The Silver Scalpel is awarded to a consultant trainer for their outstanding contributions to surgical training, as voted for by trainees. Each year, the prize winner is celebrated at a ceremony and dinner at the Royal College of Surgeons.

This year's winner is Prof Paul Ridgway, a consultant upper GI, HPB and General Surgeon at Tallaght University Hospital. He is an associate professor at Trinity College Dublin and has a research interest in performance in Surgery.