Specialty: Clinical microbiology

Dr O’Connell trained in microbiology in Dublin and Cambridge, UK. He has wide experience in general clinical microbiology including adult/paediatric intensive care, adult/paediatric haematology/oncology (including bone marrow transplantation), neonatal intensive care, infectious diseases including HIV-associated infections, liver/renal/small bowel transplantation, adult/paediatric cystic fibrosis, cardiac and lung transplantation, cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery.

Current roles

• Consultant Medical Microbiologist, St James’s Hospital and Public Health Laboratory, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin
• Director, National MRSA Reference Laboratory, St James’s Hospital
• Lead Infection Control Doctor, St James’s Hospital since 2014