RCSI graduate bags coveted prizes

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain’s (RCSI Bahrain) seventh Conferring Ceremony was held under the patronage of Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. For the first time, a 24-year-old Bahraini student has won all the three main specialist prizes. 

Maryam Fareed Ashoor received the James Finucane Prize in Medicine, the John Murphy Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and the Niall O’Higgins Prize in Surgery. 

Dr Ashoor also presented the 2016 Valedictorian address. The awards were presented to her by RCSI President Declan Magee, and RCSI Bahrain President Prof. Sameer Otoom.  

The award ceremony provided an opportunity to recognise students for exceptional performances throughout their undergraduate training. 

The Clinical Lecturer Award for Medicine, as voted by the graduating class, was presented to Dr Dalal Alromaihi, Consultant Endocrinologist at King Hamad University Hospital.  

RCSI Bahrain is a constituent university of RSCI, which was established in 1784. Like its Irish counterpart, RCSI Bahrain is a not-for-profit health sciences institution focused on education and research to drive positive changes in all areas of human health worldwide. 

The graduates received degrees from RCSI Bahrain and the National University of Ireland (NUI), as well as licentiates from the Royal college of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI) and RCSI. 

In his address, Magee congratulated the graduates on their achievements and praised the ongoing relationship between RCSI and the Kingdom of Bahrain.