Dr. O’Connor is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.  Following medical school at Queen’s and residency in Ottawa, he completed a University of Toronto Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at the Hospital for Sick Children in 2007.  He has served as the President of the Canadian Orthoptic Council (2012-2015) and President of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (2017-2019). He is a three-time recipient of the PARO Teaching Award. He is currently the Department Chief of Ophthalmology at CHEO and Director of the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship.

Financial disclosure: Dr. O’Connor has/had no affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization.