Roger McMorrow is a Consultant Anaesthetist at the National Maternity Hospital and Saint Vincent"s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Education
He attended Saint Colman"s Primary School, Lisburn then Rathmore Grammar School, Belfast where he studied to GCSE level Having conceived and executed a prank that the school disagreed with he completed his secondary education to Advanced Level at Friends School Lisburn. He studied Medicine at the Queens University Belfast and was president of the Queens University Club from 1997 to 1998.
Career
He is inventor of the McMorrow Laryngoscope and the CXE Breathing Circuit and is one of Ireland"s Everest Summiteers. McMorrow was one of the 20 semi finalists in the Irish Your Country Your Call competition. Born 10 October 1975 in Monze, Zambia to John and Nuala McMorrow, he spent his childhood growing up in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
At this point McMorrow suffered a small educational challenge.
He was subsequently honoured as the Queens University Graduate of the Year 2007 for his part in the rescue of a young Nepalese woman left for dead near the summit of Everest. They have three children.
Just before McMorrow sat his GCSEs he decided it would be hilarious to break into Rathmore Grammar School and colour the water green. The school disagreed on the comic value of this stunt so told him to leave.
McMorrow holds a bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of the Arts of Obstetrics degree from the Queen"s University Belfast and a Diploma in Mountain Medicine Dip Mtn Medical from the University of Leicester.
He is a fellow FCARCSI of the Irish College of Anaesthetists. He is currently completing an Doctor of Medicine with the University College Dublin
McMorrow has climbed extensively in the British Isles, European Alps, and the Greater Ranges including two expeditions within the Arctic Circle. They subsequently named the mountain located at 30°49"49 North 79°18"05 East Draiocht Parbat.
Significant climbs
2002 Draiocht Parbat 6175m Summited 13 April
2005 Cho Oyu 8201m Summited 25 September
2007 Everest 8848m Summited 24 May
Research expeditions
1994 British Schools Exploring Society BSES Expeditions Norwegian Arctic expedition
1998 MedEx Kangchenjunga
1999 MedEx Eureka Arctic Circle study
2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition
McMorrow holds patents on two life sciences inventions:
1.
A New Mirrored Laryngoscope
United States 7214184
EP1450669
DE60221889
AT369783
2. A Breathing Apparatus
PCT/EP2007/001583
British Broadcasting Corporation: Everest: Doctors in the Death Zone
Guardian: Doctors to climb Everest – and get out the exercise bikes
British Broadcasting Corporation: Research doctors target Everest
British Broadcasting Corporation: Northen Ireland doctors in Everest rescue drama
Sky News: Doc"s mountain to climb
Timesonline: Doctors at the peak of their profession
Ulster star: A call from the top of the world.
Membership
On 24 May 2007 he summited Everest as a member of the research team on the Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition. McMorrow was a member of the following research expeditions:.