Daniel J. O'Connor, M.D.

Dr. Daniel J. O’Connor is a board certified ophthalmologist with over 19 years experience in eye microsurgery.  He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and interned in Internal Medicine at the Acton Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans, LA.  After his residency in Ophthalmology from The Eye and Ear Institute of the University of Pittsburg, he completed a Glaucoma Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine, where he also taught as a Clinical Instructor in the Ophthalmology Department. 

Dr. O’Connor entered private practice at the Northern Virginia Ophthalmology Associates.  While there, he served as a Clinical Instructor for the Georgetown University School of Medicine at Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, VA.

Throughout medical school, residency and fellowship training, Dr. O’Connor has been actively involved in many levels of ophthalmic research including animal studies, surgical procedures and pharmaceutical trials.  These projects have led to over 50 publications and seminar presentations on ophthalmic and surgical issues.  He has lectured nationally on various methods of detecting and treating eye diseases, both surgically and medically.

Since joining Dr. Post in 1994, Dr. O’Connor has been serving patients in Plymouth, Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod – performing over 20,000 microsurgical and laser eye procedures.  During this time, he has continued to participate in research projects concerning new ophthalmic medications for the treatment of glaucoma.  

Dr. O’Connor is currently a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons.  In addition, he is an active member of many other professional boards and societies including the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Ophthalmology Outpatient Surgery Society and the New England Ophthalmology Society.

Dr. O’Connor currently serves on the staff of Jordan Hospital in Plymouth and is a director of the Plymouth Laser & Surgery Center.

Areas of Specialty: 

Glaucoma, Cataract, Laser and Refractive Surgery