Dr Ben O'Connor

Anaesthesia/ ICU Rota Maker - St Vincent's University Hospital

July 2025 - January 2026

Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to pulmonary oedema following large volume paracentesis: A case report and literature review.

B O'Connor, M O'Mahony, D O'Cronin

• Poster presentation at CAI national congress 2024

Retrospective audit and analysis of indications, outcomes and compliance with best practice standards of pre-operative transthoracic echocardiogram referrals at Mercy University Hospital.

B O'Connor, M O'Mahony

• Presented at the Mercy University Hospital Audit/Research Day - June 2024

Accidental administration of 30,000 IU of unfractionated heparin during an elective lower segment caesarean section for placenta praevia

B O'Connor, A O'Donoghue, T Drew, N Hayes

• Poster presentation at Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association (OAA) annual scientific meeting - May 2023
• Selected for "Pick of the Cases" session

Remifentanil Patient-Controlled Analgesia - Top 40 Cited Articles

O'Donoghue A, O'Connor B*, Danial S, Ni Eochagain A

• Poster presentation at Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association (OAA) annual scientific meeting - May 2023

An examination of the prevalence of obesity prior to elective orthopaedic surgery: A 10-year Retrospective Analysis

B.O'Connor, V.Husarova

• E-Poster presentation at CAI National Congress 2022

Patients satisfaction level following regional anaesthesia for trauma ambulatory surgery during COVID-19 pandemic: evaluating a reconfigure service

M. Khalid, M. Bashir, P. Wiseman1, B. O'Connor, B. Gorna, C. SkerrittNational Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, Dept of Anaesthesiology, Dublin, Ireland,

• Poster presentation at Euroanaesthesia 2022
• , P320Published in European Journal of Anaesthesiology Volume 39, e-Supplement 60, June 2022

A retrospective survey and analysis of patients who underwent trauma surgery under regional anaesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic

O'Connor B, Wiseman P, Khalid P, Skerritt C

National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh

• Poster presentation at the National Patient Safety Conference 2020

A two-week prospective audit, and cost analysis, on propofol wastage in patients undergoing primary total knee/hip arthroplasty

National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh

• Poster presentation at the National Patient Safety Conference 2020

Erector Spinae Plane Block In A Patient Undergoing Right Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tendon Transfer With A Background History Of Osteogenisis Imperfecta And Chronic Pain

O'Connor B, Shanahan E

• Poster presentation at the Irish Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting - 10th October 2020

A guideline for managing deep brain stimulators in the operating theatre - ‘Stimulating' safe anaesthesia'

Anderson W, Cody C, Ranganath A, O'Connor B

• Poster presentation at Euroanaesthesia 2020

Transfer of Medical Notes to Electronic Format on St Anthony's Ward - Cappagh

• Led a project to transfer all written medical notes to electronic format
• This includes ward round notes, transfer letters, referral letters, MDT notes, prescriptions, discharge summaries and admission proforma

Towards Reducing the Referral load for Holter Monitoring

Ashish Mittal, Conor Young, Ben O'Connor, Michael Conway

• Poster presentation at St Lukes Hospital Kilkenny Annual Study Day
• 3rd Place

Outcomes of Elective Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Octogenarians.

Mohan K, O'Connor B, Colgan MP, O'Neill S, Madhavan P, O'Callaghan A, Martin Z

St James's Vascular Institute, St James Hospital, Dublin

• Presented at the Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Scientific Symposium 2017
• Presented at European Society for Vascular Surgery annual meeting in September 2017
• Published in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Study
• https://www.ejves.com/article/S1078-5884(19)31365-6/fulltext

Suppurative Thrombophlebitis Leading to a threatened Limb in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease.

O'Connor B, Toale C, O'Callaghan A, Madhavan P, O'Neill S, Colgan M.P, Martin Z

St James's Vascular Institute, St James Hospital, Dublin

• 1 of 10 surgical cases shortlisted for an oral presentation for RAMI Intern Study Day 2017
• Published in Irish Journal of Medical Science in 2017

Thoracic Stenting in the Young – Long Term Consequences? Single Centre Experience and Systematic Review

Toale C, O'Connor B, Madhavan P, O'Neill S, Colgan M.P, O'Callaghan A, Martin Z

St James's Vascular Institute, St James Hospital, Dublin

• Poster presentation at RAMI Intern Study Day 2017
• Published in Irish Journal of Medical Science in 2017

Hurling

All-Ireland Minor Medal Winner 2010 with Kilkenny

All Ireland Secondary Schools Senior "A" hurling championship winner – St Kieran's College Kilkenny 2010

Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Winner Danesfort 2011

Boston Senior Hurling Championship Winner 2012

Western Australia Hurling Championship Winner 2018,

Australasia GAA Games Senior Hurling Finalist with Western Australia 2018

Currently playing hurling with an all Irish speaking club called Na Gaeil Óga,

Athletics

Completed the Dublin, Paris and Boston Marathons in 2019, 2022, and 2023