Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Additional qualifications
Publications
Posters
Audits
Courses
Recent Conferences
Teaching
Volunteering
Additional Activities
References
Timeline
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Dr Lydia O'Sullivan

6B Stables Way, Port Macquarie,NSW

Summary

AHPRA (Australia) MED0002239384

GMC (UK) 7527410

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Paediatric Plastic Surgery

Senior Resident Medical Officer
02.2025 - Current

Emergency Medicine

Registrar
09.2024 - 02.2025

(6 months)

General Paediatrics

Registrar
02.2024 - 08.2024

(6 months)

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
11.2023 - 02.2024

(3 months)

Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
08.2023 - 11.2023

(3 months)

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
05.2023 - 07.2023

(3 months)

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
02.2023 - 05.2023

(3 months)

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
09.2022 - 02.2023

(6 months)

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
06.2022 - 07.2022

(2 months)

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
05.2022 - 06.2022

(2 months)

Emergency Medicine

Registrar
05.2020 - 05.2022

(24 months)

Emergency Medicine

Resident
01.2019 - 05.2020

(17 months)

Foundation Year 2

Resident (Locum)
08.2018 - 12.2018

Gastroenterology and Neurology (5 months)

Foundation Year 2

Resident
12.2017 - 08.2018

Gastroenterology (3 months), Emergency Medicine (3 months)

Foundation Year 2

Resident
08.2017 - 12.2017

Psychiatry (Inpatient and Community) (3 months)

Foundation Year 1

Intern
08.2016 - 08.2017

Gastroenterology (3 months), General Surgery and Trauma (3 months), Colorectal Surgery and Urology (3 months), Acute Medicine and Respiratory Medicine (3 months)

Medical School Elective

Student
07.2016 - 09.2016

Rotated through different subspecialities in Paediatrics (3 months)

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - 2011 - 2016

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, KING’S COLLEGE
UK

Master of Science in Medicine, Science and Society (MSc) - 2009 - 2010

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, KING’S COLLEGE LONDON
UK

Bachelor of Arts in Human Sciences (BA) - 2004 - 2007

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, HERTFORD COLLEGE
UK

Additional qualifications

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) 

Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC), 2020 - 2021

Publications

O’Sullivan, L. and Desai, A. P. 2016. Intussusception. In: Guandalini, S., Dhawan, A. and Branski, D. eds. Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide to Practice. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp. 561-567

Posters

‘Babies Without Borders: The Ethics of Cross-Border Reproductive Care’ presented at the Institute of Medical Ethics Conference ‘Go Forth, Increase and Moralise’, UK, 07/12/2013

Audits

  • Ondansetron use in Paediatric Procedural Sedation, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 2020 - 2022
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of UTI in over 75 year old patients, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, November 2020
  • O’Sullivan, L., Straume, Z., Hoey, S., Hayee, B., Chaudhuris, R. and Dubois, P. PEG-J Outcomes in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease. Department of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Dietetics and National Parkinson Foundation of Excellence, King’s College Hospital, London, UK, 2016

Courses

  • Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS)- planned for 2025
  • CICO (Can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate), Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 25/11/20
  • OPTIMUS PRIME- Train the trainer, Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 23/09/20
  • OPTIMUS PRIME (Preparation for Retrieval in Paediatric Medical Emergencies), Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 22/09/20
  • Rapid Response Team Training, Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 06/08/2020
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS), Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 10/06/2020
  • OPTIMUS CORE (Clinical Observation and Response to Emergencies in Paediatrics), Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 26/05/2020
  • Advanced Training in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark, 13-14/02/2017
  • Acute Life-Threatening Events Recognition and Treatment (ALERT), King’s College Hospital, London, UK, 27/07/2016

Recent Conferences

  • What's New in Resuscitation?, Alfred Emergency Academic Centre, Monash University, VIC, 27/06/24
  • 17th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies, Noosa, QLD, 12-14/04/24


Teaching

  • Trainer for Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) course, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW, 2024
  • Trainer for OPTIMUS PRIME course, Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 2020 - 2022
  • Medical student trainer, University of Queensland, QLD, 2020 - 2022
  • Clinical skills trainer, University of London, King’s College Hospital 2016 - 2017
  • Peer-facilitator on the Extreme Psychiatry course (www.extremepsychiatry.com), 2014 - 2016
  • Private tutor in Biology, Blue Tutors, London, UK, 2014 - 2016

Volunteering

  • Programmes Unit Internship, Medecins Sans Frontieres, London, UK - 2010
  • Patient Liaison, British Columbia Cancer Centre, Victoria, Canada - 2009

Additional Activities

Chair of Journal Club, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bundaberg Base Hospital, QLD, 2020 - 2022

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Paediatric Plastic Surgery

Senior Resident Medical Officer
02.2025 - Current

Emergency Medicine

Registrar
09.2024 - 02.2025

General Paediatrics

Registrar
02.2024 - 08.2024

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
11.2023 - 02.2024

Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
08.2023 - 11.2023

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
05.2023 - 07.2023

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
02.2023 - 05.2023

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
09.2022 - 02.2023

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
06.2022 - 07.2022

Emergency Medicine

Registrar (Locum)
05.2022 - 06.2022

Emergency Medicine

Registrar
05.2020 - 05.2022

Emergency Medicine

Resident
01.2019 - 05.2020

Foundation Year 2

Resident (Locum)
08.2018 - 12.2018

Foundation Year 2

Resident
12.2017 - 08.2018

Foundation Year 2

Resident
08.2017 - 12.2017

Foundation Year 1

Intern
08.2016 - 08.2017

Medical School Elective

Student
07.2016 - 09.2016

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - 2011 - 2016

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, KING’S COLLEGE

Master of Science in Medicine, Science and Society (MSc) - 2009 - 2010

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

Bachelor of Arts in Human Sciences (BA) - 2004 - 2007

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, HERTFORD COLLEGE
Dr Lydia O'Sullivan