Professor Susan O'Connell

Paediatric Endocrinologist

Affilliations:
Children's Health Ireland; RCSI

Department:
Paediatric Endocrinology

Research interests:
Rare endocrine diseases, differences of sex development, late endocrine effects of childhood cancer, adolescent paediatric endocrinology

ORCID Profile
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9223-2241

Biography

Professor Susan O’Connell has been a Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist in Ireland since 2012 and is Associate Clinical Professor at Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI). Her research interests in rare endocrine disorders include rare diabetes, syndromic growth disorders, difference of sex development, congenital imprinting disorders and early onset obesity. She is the Paediatric lead for Irish membership of ENDO-ERN and co-chair of MTG5 Growth and Genetic Obesity syndromes, and is an active member of the European Reference Networks.

She is the collaborator in a number of European (European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology, EU COST Action) and Irish research grants (HRB RD CAT Consortium, Research Ireland, Irish Endocrine Society), and participates in research nationally and internationally.

Publications

Y. Woon, C. Card, L. Holcroft, C. Power, E. Somers, N. McGrath, S Glackin , D. Cody, C McDonnell, S.M. O’ Connell.
Neonatal diabetes in Ireland over the past 19 years: Clinical presentation, management, genetics, and outcomes. https://doi.org/10.1159/000550794

Francesco Carlomagno, Matteo Spaziani1, Charlotte MW Gaasterland4, Svetlana Lajic, Nicole Reisch, Uta Neumann, Corinna Grasemann, Eva Kassi, Graziamaria Ubertini, Felix Reschke, Pietro Maffei, Annemarie Verrijn Stuart, Susan M O’Connell, Claudia Giavoli, Danilo Fintini, Evangelia Charmandari, Nienke R Biermasz, Violeta Iotova, Hedi L Claahsen-van der Grinten, Kirstine Stochholm, Dana Craiu, Andreea Ioana Badea, Aglaia Kyrilli, Enora Le Roux, Sebastian Neggers, Ulla Dohnert and Andrea M Isidori.
Mapping transition of care for rare endocrine conditions: findings from a cross-sectional survey by the Endo-ERN ToC Working Group. Endocr Connect. 2026 Apr 15;15(4):e250798. doi: 10.1530/EC-25-0798.

D Coyle, B Kutasy, K Han Suyin, B Antao, M McDermott, SM O’Connell, F Quinn. Gonadoblastoma in patients with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism: A 16-year experience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.02.009