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*{{cite journal|title=Reflections from a breast surgeon with breast cancer on how to improve cancer care |journal=Ecancermedicalscience |date=2019 |volume=13 |pages=983 |doi=10.3332/ecancer.2019.983 |pmid=32010207 |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32010207/ |issn=1754-6605}} (Co-author)
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Revision as of 04:41, 25 August 2023

Liz O'Riordan
Born
Elizabeth Louise Ball

1974
EducationUniversity of Wales College
Known forBreast cancer education
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon
FieldBreast cancer
InstitutionsIpswich Hospital
Sub-specialtiesBreast-conserving surgery
Notable worksThe Complete Guide to Breast Cancer (2018)
WebsiteOfficial website

Liz O'Riordan, also known as Elizabeth Louise Ball, is a British retired breast surgeon, known for openly discussing her personal experiences in being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. She is the co-author of The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer (2018), along with Trisha Greenhalgh. Her memoir Under the Knife was published in July 2023.

Early life and education

Elizabeth Louise O'Riordan née Ball, was born in 1974 to surgeon and general practitioner Keith Ball and his wife Isobel, a nurse.[1][2][3] She has one brother.[4]

At secondary school, and after observing colorectal surgery during work experience, she decided she would apply to study medicine.[2][5] She gained admission to the University of Wales College of Cardiff and received her medical degree in 1998.[6]

Surgical career

O'Riordan completed her early surgical training in South Wales, where her first junior post was a surgical appointment in paediatric surgery.[6][7] At Cardiff University she studied the molecular genetics of thyroid cancer, supervised by David Wynford-Thomas, and she received her doctoral thesis on the subject in 2007.[6][8] In 2011 she was granted a fellowship in oncoplastic surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London.[6] During her time there she began a masters in oncoplastic surgery at the University of East Anglia.[6] The following year she was appointed consultant surgeon in oncoplastic surgery at Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk.[6]

In 2015 whilst working as a breast surgeon, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.[9][10] She had previously had two harmless breast cysts in 2010 and 2014.[11]

Retirement

In 2018, O'Rioran retired from surgery.[12][13]

She is the co-author of The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer (2018), along with Trisha Greenhalgh.[1] Her memoir Under the Knife was published in 2023.[14]

Awards and honours

O’Riordan was nominated for two awards in 2016; a ‘Woman of the Year’ award, and the Health Education England Patient Leadership award. In 2017, the UK Blog Awards highly commended her for her blog ‘Breast Surgeon with Breast Cancer’. In the same year she was nominated one of Medscape's physicians of the year.[15][16]

She delivered a Ted talk in Germany.[17]

In 2018, she unveiled a Non zero one made statue of herself in her hometown of Bury St Edmunds.[18]

Selected publications

Books

  • The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer. Random House. 2018. ISBN 978-1-4735-5702-4. (Co-author)
  • Under the Knife. Unbound Publishing. 2023. ISBN 978-1-80018-242-4.

Articles

References

  1. ^ a b "The complete guide to breast cancer : how to feel empowered and take control". Wellcome Collection. Wellcome. 2018. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2". Under the Knife. Unbound Publishing. 2023. ISBN 978-1-80018-242-4.
  3. ^ Day, Suzanne (9 October 2022). "The 'one arm bandit' spreading message of positivity after rare cancer diagnosis". Suffolk News. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. ^ "The one-armed bandit and Sarcoma UK Ambassador living life to the full" (PDF). Connect. sarcoma.org.uk. 2022. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ^ Williams, Rachel (24 July 2023). "The breast surgeon who had breast cancer: 'I used to say, "Don't Google it." First thing I did? Google it'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Tang, Tjun; O'Riordan, Elizabeth; Walsh, Stewart (2021). Cracking the Intercollegiate General Surgery FRCS Viva 2e: A Revision Guide. Boca Raton: CRC Press. pp. xv–xvi. ISBN 978-1-000-20419-3.
  7. ^ O'Riordan, Liz (11 July 2023). "I was paralyzed. Could I actually cut into a child?". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  8. ^ Ball, Elizabeth Louise (30 September 2007). "Molecular mechanisms of human thyroid tumorigenesis". Cardiff University. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. ^ Schmitz, D. Kathryn (2021). "1. It starts with a phone call". Moving Through Cancer. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. pp. 20–23. ISBN 978-1-7972-1026-1.
  10. ^ Mulcahy, Nick (5 December 2017). "An Awakening: Surgeon Liz O'Riordan's Story". medscape.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  11. ^ Dean, Rosamund (3 July 2023). "'I'm a breast cancer surgeon – this is what surviving cancer myself taught me'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  12. ^ Bavin, Wayne; Prickett, Katy (11 August 2023). "Former Ipswich cancer surgeon treated for disease for third time". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  13. ^ Walker, Peter (11 July 2023). "Former surgeon wants NHS MeToo movement for sexual harassment". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  14. ^ Farooki, Roopa (20 July 2023). "Under the Knife by Dr Liz O'Riordan review – cancer from both sides". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  15. ^ Brooks, Megan (18 December 2018). "Physicians of the Year 2017: Best and Worst". medscape.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  16. ^ O’Riordan, Elizabeth Louise (1 October 2021). "It Is the Little Things That Matter". Annals of Surgical Oncology. 28 (10): 5473–5476. doi:10.1245/s10434-021-10498-w. ISSN 1534-4681.
  17. ^ "Dr Liz O'Riordan". Nuffield Trust. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Breast cancer surgeon Dr Liz O'Riordan unveils statue of herself". BBC News. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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