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Dr Hirpara's work has been presented at the FESSH, EFORT, ASSH and BSSH scientific congresses across Europe and the United States, the Shoulder & Elbow Society of Australia, and the Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. The list below covers 26 unique topics across 44 venue appearances between 2003 and 2015, mostly from the doctoral programme at the University of Galway and the inaugural Cutbush fellowship in Brisbane.

Reverse-chronological by year. Each presentation lists every venue where it was delivered — many topics from the doctoral years travelled the international conference circuit (FESSH / EFORT / BSSH) before reaching the larger audiences at ASSH Chicago. Talks delivered as invited lecturer are tagged as such; everything else is first-author or co-author peer-reviewed research.

2015 2 appearances

  1. LMT & National Surgical Nurse Education Day Brisbane · 18 July 2015

    Shoulder Anatomy, Mechanics and Pathology

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

  2. LMT & National Surgical Nurse Education Day Brisbane · 14 March 2015

    Principles of Fracture Management

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

2014 2 appearances

  1. Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia Closed Conference Melbourne · 9 November 2014

    Arthroscopic Posterior Bone Block — is it a viable technique?

    Hirpara KM, Cutbush K First author

  2. Queensland Hand Society Brisbane · 25 July 2014

    The Manchester experience of flexor tendon rehabilitation

    Hirpara KM Invited speaker

2009 7 appearances

  1. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    The incidence of trochanteric bursitis in an Irish back-pain population

    Hirpara KM, Edmundson S, Karkuri A, Hughes B First author

  2. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    The effectiveness of MRSA colonisation screening in asymptomatic orthopaedic healthcare workers in an Irish orthopaedic centre

    Edmundson SP, Hirpara KM, Neill R, Bennett D Co-author

  3. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    The effect of personality traits on total knee arthroplasty outcomes

    Walls R, Hirpara KM, Albadi M, Alkahtani R, Church H, O'Byrne J Co-author

  4. Irish Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Port Laoise · 18 June 2009

    Static and dynamic digital imaging as methods of monitoring patient recovery from shoulder surgery

    O'Briain DE, O'Neill B, Kelly J, Shaughnessy M, Yeatman E, Hirpara KM, Kaar TK Co-author

  5. EFORT Congress Vienna · 3 June 2009

    The effect of personality traits on total knee arthroplasty outcomes

    Walls R, Hirpara KM, Albadi M, Alkahtani R, Church H, O'Byrne J Co-author

  6. EFORT Congress Vienna · 3 June 2009

    Clavicle fractures — a comparison of five classification systems and their relationship to treatment outcomes

    O'Neill BJ, Hirpara KM, O'Briain DE, McGarr C, Kaar TK Co-author

  7. EFORT Congress Vienna · 3 June 2009

    Functional outcome after shoulder surgery — are clinical photographs a reliable method for measuring range of motion in the community?

    O'Neill BJ, O'Briain DE, Hirpara KM, Shaughnessy M, Yeatman E, Kaar TK Co-author

2008 5 appearances

  1. ASSH Scientific Congress Chicago · 18 September 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  2. FESSH Scientific Congress Lausanne · 19 June 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  3. EFORT Congress Nice · 31 May 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  4. IHSS Scientific Congress Dublin · 24 April 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  5. Presidential Medal Competition, RCSI Charter Day Dublin · 15 February 2008

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

2007 15 appearances

  1. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 7 September 2007

    Effects of freezing on the tensile properties of repaired flexor tendons

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  2. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 7 September 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  3. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 7 September 2007

    Risks, benefits and cost-effectiveness of autologous blood transfusion drains compared with suction drains and autologous blood transfusion following total knee arthroplasty

    Abouazza OA, Hirpara KM, Walsh A, O'Sullivan ME Co-author

  4. 32nd Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 7 September 2007

    Functional outcome and complications after volar plating of distal radial fractures

    Murphy M, Ong J, Hirpara KM, Walsh A, O'Sullivan ME Co-author

  5. 28th Cappagh Residents' Prize Dublin · 31 August 2007

    A barbed device for digital flexor tendon repair

    Hirpara KM, O'Sullivan ME, Kerin MJ First author

  6. FESSH Scientific Congress Athens · 30 June 2007

    Effects of freezing on the tensile properties of repaired flexor tendons

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  7. FESSH Scientific Congress Athens · 30 June 2007

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  8. FESSH Scientific Congress Athens · 30 June 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  9. EFORT Congress Florence · 15 May 2007

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  10. BSSH Spring Scientific Meeting Leeds · 3 May 2007

    Effects of freezing on the tensile properties of repaired flexor tendons

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  11. BSSH Spring Scientific Meeting Leeds · 3 May 2007

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  12. BSSH Spring Scientific Meeting Leeds · 3 May 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  13. Atlantic Orthopaedic Club Sligo · 24 February 2007

    A comparison of two, four and six-strand core repairs with the Silfverskiöld peripheral suture in an ex-vivo linear testing model

    Hirpara KM, Raheem OA, Sullivan P, O'Sullivan ME First author

  14. EFORT Congress Florence · 11–15 May 2007

    A case report of intertrochanteric hip fracture secondary to high-velocity RTA after hip resurfacing

    Hirpara KM, Thakrall R, Curtin W First author

  15. BAPRAS Summer Scientific Meeting Deauville · 4–6 July 2007

    The inverting epitendinous suture

    Sullivan PJ, Healy CE, Hirpara KM, Brennan W, Dockery P, Kelly JL Co-author

2006 7 appearances

  1. Corail Learning Course Annecy · November 2006

    Metal-on-metal bearings in total hip replacement

    Curtin W, Hirpara KM, Raheem OA Co-author

  2. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 2 September 2006

    The inverting epitendinous suture

    Sullivan PJ, Healy CE, Hirpara KM, Brennan W, Dockery P, Kelly JL Co-author

  3. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 2 September 2006

    Quantitative comparison of three forms of facial protection in elective hip arthroplasty

    Hirpara KM, McCarthy T, Lenehen B, O'Sullivan ME First author

  4. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 1 September 2006

    Biomechanical analysis of the Silfverskiöld epitendinous suture technique with varying widths of repair

    Hirpara KM, Sullivan P, Raheem OA, O'Sullivan ME First author

  5. 31st Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 1 September 2006

    Four years of experience with scaphoid compression fixation

    Hirpara KM, Thakral R, Beirne C, O'Sullivan ME First author

  6. Irish Hand Surgery Society Meeting Galway · 21 April 2006

    Four years of experience with scaphoid compression fixation

    Hirpara KM, Thakral R, Beirne C, O'Sullivan ME First author

  7. PanCeltic Meeting Ayrshire · 15–17 June 2006

    Quantitative comparison of three forms of facial protection in elective hip arthroplasty

    Hirpara KM, McCarthy T, Lenehen B, O'Sullivan ME First author

2005 3 appearances

  1. Atlantic Orthopaedic Club Galway · 19 November 2005

    A case report of intertrochanteric hip fracture secondary to high-velocity RTA after hip resurfacing

    Hirpara KM, Thakrall R, Curtin W First author

  2. Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland Galway · 17 November 2005

    MIVA thyroidectomy — a novel technique (video presentation)

    Hirpara KM, Jawad A, Ishtiaq A, Quill D First author

  3. 30th Sir Peter Freyer Memorial Lecture and Surgical Symposium Galway · 2 September 2005

    Quantitative assessment of helmet visor contamination in total hip arthroplasty

    Hirpara KM, McCarthy T, Devitt A, Curtin W, O'Sullivan ME First author

2004 1 appearance

  1. Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Meeting Harrogate · 28–30 April 2004

    An observational parallel-group comparative study with and without the “Magic Bullet” (aspirin, cardioselective beta-blocker, pravastatin and clopidogrel) in the perioperative and postoperative period for AAA surgery and femoral-popliteal revascularisation

    Oaikhinan K, Hirpara KM, Akhtar Y, Heskin L, Mannind B, Arema M, Courtney D, Sultan S Co-author

2003 2 appearances

  1. Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting Limerick · 7–8 March 2003

    Opportunities in vascular surgery — endovascular intervention of the aorto-iliac and femoral-popliteal segments: a comparative parallel group study of bypass surgery and angioplasty

    Hynes N, Akhtar Y, Hirpara KM, McManus C, Oaikhinan K, Courtney D, Quill D, Sultan S Co-author

  2. Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Scientific Meeting Limerick · 7–8 March 2003

    Comparative study of the use of synthetic graft in the aortic and femoral-popliteal segment: does InterGard silver-impregnated Dacron and carbon Distaflo graft offer a better outcome?

    Oaikhinan K, Akhtar Y, Hynes N, Hirpara KM, McManus C, Quill D, Courtney D, Sultan S Co-author

2016 – present

Australian practice — list in progress

Conference presentations and invited talks since establishing practice in Rockhampton in 2016 are being compiled and will appear here.

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