Suture Self - The Podcast of the Irish Surgical Training Group

Bariatric Surgery with Prof Helen Heneghan Part 1

Vinnie Varley, Sinead Ramjit, Fintan Ryan Season 1 Episode 3

Prof. Helen Heneghan, UCD’s first female Professor of Surgery, is a Consultant Bariatric and General Surgeon in St Vincents University Hospital. 

In this episode Prof Heneghan discusses the indications and benefits of bariatric surgery as well as the range of operations available in Ireland and abroad.

A native of Corofin in Galway, Helen Heneghan graduated in Medicine from NUI, Galway in 2005.  She Completed the RCSI Higher Surgical Training scheme in General Surgery. During her training, she spent two years in the Bariatric Metabolic Institute in Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. 

Following this she completed a Bariatric Fellowship in the UK (Chester, Liverpool) before returning to a Consultant post in Ireland. 

Twitter/X: @HeneghanHelen