Personnel

Dr Seán S. O'Sullivan

• Position: Consultant Neurologist, Cork University Hospital, Cork
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University College Cork
• Contact details: Dept. of Neurology, Cork University Hospital, Cork
• Email: sean.osullivan@hse.ie
• Telephone: 353-021-4922340

Research Interests

Dr O’Sullivan has a broad range of research interests, with peer-reviewed publications from across the spectrum of neurological disorders including Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Headache, Neuromuscular Disorders, Peripheral Neuropathy, Spinal Cord diseases, Neuro-genetics, Neuro-Infectious Disease, Neuropathic pain, Autonomic disorders, Sleep disorders, Behavioural Neurology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-oncology, Neuro-Urology and Dementia.

Dr O’Sullivan’s particular area of research interest in more recent years is in Parkinson’s Disease, movement disorders and associated neurodegenerative disorders. He completed a PhD in clinical neurology in 2010 from University College London investigating non-motor features in Parkinson’s disease. To date, he has published approximately 80 peer-reviewed papers in high quality medical journals, and is the author of four book chapters.

Publications

O'Sullivan SS, Redwood RI, Hunt D, McMahon EM, O'Sullivan S. “Recognition of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: a curable neurophobia? J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;84(2):228-31

O’Sullivan SS, Wu K, Politis M, Lawrence AD, Evans AH, Bose SK, Djamshidian A, Lees AJ, Piccini P. “Cue-induced striatal dopamine release in Parkinson’s disease associated Impulsive-Compulsive Behaviours” Brain. 2011 Apr;134:969-78.

Djamshidian A, Averbeck BB, Lees AJ, O'Sullivan SS.  “Clinical aspects of impulsive compulsive behaviours in Parkinson's disease.” J Neurol Sci. 2011 Nov 15;310(1-2):183-8

O’Sullivan SS, Loane CM, Lawrence AD, Evans, AH, Piccini P, Lees AJ. “Sleep disturbance and impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s Disease” J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2011 Jun;82(6):620-2

O'Sullivan SS, Massey LA, Williams DR, Silveira-Moriyama L, Kempster PA, Holton JL, Revesz T, Lees AJ.  “Clinical outcomes of progressive supranuclear palsy and multiple system atrophy.” Brain. 2008 May;131(Pt 5):1362-72.

Relevant Links

Publication lists: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-9333-2012
Parkinson’s Disease Research Cluster, UCC http://www.ucc.ie/en/pdrc/