I am a second year General and Upper GI surgery SpR currently working in St Michael’s hospital in Dun Laoighre. I have completed my masters in Clinical and Translational Research from UCD. I am project lead for the OAT (Obesity Anti Factor Xa Thromboprophylaxis) trial, which was the winning clinical trial from the Sir Peter Freyer Dragon’s Den Competition 2021. I am excited to be on the Irish Forum for Surgical Research to learn from the other collaborators and to implement the OAT trial over the next few months.