Dr Frances O'Brien
Qualifications
BSc, MBBS, DRCOG, MRCP
GMC number: 4046242
Practising since: 1993
Specialties
Paediatrics
Sub-specialties: Neonatal medicine
Consultation times
- Last Tuesday of the Month (AM)
- Overview
About
Dr Frances O'Brien is a Consultant Neonatologist (a Paediatrician and specialist in newborn babies) with a long-standing interest in early child development. She deals with most medical conditions in infants (up to 1 year) as well as developmental assessment of children up to 3 years of age.
Frances studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College, University of London; after paediatric training in London, she undertook a period of research (1997-2001) and was awarded an Action Research Fellowship in Neonatology at University College London; she completed Higher Specialist Training in Paediatrics, specialising in Neonatology and has worked as a consultant at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2009.
Having undertaken a period of research investigating mechanisms and prevention of perinatal brain injury and neurodevelopmental outcomes of prematurity in childhood and adolescence, Frances continues to have a research interest; she is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Oxford currently supervising a PhD student evaluating a standardised neurodevelopmental screening tool for all children born preterm.
Frances is the President of the British Association for Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-up.
Special interests
Any medical problem up to 1 year old
Infant and child development assessment, 0-3 years old
Languages spoken
English
Locations Dr Frances O'Brien works with
Related experience
Research
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=O%27Brien%20F&cauthor_id=24299660
Memberships
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Neonatal Society
- British Association for Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up (President)
- British Association of Perinatal Medicine
- Neonatal Perioperative Interest Group UK&I (founder)
Other posts held
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Consultant Neonatologist