Congratulations to the winners of the prestigious Canavan Medal and Reuben Harvey Prize

Congratulations to the winners of the prestigious Canavan Medal and Reuben Harvey Prize who received their awards at a special ceremony at No. 6 Kildare Street during RCPI’s Annual Symposium – St Luke’s. 

The Canavan Medal

We are delighted to announce that Dr Jessica Marie Lowry is the winner of this year’s Canavan Medal. This prestigious award is given to the doctor who scored the highest marks in the MRCPI General Medicine examination, demonstrating outstanding knowledge and skill in passing every component of the membership examination on their first attempt.

The award is in honour of the late Dr Desmond Canavan, an esteemed past President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) and a former Director of Examinations. The Canavan Medal is awarded annually at the discretion of the President of RCPI and on the recommendation of  RCPI Examiners.

The Reuben Harvey Prize

We are pleased to announce the 2023 winners of the prestigious Reuben Harvey Prize, which is awarded by RCPI each year to the students who achieve the highest marks in their class for final year examinations in Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics:

•    Dr Barra O’Byrne, University of Limerick
•    Dr Dahhóg Boyle, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
•    Dr Lynne Thornton, Queen’s University Belfast
•    Dr Evan O Flaherty, University College Galway
•    Dr Jessica Murphy, University College Cork
•    Dr Ruth Walsh, Trinity College Dublin
•    Dr Ned Quirke, University College Dublin

The Reuben Harvey prize was established in 1882 in memory of Dr Reuben Joshua Harvey, anatomist and physiologist who died in 1881 at the age of just 36.

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