Catherine Marsh

Catherine Marsh is a healthcare innovator focused on improving patient outcomes. A former Clinical Nurse Specialist in Sexual Assault at Mullingar, she became an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in 2022 with University College Dublin. She has led key initiatives, including integrating forensic photography into Sexual Assault Treatment Units. In 2023, she joined Spark Innovation as a National Nursing/Midwifery Fellow and completed a Professional Diploma in Service Design at National College of Art and Design. Passionate about process improvement, she collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to drive healthcare innovation.

Dr Ed Carton

Dr Ed Carton graduated with an MB, BCh, BAO from Trinity College Dublin in 1980. In 1983, he became a member of the College of Physicians of Ireland, and two years later, in 1985, a Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr Carton moved to the United States and became a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology in 1990, with special qualifications in Critical Care Medicine awarded on 27 September 1991. In the same year, Dr Carton presented his MD thesis to the University of Dublin. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland on 6 November 2010. In acknowledgment of his contributions to the specialty, he was awarded the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland Medal on 23 June 2023. Dr Carton’s medical training began in Dublin, Ireland, from 1980 to 1987, and continued at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, from 1987 to 1990.

Dr Carton served as a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, from 1990 to 1993. Following this, he returned to Ireland and held the position of Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, from 1993 until his retirement in 2021. During his tenure, Dr Carton was the Medical Director of the Mater Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Programme. Under his leadership, the Mater ECLS Programme was established in 2008 to provide advanced support for patients with potentially reversible acute heart or lung failure who have failed to respond to maximal conventional therapies.