Dr O'Conner helped develop the team of 8 MSK radiologists currently in Leeds.

The team has an international reputation for clinical, academic and educational excellence in MSK radiology holding offices of responsibility within all international musculoskeletal radiology societies.

Dr O’Connor is a full time MSK radiologist with over 20 years of sports imaging experience predominantly in soccer, cricket, golf, athletics and rugby.

Dr O’Connor was the imaging lead for the 2012 Olympics and organised radiology services for the commonwealth games in Manchester and the WIA championships in Birmingham.

Dr O’Connor is a member of the European tour PGA medical advisory board and in the past has been a member of the ECB medical advisory committee. He is a council member for the Faculty of sport and exercise medicine UK.

In education Dr O’Connor lectures widely on MSK radiology and was a key member of the Radiology Academies and integrated training initiative of the RCR and DoH. He has served as program director for the Leeds and West Yorkshire training scheme until 2008 and is co-founder and organiser of the Leeds-Oxford British musculoskeletal ultrasound course which was the first musculoskeletal ultrasound course in the UK running from 1996 to the present day.

Dr O’Connor has 3 children, enjoys golf, fine wine, cooking and travel. He thinks he has a good sense of humour.