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Dr '''Roger McMorrow''' is an Anaesthetist and research fellow in the [[Rotunda Hospital]] [[Dublin]] [[Ireland]]. He is Co-Founder and Chair of the [[/Expeditionary Research Society of Ireland]], inventor of the [[/McMorrow Laryngoscope]] and the [[/CXE Breathing Circuit]] and is one of Irelands Everest Summiteers<ref>http://www.mounteverest.net/news.php?id=16015</ref> |
Dr '''Roger McMorrow''' is an Anaesthetist and research fellow in the [[Rotunda Hospital]], [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]. He is Co-Founder and Chair of the [[/Expeditionary Research Society of Ireland]], inventor of the [[/McMorrow Laryngoscope]] and the [[/CXE Breathing Circuit]] and is one of Irelands Everest Summiteers<ref>http://www.mounteverest.net/news.php?id=16015</ref> |
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Born [[October 10th]] [[1975]] in [[Monze]] [[Zambia]] to John and Nuala McMorrow. Roger spent his childhood growing up in [[Lisburn]] [[Northern Ireland]]. He attended St Colemans Primary School, Lisburn then [[Rathmore Grammar School]] [[Belfast]] to [[GCSE]] level, he completed his secondary education to [[Advanced |
Born [[October 10th]] [[1975]] in [[Monze]], [[Zambia]] to John and Nuala McMorrow. Roger spent his childhood growing up in [[Lisburn]], [[Northern Ireland]]. He attended St Colemans Primary School, Lisburn then [[Rathmore Grammar School]], [[Belfast]] to [[GCSE]] level, he completed his secondary education to [[Advanced Level]] at [[Friends School Lisbun]]. He studied Medicine at the [[Queens University Belfast]] and was president of the [http://www.qubmountaineering.com/ Queens University Mountaineering Club]from [[1997]] to [[1998]]. On [[May 24th]] [[2007]] he summited Everest as a member of the research team on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition. He was subsequently honoured as Queens University [http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Alumni/Events/PastEvents/2007Events/GraduateStudentoftheYearwinners/ Graduate of the Year 2007] for his part in the rescue of a young Nepaleese woman left for dead near the summit of Everest<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6700603.stm</ref>. Roger now lives in Dublin with his wife Sara Spencer. They have two children Aoife and Isolde. |
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== Qualifications == |
== Qualifications == |
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Revision as of 15:28, 4 June 2008
Roger McMorrow
Dr Roger McMorrow is an Anaesthetist and research fellow in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. He is Co-Founder and Chair of the /Expeditionary Research Society of Ireland, inventor of the /McMorrow Laryngoscope and the /CXE Breathing Circuit and is one of Irelands Everest Summiteers[1]
Born October 10th 1975 in Monze, Zambia to John and Nuala McMorrow. Roger spent his childhood growing up in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He attended St Colemans Primary School, Lisburn then Rathmore Grammar School, Belfast to GCSE level, he completed his secondary education to Advanced Level at Friends School Lisbun. He studied Medicine at the Queens University Belfast and was president of the Queens University Mountaineering Clubfrom 1997 to 1998. On May 24th 2007 he summited Everest as a member of the research team on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition. He was subsequently honoured as Queens University Graduate of the Year 2007 for his part in the rescue of a young Nepaleese woman left for dead near the summit of Everest[2]. Roger now lives in Dublin with his wife Sara Spencer. They have two children Aoife and Isolde.
Qualifications
Roger McMorrow holds a bachelor of Medicine MB, BCh, BAO degree from the Queen's University Belfast and a Diploma in Mountain Medicine Dip Mtn Med from the University of Leicester. He is a fellow FCARCSI of the Irish College of Anaesthetists. He is currently enroled in an MD with University College Dublin
Patents
1. A New Mirrored Laryngoscope
- US 7214184
- EP1450669
- DE60221889
- AT369783
2. A Breathing Apparatus
Media
- Guardian: Doctors to climb Everest - and get out the exercise bikes
- BBC: Research doctors target Everest
- BBC: NI doctors in Everest rescue drama
- Sky News: Doc's mountain to climb
- Timesonline: Doctors at the peak of their profession
- Ulster star: A call from the top of the world