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A vascular surgical device developed by a local GP (and participant in NUI Galway’s BioInnovate programme) that makes it easier for doctors to access the body during vascular surgery has won the Clinical Innovation Award 2014. As a result, Dr Cliona Murphy will work with Cleveland Clinic to develop improved outcomes from vascular surgery. Dr Murphy, a General Practitioner and current participant in the BioInnovate programme in National University of Ireland Galway, collaborated with colleagues to identify a technology that will make it easier for doctors to access the body during vascular surgery, and potentially improve outcomes for patients as a result.

Brian P Griffin, cardiologist at the world famous Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, who is a native of Athenry and graduate of NUI Galway, visited the Croí Heart and Stroke Centre in Galway last weekend to speak to doctors and nurses on current developments in the treatment of heart valve disease.