Orthopaedic CPD Study Evening
Join us on Thursday 16th April 2026 for a free CPD educational evening in the Carrickdale Hotel & Spa, Dundalk.
Suitable for: GPs, GP trainees and Physiotherapists.
6.30pm - 9pm
Free
Date: Thursday 16th April 2026
Time: 6.30pm – 9.00pm
Location: Carrickdale Hotel & Spa, Dundalk
Join us for a free CPD study evening which will focus on interactive case-based presentations from our expert speakers. As well as an update on Vhi’s expansion of benefit for Kingsbridge Private Hospital Group, and the procedures reimbursed via the NI Planned Healthcare Scheme (NIPHS).
Agenda:
6:30pm – Registration & Refreshments
7.00pm – Welcome and update from Kingsbridge Private Hospital Group
7.15pm – CPD Presentations: Orthopaedic Hot Topics
8.45pm – Questions & Close
Meet our expert consultants:
Mr Owen Diamond was appointed as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast in September 2018. He completed his medical degree in Trinity College Dublin in 2004, graduating with honours.
During his training he undertook a Doctorate of Medicine, in hip surgery at Queens University Belfast under the supervision of Professor David Beverland. He has also completed a Master of Science in Trauma and Orthopaedic Research in the University of Warwick with Professor Matt Costa and a Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine in the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
Following completion of his training in Belfast in January 2015, he undertook extensive specialist fellowship training at internationally renowned centres in Birmingham, Vancouver (Canada), Bristol and also at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York (USA), focusing on Hip and Knee Replacements, Hip Preservation Surgery (Hip Arthroscopy) and Orthopaedic Trauma.
Mr Raymond McKenna is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in adult and paediatric foot & ankle conditions, trauma surgery, sports injuries, complex clubfoot, limb deformity and limb reconstruction surgery.
Mr McKenna graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2010. He completed the Northern Ireland Orthopaedic Higher Surgical Training program and obtained Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Trauma & Orthopaedics) in 2020. Mr McKenna also completed a Master of Surgery higher degree in Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery through the University of Edinburgh with distinction and Master of Science higher degree in Clinical Education with distinction through Queen’s University Belfast.
Mr McKenna went on to complete the competitive AOA accredited world-renowned Paediatric Orthopaedics Fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne under the guidance of Leo Donnan. During training he worked closely with Prof. Wong-Chung past president of Irish Foot and Ankle Society (IOFAS). Mr McKenna is the current secretary of IOFAS and is involved in the education and training of current higher surgical trainees, junior doctors and medical students.
Mr McKenna is a consultant in Musgrave Park Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital and the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. He is the clinical lead in the Ponseti clubfoot service and maintains a large tertiary referral practice for children and adults from across Northern Ireland. Mr McKenna specialises in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery including open, arthroscopic and selective minimally invasive approaches. He manages congenital and acquired limb deformity and limb length discrepancy, foot and ankle arthritis including ankle replacement, bunions, flat feet, ligament/tendon damage, neuromuscular conditions and complex fracture surgery.
Irish College of GPs accreditation has been applied for.