O Connor, Dr. Stephen

Speciality: Cardiology
Practice: Suite 12, Blackrock Clinic

Secretary: Kim
Clinic Times: Every Thursday pm
Telephone: 01 206 4687
Fax: 01 210 9396
Email: office.stephen.oconnor@blackrock-clinic.com

Special Interests

Coronary artery disease and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or Coronary Angioplasty with stenting; Transcatheter Valvular Interventions including TAVI; CT Coronary Angiography; Cardiac CT; General Cardiology including rhythm disturbances

Professional Profile

Dr O’Connor graduated from Royal College of Surgeons Medical School (RCSI) in 2002. He completed higher specialist training in Ireland and then performed four years of clinical and research fellowship training in interventional cardiology in Paris, France in two of the largest centres for Cardiovascular care in Europe, Pitié Salpêtière University Hospital and Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud (ICPS), Massy, Paris. He was conferred MD by thesis by the National University of Ireland (NUI) in 2013 for clinical research undertaken with the ACTION study group at Institut de Cardiologie, Pitié Salpêtière University Hospital (Paris 6 – Sorbonne).

At both centres, he performed a high volume of procedures in percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting, peripheral and transcatheter valvular interventions.

He currently works in St. James’s Hospital and is a lecturer for Trinity College School of Medicine.

Research Interests

Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapies used in cardiovascular disease especially in the setting of Acute Coronary Syndromes. Cardiovascular device development from new stent and transcatheter valve technologies to wearable medical devices.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen_OConnor5

Current Membership

Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Irish Cardiac Society, European Society of Cardiology.

Personal Profile

Keen swimmer and kitesurfer.