Murphy @M2020Ni 🦴

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

The Great Charter Week Debate is Back!!! 🎊🎊

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

Programme for our upcoming Careers Day! 🎉
Look forward to seeing everyone there!

[UHW Surgery @SurgeryUhw]

XXXIII Waterford Surgical October Meeting 2024

[Bridget Melley @MelleyBridget]

Delighted to win the Joe O Beirne Orthopaedic Prize at the 2024 Waterford October Surgical Meeting Yesterday 🙌🏻

Another fantastic conference by the team @SurgeryUhw 👏🏻

[UHW Surgery @SurgeryUhw]

Congratulations @MelleyBridget on winning The Joe O'Beirne Prize at The XXXIII Waterford Surgical October Meeting yesterday

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

Congratulations to the winner of the William O Keefe prize, Sorcha O'Meara and the Joe O'Beirne Prize, Bridget Melley our PRO! At the WSOM yesterday. @SurgeryUhw

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

Looking forward to a great programme today at the Waterford October Surgical Meeting 🙌🏻

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

📢 Now accepting abstracts for this year’s Aspiring Surgeon’s Research Symposium 📢 Students, interns and SHOs are invited to submit your work and present at the ISTG Careers Day 2024 Nov 9th. Oral & poster prizes available 💰

[Bridget Melley @MelleyBridget]

Delighted to have the opportunity to present at The 2024 British Orthopaedic Association Congress this week! 🇮🇪 Great to see trainees at the forefront with this year’s theme 👏🏻

@SurgeryUhw @UHW_Waterford @RCSI_Irl @BritOrthopaedic @ISTGofficial @IrishTrainees

[University of Galway Surgery 🔬🧬 @GalwaySurgery]

Surgical trainees enjoying #Freyer2024 on a sunny day in #Galway!

[UHW Surgery @SurgeryUhw]

1 Day to go to Abstract Deadline for XXXIII Waterford Surgical October meeting on 12th October! Please submit! @UHW_Waterford @SurgeryDeptUCC @UCCMedHealth @RCSI_Irl @Matersurgery @GalwaySurgery @TUH_Tallaght @Beaumont_Dublin @stjamesdublin @SurgerySvhg @UHLSurgery

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

Best of luck to everyone changing over in July!

✏️ Some tips from @NDTP_HSE

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

🚨🚨 New Podcast Episode: @pfridgway - Winner of 2024 Silver Scalpel

The silver scalpel is awarded each year to a consultant surgeon for their outstanding contributions to surgical training. Congratulations to Prof Paul Ridgeway.

🎧Spotify: https://t.co/2pHINa6VvA

[Bridget Melley @MelleyBridget]

And breathe! MRCS A & B ✅ Another step in the surgical journey complete! 🎉

[Univ Hosp Waterford @UHW_Waterford]

Surgical skills simulation workshop, well done to the organisers, the facilitators, the participants and to Prof Byrne GUH who kindly loaned us the equipment. #everydayisaschoolday #learningtogether @bwtsoh @SurgeryUhw @HSELive @SouthEastCH

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

Words of wisdom at the ISTG session of Charter Week 2024!

[Irish Surgical Training Group @ISTGofficial]

🗓️ ISTG Session - Charter Week

⏰ Wednesday, February 7th @ 4pm

🌍 Lots of excellent talks under this years theme - ‘The Global Impact of Surgery’

[Caraíosa Harrington @CaraiosaH]

A successful launch of our first surgical skills simulation night for NCHDs this Thursday, a great opportunity to test suturing and laparoscopic skills using augmented reality @MelleyBridget @SurgeryUhw @LiamDevane @nnifhoghlu @JNJNews @ethicon