The South Eastern Health Board has appointed a new Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Vascular Surgery for Waterford Regional Hospital.

Mr. K. Simon Cross, MD., MMed.Sci., FRCSI (Gen.), FRCS (Ed.), took up his position in Waterford in October.

Mr. Cross graduated from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in 1981. Having completed an internship in the Meath Hospital and a year as Anatomy Demonstrator at TCD, he joined the Western Region Pre-Fellowship Training Scheme in Surgery and worked in Mayo General Hospital, Merlin Park Regional Hospital and Galway University Hospital.

Having obtained his Fellowships of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Ireland and Edinburgh he became an International Research Fellow at the Atherosclerosis Research Laboratory at Duke University, North Carolina. Having completed the Guys Hospital Middle Grade Rotation, Mr. Cross returned to Ireland and completed his training on the National Scheme for Higher Surgical Training in Ireland.

In 1995 he was appointed Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant Vascular Surgeon to Aberdeen University and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Mr. Cross has particular interests in Endovascular Surgery, mesenteric ischaemia vascular biology, the management of trauma  and clinical audit.

In his spare time, Mr. Cross enjoys playing golf and driving his 30 year old MG.

Regional Manager with the South Eastern Health Board, Peter Finnegan, said the Board was delighted to welcome Mr. Cross to Waterford Regional Hospital. “We are thrilled to have someone as knowledgeable and experienced as Mr. Cross working with us. I wish him all the best in his new appointment,” he said.