Mr . Gerard Sheridan
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Hospital
Galway
Department
Orthopaedics
Specialties
Orthopaedic Surgery
Biography
Mr. Gerard A. Sheridan is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip and knee reconstruction surgery. He graduated with Honours as a Scholar from Trinity College Dublin in 2012. He was ranked number 1 in the country for the higher surgical training scheme in Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
After completion of 2 years core surgical training, Mr. Sheridan then completed 6 years of higher surgical training in Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery. He completed his Master of Surgery degree (MCh) in 2016 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2019 after success in the Intercollegiate FRCS examination in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery. He holds postgraduate qualifications in Healthcare Management and Clinical Education and is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education.
Mr. Sheridan then completed 3 subspecialty fellowships. He completed a fellowship in Musgrave Park Hospital Belfast specialising in hip and knee replacement surgery. In 2021, he completed a 1 year fellowship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada where he gained experience in the full spectrum of hip and knee reconstructive surgery. He won the ‘resident’s prize’ for ‘fellow of the year’ in Vancouver. In 2022, he completed a fellowship in deformity correction and complex limb reconstruction in the premier Orthopaedic hospital in the USA, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. He was awarded the ‘Gavriil Award’ for ‘Excellence in Complex Limb Reconstruction Surgery’ while in HSS.
Mr. Sheridan has a strong academic presence and has published widely in the field of hip and knee arthroplasty and complex limb reconstruction. To date he is the author of 74 peer-reviewed articles and 3 book chapters. He has received 12 research awards in the field of Orthopaedics and 10 academic awards throughout his career to date. He is a regular academic reviewer for the Journal of Arthroplasty.
He currently holds the position of consultant Orthopaedic surgeon at Galway University Hospital and Merlin Park University Hospital. He is now a performing surgery in the Bon Secours Health System in Galway.
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