Canavan Medal and Reuben Harvey Prize awarded at RCPI Annual Conference
Congratulations to the winners of the prestigious Canavan Medal and Reuben Harvey Prize who received their awards as a special ceremony at No. 6 Kildare Street during RCPI’s Annual Conference on Wednesday, 16 October 2024.
The Canavan Medal
We are delighted to announce that Dr Cormac Newell, a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, is the winner of this year’s Canavan Medal. This prestigious award is given to the doctor who scored the highest marks in the MRCPI General Medicine examination, demonstrating outstanding knowledge and skill in passing every component of the membership examination on their first attempt.
The award is in honour of the late Dr Desmond Canavan, an esteemed past President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) and a former Director of Examinations. The Canavan Medal is awarded annually at the discretion of the President of the college and on the recommendation of RCPI Examiners.
The Reuben Harvey Prize
We are pleased to announce the 2024 winners of the prestigious Reuben Harvey Prize, which is awarded by RCPI each year to students who achieve the highest marks in their class for final year examinations in Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics.
- Dr Niamh Courtney - University of Limerick
- Dr Rachel Frankle - Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
- Dr Nicole Catherine Gormley - Queen’s University Belfast
- Dr Margaret Glazier - University of Galway
- Dr Orlaith O’Donovan - University College Cork
- Dr Liam Mariga - Trinity College Dublin
- Dr Therese Meade - University College Dublin
The Reuben Harvey prize was established in 1882 in memory of Dr Reuben Joshua Harvey, anatomist and physiologist who died in 1881 at the age of just 36.