Dr O'Connor has been appointed as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Western Sydney effective 1 January 2016.

The Medical School at Western Sydney University was founded in 2007, offering the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. The Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program is fully accredited by the Australian Medical Council. Graduates will be eligible for registration as a medical practitioner by the Australian Hea...

To establish a case in Australian civil law for medical negligence there are 4 elements required for proof: The doctor owed a duty of care to the patient. The doctor breached that duty of care. The breach caused the damage/injury (more probably than not)-'Factual causation' and 'Scope of liability'. The damage was foreseeable. The key to proving a breach of the duty of care is to establish that the doctor's actions lay outside the norms of...

In September 2015 this practice was reaccredited for diagnostic ultrasound services under the stringent Commonwealth Health Standards.  We want to tell our patients that their well-being is our priority. QIP accreditation assures patients that we are committed to providing ultrasound care which meets the Standards laid down by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.

Dr O'Connor offers a range of diagnostic ultrasound services including early and late obstetric imagi...

I was recently asked to comment on the likelihood that an assault was the cause of a subsequent 12 week miscarriage. The maximum penalty in NSW for a conviction for common assault is 2 years, the maximum penalty for assault causing actual bodily harm is 5 years imprisonment and for assault causing grievous bodily harm with intent is 25 years imprisonment.

The likelihood of trauma as a cause of miscarriage in the first trimester is very low especially because the bony pelvis protects the gr...

I recently was asked to provide a report on a patient who developed a bowel rupture some 4 days after a Caesarean Section. She was an older mother on anti-depressants. On day 3 she developed right sided pain above her scar associated with abdominal distension. After she opened her bowels later that day she was discharged from hospital.

She was readmitted the following day with an obvious acute diaphragm and was found to have gas under her diaphragm on X-ray.

A general surgeon per...