Neil is a Consultant Urological Surgeon in Buckinghamshire. He has a specialist interest urological cancer surgery and in particular laparoscopic surgery. He has a research interest in multimodal rapid recovery surgery. Neil is teaching programme director in the Oxford Deanery and is a committee member of the Oxford School of Surgery steering group and Royal Society of Medicine section of Urology.
Neil’s association with UROLINK dates back to 2003 when as a specialist registrar he was awarded a Urolink travel award to visit KCMC in Tanzania with Mr Griff Fellows to further develop a longstanding relationship between the urology departments in Oxford and KCMC. He received a further travel award to revisit as a newly appointed consultant in 2006 and plans a further visit in October 2009. In 2003 Neil was also awarded a BJUI/SIU Overseas Clinical Research Award – for a 3 month overseas fellowship at the Maputo Central Hospital in Mozambique. During this fellowship he assisted Professor Johan Naude, a recently retired Professor of Urology from Cape Town, South Africa in setting up the first urology department in Mozambique. Neil is keen to develop further links with institutions throughout the world and plans a visit to the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital in Nepal in April 2009 to support the development of their surgical oncology department.
Committee Members
The UROLINK Committee
The UROLINK Committee meets twice a year, usually April and October, in London following the BAUS Council meetings. »read more
Ru MacDonagh (Chairman)
Ru MacDonagh (E-mail Ru) has been an active member of the committee since 1996. »read more
John McGrath (Secretary)
John McGrath (E-mail John) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon in Exeter and secretary of UROLINK. »read more
Tricia Hagan (Administration)
Tricia Hagan (E-mail Tricia) is BAUS Deputy Chief Executive and she is currently looking after the administration of UROLINK. »read more
Steve Payne (Webmaster)
Steve Payne (E-mail Steve) is webmaster for UROLINK and a consultant urological surgeon in Manchester, UK. »read more
Christine Evans
Christine Evans (E-mail Christine) is a retired urological surgeon from Rhyl, in North Wales, UK, and a former chair of UROLINK. »read more
Phil Thomas
Phil Thomas (E-mail Phil) has an active link with KCMC in Tanzania and is a consultant urological surgeon in Brighton, Sussex UK. »read more
David Cranston
David Cranston (E-mail David) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon in Oxford and University Lecturer in the Nuffield Department of Surgery. »read more
George Fowlis
George Fowlis (E-mail George) is a consultant urological surgeon at The North Middlesex University Hospital in London, UK. »read more
Nick Watkin
Nick Watkin (E-mail Nick) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at St George’s and Epsom Hospital »read more
Neil Haldar
Neil Haldar (E-mail Neil) Is a Consultant urological Surgeon in Buckinghamshire. »read more
Biral Patel
Biral (E-mail Biral) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon in Gloucester and Cheltenham who was awarded a UROLINK travel award in 2002 as a trainee. »read more
Ranan DasGupta
Ranan DasGupta (E-mail Ranan) is a Specialist Registrar on the London Deanery rotation and also represents SURG. »read more
Jaimin Bhatt
Jaimin Bhatt (E-mail Jaimin) is a Urology Specialist Registrar in the Oxford deanery rotation, and is the newest UROLINK committee member representing SURG. »read more