Doctor Details

Dr Jill O’Donnell is an Irish and Australian dual trained open vascular and endovascular specialist surgeon. She undertook her undergraduate medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. She successfully completed her Masters of Surgery & post graduate Higher Surgical Training in several large tertiary referral hospitals across Ireland.

In 2011 she passed the Intercollegiate Fellowship examination in Vascular and General Surgery (FRCSI) and commenced a rigorous 18 month vascular and endovascular surgery fellowship in Westmead Hospital, Sydney. After this she was fortunate to get further experience in the busy John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle and St George Hospital, Sydney. Jill obtained her Australian & New Zealand Fellowship (FRACS) of Vascular Surgery in 2015 after passing the Australian intercollegiate examination.

Dr O’Donnell relocated to the Sunshine Coast in 2016 & has helped develop vascular services for the region. She worked as Clinical Director of Vascular Surgery from 2017-early 2020 & guided the local vascular unit with its transition into the electronic medical record, new hybrid theatre facility, vascular laboratory, clinics and transition to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. Jill has a keen interest in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and is heavily involved with the Royal College of Surgeons Surgical specialties examination committee & standard sets for the vascular SET examination. She is a regular invited research article reviewer for Vascular Journal and contributes to both national and international vascular meetings. Jill has been involved with the VasoActive cardiovascular research group at University of the Sunshine Coast for several years.

Her vascular interests are diabetic feet, ulcers, renal access, minimally invasive approaches to venous disease including radiofrequency ablation, open carotid surgery, open and endovascular approaches to aortic & peripheral arterial disease.

Jill believes in tailoring vascular surgical care to the individual, not a one size fits all approach. She likes to involve and educate patients about every stage of their health care journey.