External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Dermatologist
Royal Victoria Hospital
Belfast
Research interests
Lead author for the British Association of Dermatologists commissioned Cutaneous Lupus Guidelines
Principal Investigator for Northern Ireland for NIHR-funded TREAT trial (A Randomised Controlled Trial Assessing the Effectiveness, Safety and Cost-effectiveness of Methotrexate versus ciclosporin in the Treatment of Severe Atopic Eczema in Children)
Co-Investigator of study entitled "What is the lived experience of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematous and taking care in the sun?"
Co-Investigator EPSRC funded study (QUB and BHSCT) entitled “Nanoengineered microneedle arrays for enhanced plasmonic photothermal therapy of basal cell carcinomasâ€
Publications
O’Kane D, Davis L, Ardern-Jones M, Laws P, Shaw P, Cork M, Velangi S, Cooper H L, Hudson R, Smith AB, Rout R, Treatment outcomes of patients with Atopic Dermatitis (AD) treated with dupilumab through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) in the UK, Ulster Med J 2021;90(2):70 - 76
D O'Kane, C McCourt, S Meggitt, DP D'Cruz, CH Orteu, E Benton, S Wahie, S Utton, M Hashme, M F Mohd Mustapa, LS ExtonBritish Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of people with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) 2021, British Journal of Dermatology July 2021
McBriar D, Costley M, Houghton J, O’Kane D, A painful nodule arising within chronic necrobiosis lipoidica, Clinical Medicine, 20 (6): e269-70
Kearney N, Raichura S, Houghton J, O’Kane D, Old drug, new tricks – successful treatment of Hailey-Hailey disease with thalidomide, Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 2020
O’Kane D, Crawley J, Chapter 21 – Dermatology, in Bessant R et al eds. , 1st Edition, Oxford University Press, 2020
McGarry B, O’Kane D, McCourt C, Gormley GJ, More extraordinary than mundane – a phenomenological analysis of experiences of individuals living with CLE and their taking care in the sun, Lupus 2020 Sep 17
Mack E, Mustapa MF, Exton L, McCourt C, O’Kane D, The use of Cutaneous Lupus Disease Area and Severity Index as an outcome measure in clinical trials – a descriptive study, Clin Exp Dermatol 2020 Aug 13
Al-Kasabeh R, Brady AD, Courtenay AJ, Larraneta E, McCrudden MTC, O’Kane D, Liggett S, Donnelly RF, Evaluatiion of the clinical impact of repeat application of hydrogel-forming microneedle array patches, Drug Deliv Trans Res 2020; 10(3):690-705
Brennan R, Costley M, O’Kane D, Dolan O, The use of black salve for self-treatment of basal cell carcinoma, Clin Exp Dermatol, 2019 (2019 Dec;44(8):947-948)
Murphy B, O’Kane D, McCourt C, Paradoxical skin eruptions during anti-TNF treatment of Crohn’s disease, Aliment Pharm Ther, 2019, 49 (10) 1639-40
Murphy B, O’Kane D, McCourt C, Risk factors for the development of systemic lupus erythematosus in patients with cutaneous lupus: a retrospective review, Clin Exp Dermatol, 2018, 42(2); e26-27
Donaghy G, McKeever K, Flanagan C, O’Kane D, McQuillan B, Cash J, Jack C, Lundy C, helping doctors in training to STEP-UP, Ulster Med J 2018; 87(2):112-116
