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DSM staff profile

Dr Anne Collins

PositionClinical Senior Lecturer
DepartmentDepartment of Surgical Sciences (Dunedin)
QualificationsMB BCh BAO(Hons) B Med Sci(Hons) MCh FRCSI(Plast) FEBOPRAS
Clinical
  • Skin cancer surgery (melanoma and non-melanoma)
  • Hand surgery
  • Breast surgery
  • Body transformation
  • Surgical and non-surgical facial aesthetics

Additional details

Postgraduate awards

  • Ethicon Foundation Travel Grant, 2017
  • Dr Richard Steeven’s Scholarship: Health Service Executive Specialist Registrar Training Abroad Programme, 2015
  • Ethicon Foundation Travel Grant, 2015
  • Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand travelling fellowship to the Wrightington Upper Limb Unit, UK, 2013
  • Best Paper, The Irish Hand Surgery Society Annual Meeting, 2013
  • Research Conference Travel Grant, Department of Research, Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, 2013
  • Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Clinical Conundrum 1st prize, 2012
  • The Kilner Prize, Best Overall Paper, British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Winter Meeting, London, 2008
  • Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Surgical Section, 1st prize, 2008
  • Brendan Devlin Poster Prize, Waterford Surgical October Club, 2008
  • Academic Scholarship to University College Dublin, 1998

    • Publications

    Collins, A. M., Woods, J. F. C., O'Neill, S. P., Hanson, R. P., & Ridgway, P. F. (2018). Plastic surgery training courses: Motivation, money matters and more. International Journal of Surgery Research & Practice, 5(1), 063. doi: 10.23937/2378-3397/1410063

    Collins, A. M., Granahan, A. M., Healy, D. G., Lawlor, C. A., & O'Neill, S. P. (2017). Giant desmoid tumour of the thorax following latissimus dorsi and implant breast reconstruction: Case report and review of the literature. Irish Medical Journal, 110(3), 534. Retrieved from https://imj.ie/

    Quinlan, C. S., Collins, A. M., Nason, G. J., & Dempsey, M. (2016). The use of social media by plastic surgery journals. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 69(7), 1009-1011. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2016.04.004

    Collins, A. M., Quinlan, C. S., Dolan, R. T., O'Neill, S. P., Tierney, P., Cronin, K. J., & Ridgway, P. F. (2015). Audiovisual preconditioning enhances the efficacy of an anatomical dissection course: A randomised study. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 68, 1010-1015. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.03.010

    Kelly, E. G., Collins, A. M., Imran, F. H., & Cronin, K. J. (2013). Double trouble: Rugby associated simultaneous rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon in zones I and II. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 66(12), 1795-1797. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.04.053

    Collins, A. M., Woods, J. F. C., O'Neill, S. P., Hanson, R. P., & Ridgway, P. F. (2018). Plastic surgery training courses: Motivation, money matters and more. International Journal of Surgery Research & Practice, 5(1), 063. doi: 10.23937/2378-3397/1410063

    Journal - Research Article

    Collins, A. M., Quinlan, C. S., Dolan, R. T., O'Neill, S. P., Tierney, P., Cronin, K. J., & Ridgway, P. F. (2015). Audiovisual preconditioning enhances the efficacy of an anatomical dissection course: A randomised study. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 68, 1010-1015. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2015.03.010

    Journal - Research Article

    Collins, A. M., Connaughton, J., Hill, A. D. K., & Ridgway, P. F. (2013). Bare below the elbows: A comparative study of a tertiary and district general hospital. Irish Medical Journal, 106(9), 272-275.

    Journal - Research Article

    Ridgway, P. F., Collins, A. M., & McCready, D. R. (2011). The surgical importance of an axillary arch in sentinel node biopsy. Surgical & Radiologic Anatomy, 33, 147-149. doi: 10.1007/s00276-010-0724-3

    Journal - Research Article

    Collins, A. M., Ridgway, P. F., Hassan, M. S. U., Chou, C. W. K., Hill, A. D., & Kneafsey, B. (2010). Surgical instruction for general practitioners: How, who and how often? Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 63(7), 1156-1162. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.05.023

    Journal - Research Article

    Collins, A. M., Granahan, A. M., Healy, D. G., Lawlor, C. A., & O'Neill, S. P. (2017). Giant desmoid tumour of the thorax following latissimus dorsi and implant breast reconstruction: Case report and review of the literature. Irish Medical Journal, 110(3), 534. Retrieved from https://imj.ie/

    Journal - Research Other

    Quinlan, C. S., Collins, A. M., Nason, G. J., & Dempsey, M. (2016). The use of social media by plastic surgery journals. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 69(7), 1009-1011. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2016.04.004

    Journal - Research Other

    Kelly, E. G., Collins, A. M., Imran, F. H., & Cronin, K. J. (2013). Double trouble: Rugby associated simultaneous rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon in zones I and II. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 66(12), 1795-1797. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.04.053

    Journal - Research Other

    Collins, A. M., Power, K. T., Hill, A. D., & Kneafsey, B. (2010). Achilles tendon reconstruction following excision of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour: Evaluation at five years follow-up. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 63(1), e62-e64. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.04.005

    Journal - Research Other

    Collins, A. M., Power, K. T., Gaughan, B., Hill, A. D., & Kneafsey, B. (2009). Abdominal wall reconstruction for a large caesarean scar endometrioma. Surgeon, 7(4), 252-253. doi: 10.1016/S1479-666X(09)80096-6

    Journal - Research Other

    Collins, A. M., Ridgway, P., Killeen, R. P., Dodd, J. D., & Tolan, M. (2009). Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung: Hazards of delayed diagnosis. Respirology, 14(7), 1058-1060. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01603.x

    Journal - Research Other

    Collins, A. M., Moriarty, J. M., Laing, A. J., & Synnott, K. (2008). Penetrating spinal injury by a projectile diamond bead in a limestone quarry. Injury Extra, 39, 62-64. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.06.017

    Journal - Research Other

    Collins, A. M., Ridgway, P., McDonald, K., & Tolan, M. (2008). Delayed cardiac tamponade following blunt thoracic trauma. Injury Extra, 39(7), 253-255. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.01.020

    Journal - Research Other

    Collins, A. M., Winter, D. C., McCormick, A. P., Cottell, D. C., & Geoghegan, J. G. (2007). Amiodarone hepatotoxicity complicating obstructive jaundice due to ampullary cancer. Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International, 6(4), 435-437. [Case Study].

    Journal - Research Other

    Collins, A., Shah, S., & O'Reilly, T. (2006). "Square peg into a round hole": Closure of a laparotomy wound dehiscence with a modified rhomboid flap. Internet Journal of Surgery, 4(1). Retrieved from https://ispub.com/IJPS

    Journal - Research Other

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