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Professor Aisling Snow

Clinical Associate Professor (Paediatrics)
TALLAGHT HOSPITAL

 asnow@tcd.ie

 3531896 3763


Research Tags

  3D Printing   BONE DENSITY   Clinical Logistics   Clinical Workflow   Congenital Cardiac CT   Diagnostics   DXA   Foetal Abnormality   Health Planning/Policy   Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)   MRI   MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM   PAEDIATRIC   paediatric radiology   QUALITY ASSESSMENT   RADIOLOGY   Radiology, tomography and medical imaging   ULTRASOUND

Research Projects

 Application of Logistics Principles to Optimisation of Paediatric Radiology Workflows
 A data-driven approach to the age at which female paediatric patients should be subject to pregnancy status determination prior to imaging using ionising radiation
 Using Simulation Techniques to Teach Upper GI Contrast Study Technique to Non-Paediatric Radiologists

Representations

Details Date
Chair, Radiology Equipping Decision Group, Children's Health Ireland - responsible for delivering the equipment required to run the new department 2019
Clinical Lead for Paediatric Radiology, Children's Health Ireland. Responsibility for coordinating the integration of the paediatric radiology services in Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght into one entity. Involves mobilising teams of relevant staff members and leading subgroups tasked with planning workforce, IT, administrative, QA, research, education, interventional radiology, radiation protection and patient safety aspects of the service. 2015
Member of the Healthcare Technology Equipping Group, Children's Health Ireland. This group reported to the board of hospital and to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and was tasked with overseeing the healthcare equipment procurement for the new children's hospital. I was the only clinician on the committee and led clinical evaluation of the options for how to equip the hospital in general and the radiology department in particular. 2017
Paediatric Radiology Subgroup, Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI 2018
Member, Radiation Safety Committee, Children's Health Ireland - responsible for ensuring statutory compliance with radiation safety best practice 2018
Member of Cross Hospital Paediatric Radiologists Group, Dublin. I designed the governance structure for our specialty that has been accepted by the CEO of the CHI hospital group and now applies to our method of managing the process of integrating the 3 hospitals into 1. As part of this the Cross Hospital Paediatric Radiologists Group has responsibility for policies and protocols in paediatric radiology. 2017
Chair of Radiation Quality Assurance Group, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin - tasked with integrating the current approaches in the existing hospitals to radiation safety, and designing the future structure of the radiation safety programme in the New Children's Hospital 2017
Reviewer, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Member of the Residency Review Committee, Boston Children's Hospital - Fellow representative - responsible for assessing residents' competency and determining suitable for sign off from their rotation in paediatric radiology 2012
Member and Fellow representative, Graduate Medical Education (GME) Committee, Boston Children's Hospital - responsible for decision making about fellowship training programs, including eligibility of foreign graduates 2013
Member, Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor committee, Irish Medical Organisation 2009
Radiology Registrar Rota Coordinator, Tallaght University Hospital - responsibility for drawing up fair and effective rotas for daily work and call cover for all radiology registrars 2010

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Medium Medium
Irish Medium Medium Medium

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI 2011 Current
Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, RCPI/RCSI 2018 Current
European Society of Skeletal Radiology 2014 Current
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2015 Current
Society for Paediatric Radiology 2012 Current
European Society for Paediatric Radiology 2011 Current
Radiological Society of North America 2018 Current
Member of the Irish Medical Organisation 2004 Current
Member of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association 2018 2020
A Snow, A radiologist's perspective on protection of the fetus in a paediatric hospital, EURADOS Winter School 2020, Online, February 4th , 2021, European Radiation Dosimetry Group, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Lane L, deGascun C, O'Connor P, Cronly S, Snow A, Cryan J, Multicystic encephalomalacia the neuropathology of systemic neonatal parechovirus infection, Pediatric and Developmental Pathology, 2021, pDOI 10.1177/10935266211001645 , Notes: [ ], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Mulholland, D; Snow, A, The evaluation of palpable thigh modularity in vaccination age children - differentiating vaccination granulomas from other causes, Journal of Medical Ultrasound, 2021, Journal Article, ACCEPTED
Snow A., Taylor G.A., Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Imaging Austerity: Coming Back From the Pandemic, Journal of the American College of Radiology, 17, (7), 2020, p903 - 905, p903-905 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Breatnach, Colm; Snow, Aisling; Nolke, Lars; Oslizlok, Paul, Cardiac Strangulation Causing Refractory Cardiac Arrest, Cardiology in the Young, 30, (10), 2020, p1535 - 1537, Notes: [Accepted July 21, 2020, pub September 2020], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Breatnach, C.R., Snow, A., Nolke, L., Oslizlok, P., Cardiac strangulation causing refractory cardiac arrest during elective pacemaker revision: A cautionary tale, Cardiology in the Young, 30, (10), 2020, p1535-1537 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Martin, Therese, Moore, Mary, Melody, Laura, Nolan, Beatrice, Snow, Aisling, Govender, Pradeep, Blackburn, Carol, Going out on a (clotted) limb - an interesting case of paget-schroetter syndrome in a young adolescent, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2019, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Walsh B, Fennessy P, Ni Mhuircheartaigh R, Snow A, McCarthy KF, McCaul CL, Accuracy of ultrasound in measurement of the pediatric cricothyroid membrane., Paediatric anaesthesia, 2019, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Joyce EA, Farrell T, McMorrow J, Mulholland D, Browne KM, Snow A, Are adult carpal angle measurements applicable to the pediatric population in the trauma setting?, Skeletal radiology, 2018, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Smyth AE, Kaleviste E, Snow A, Kisand K, McMahon CJ, Cant AJ, Leahy TR, Aortic Calcification in a Patient with a Gain-of-Function STAT1 Mutation., Journal of clinical immunology, 2018, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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O'Connor R, Ryan S, Snow A, 'Paediatric Radiography Protocols for Children's Health Ireland', version 1, 2018, -, Protocol or guideline, PUBLISHED
A Snow, Paediatric Radiology, Paediatric Trainee Study Day, RCPI, Kildare Street, April , 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
L Fitzgerald, A Snow, Audit of Physical Marker Use in Paediatric Radiology, 2018, Poster, PUBLISHED
A Snow, Designing for Success - Radiology Planning for the New Children's Hospital, Annual Scientific Meeting, Faculty of Radiologists, RCSI, Dublin, September, 2017, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
A Snow, Paediatric MRA/MRV, Irish MRI Meeting, Kilkenny, January, 2017, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
A Snow, Paediatric Iliofemoral Ligament Tears, Charter Day, RCSI, Dublin, February, 2017, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
A Snow, Paediatric Radiology for Paediatricians, RCPI Paediatric Study Day, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2017, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
A Snow, Update on Foetal MRI, Irish Perinatal Society Meeting, RCPI Kildare Street, October, 2016, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
A Snow, Murphy D, Mc Coubrey S, Paediatric Perspective on Pregnancy in Imaging, National Pregnancy Policy Workshop, Dublin, February, 2016, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
A Snow, C Brenner, D Rea, 'Neonatal Ultrasound Referral Guidelines', Coombe Women and Infants Hospital, 2012, -, Protocol or guideline, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Scholarship, Trinity College Dublin 2001
Fellowship of the Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine (RCSI/RCPI) 2018
Innovate Course for entrepreneurs, Enterprise Ireland/Guinness Enterprise Centre/Dublin Business Innovation Centre 2018
Junior Grant of the European Society for Paediatric Radiology - bursary to support attendance at the annual meeting, awarded to promising trainees 2013
Entrance Exhibition, Trinity College Dublin 1998
EPICA International Design awards, Gold winner, X-ray Toy Story Disney collaboration, 2018 2018
Kinsale Sharks Design awards Gold Award (only one awarded) for the Crumlin-Disney X-ray Toy Story collaboration, Print category, 2018 2018
Senior House Officer (trainee doctor) of the Year, Tallaght University Hospital 2011