Dr. Jean O’Connell

Jean is an Endocrinologist with a sub-specialty interest in obesity management and bariatric medicine. She has been a member of St Columcille’s Hospital Weight Management Service multi-disciplinary team since 2001. She is a member of the National Obesity Programme Clinical Advisory Group and Chair of the Association for the Study of Obesity in Ireland.

In 2009 she completed a PhD thesis focused on metabolic profile and adipose tissue morphology and function in patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery. Jean has a particular interest in education of health professionals on the genetic, biological and environmental drivers of obesity, with a view to reducing weight bias and stigma, and improving the lives of people living with obesity.