Mr. Tony O'Connor
Consultant ENT Surgeon
AFRCSI, FRCS (ORL-HNS), MCh.Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon.
Hospital
Galway
Department
ENT
Specialties
ENT Surgery
Biography
Mr O’Connor is a native of Galway and a graduate of NUIG Medical School in 2000. He was appointed to the Irish Higher Surgical Training Programme in Ear, Nose & Throat ENT Surgery in 2004 and has received Specialist Training in teaching hospitals throughout Ireland. He was awarded his FRCS (ORL-HNS) in 2008.
Prior to his appointment as a Consultant Ear Nose & Throat Surgeon at the Bon Secours Hospital Galway he spent two years in Perth, Australia where he completed clinical fellowships in Paediatric Otolaryngology at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and in Head & Neck Cancer Surgery at Royal Perth Hospital. He has also completed a clinical fellowship in Otology in Plymouth, England.
He has published numerous peer-reviewed academic papers and has been awarded a number of academic prizes and distinctions. He was awarded a Masters in Surgery (MCh) for research he performed at NUIG. His current academic research interests include Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and the role of Human Papilloma Virus in Head & Neck Cancers. His main areas of clinical interest include paediatric otolaryngology, endoscopic sinus surgery, hearing loss, vertigo and all aspects of adult general otolaryngology.
