Meet the
Organisers
President of the Irish Spine Society
Prof. John P. McCabe
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon (Spine and Hip/knee surgery) at Bon Secours Hospital and Galway University Hospitals
Professor of Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, NUI, Galway
President of The Irish Spine Society
Having commenced practice in Galway in 1996, Professor Mc Cabe is the longest serving Spine Surgeon in the Irish Public System. His expertise covers the full spectrum of traumatic, degenerative and tumour spine conditions as well as deformity surgery. He has pioneered technologies in this area including anterior and posterior cervical fixation and percutaneous spinal surgery. He has particular expertise in the management of complex spinal conditions in the presence of prior surgery.
Professor Mc Cabe also has an extensive practice in hip and knee surgery given his unique dual fellowship training in the world renowned Hospital For Special Surgery, New York .This experience has ensured that he is skilled and has a wealth of knowledge in dealing with all aspects of musculoskeletal conditions pertaining to the spine and hip/knee area, conditions which often times can be difficult to diagnose and treat.
Education:
1985: Conferred with an honours medical degree from NUI Galway and awarded first place in class for the final medical year
1989: F.R.C.S.I. RCSI1989: Master of Medical Science Degree, NUIG1990: Master in Surgery, NUIG1993: F.R.C.S (Orth) RCSI
1994: Certificate of Accreditation in Orthopaedic Surgery ,Intercollegiate Board
1995: Fellowship in Spine Surgery, The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York Hospital -Cornell Medical Centre, New York
1996: Fellowship in Joint Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York Hospital -Cornell Medical Centre, New York
2017: Personal Professor in Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery, NUI, Galway
Research and Publications:
Professor Mc Cabe is very involved in ongoing research and teaching particularly in the area of spinal surgery. He has over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals as well as a number of co-authored book chapters in both spinal surgery and arthroplasty. He presents regularly at national and international meetings.
Professor Joseph Butler is a consultant spine surgeon at the National Spinal Injuries Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Mater Private Hospital. He completed the National Surgical Training Programme in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). He subsequently completed clinical fellowship training in complex spine deformity and tumour surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK; spine trauma and degenerative spine surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; and complex, revision and minimally invasive spine surgery at the Rothman Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA. He also completed visiting fellowships in spine surgery at UMC Utrecht, Netherlands; Washington University, St. Louis, USA; and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
He was awarded a PhD in bone biology by University College Dublin and is an active clinical and laboratory researcher. He is a Clinical Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery at University College Dublin and is Director of Research at the Pillar Centre for Transformative Healthcare. He has over 130 publications and 160 presentations at national and international scientific meetings. He has 30 major national and international awards for his research work and has been awarded over €4 million in research funding. He is on the editorial board of several major journals in the fields of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery and Spine Surgery. He is Secretary of the Irish Spine Society and Regional Director of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS). He is a member of the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Trauma and sits on the Biologics & Basic Research Committee, Spinal Cord Injury Committee and Robotics & Navigation Committee of the North American Spine Society (NASS).
Secretary of the Irish Spine Society
Prof. Joseph S. Butler
PhD FACS FRCS
National Spinal Injuries Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.