Dr Ronan O'Leary
PhD FRCA FFICM MA
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Neuro-Trauma Critical Care
Dr Ronan O’Leary is a Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia, appointed to Cambridge University Hospitals in 2013. His primary clinical focus is on Neurosciences and Trauma Critical Care and Anaesthesia.
Dr O'Leary undertakes expert witness instructions, including the preparation of medico legal reports and giving evidence in court, in personal injury and clinical negligence cases relating to:
Dr O’Leary’s medico legal expertise encompasses prolonged disorders of consciousness, complex trauma, emergency and elective anaesthesia and healthcare systems – particularly trauma networks.
His Court of Protection experience includes a case he led (as ‘Doctor A’) involving a serious medical treatment decision for a patient with a prolonged disorder of consciousness due to neurological complications of COVID-19 ([2021] EWCOP 51), in which Mr Justice Hayden described his evidence as 'extremely impressive'.
He also has extensive experience in electronic patient records, digital governance and clinical informatics. He directed the Cambridge Healthcare Data Programme and has contributed to national initiatives on data-driven approaches to healthcare delivery.
Dr O’Leary can take instructions on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a Single Joint Expert. He is available for instructions across the UK and Ireland.
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