Congratulations to Imaad Amanulla, the winner of this year’s Pickard Plate, for his presentation on the North East’s regional penile fracture outcomes & @hayesjdb for winning the poster prize for presenting his work on VELRAD 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @BAUSurology @BSoT_UK @NE_Urol

Big congratulations to Mr @rajan_vpillay for being selected as the best trainer & being awarded this year’s North East Cystoscope! @BAUSurology @BSoT_UK @NE_Urol @NewcastleUrolo1

#NEUS26 All set to go! @NEUS_Residents @BAUSurology

Congratulations to @Alistairrogers3 for winning the @BAUSendourology 2026 Silver Ureteroscope Award! @NewcastleUrolo1 @BAUSurology

Who is really at risk of penile prosthesis infection? Our recently published regional data suggest that immunosuppression may be a stronger predictor of early infection than traditional metabolic factors, reinforcing the importance of careful patient selection. #Andrology

Advert now open for NEXT years robotic recon fellowship @NewcastleUrolo1 October 2027 start, advert closing 9th July. We’re planning ahead so do apply if interested! jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv…

Leeds Andrology fellowship now open 🚨 We are recruiting for October '26 & 27 posts Please read the advert - 3 day weekly operating, high volume implants, fertility, penile cancer, Only 1 fellow for 3 consultants! Previous fellows logbooks say it all. vacancies.leedsteachinghospi…

What's new in the updated NICE fertility problems guidelines 2026 (NG257)? A short summary highlighting key changes in male factor fertility problems with suggested areas for future research. 3yrs summarised in 2 pages! @NICEComms @NatRevUrol @AnthonyE247 gbr01.safelinks.protection.o…

New paper alert ‼️ @MajShabbir @NatRevUrol @NICEComms

What is new in the updated National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) fertility problems guideline 2026? | Nature Reviews Urology nature.com/articles/s41585-0…

@NewcastleUrolo1 #RoboFRU course still has a place left! Register now for this unique course on robotic functional and reconstructive urology nstcsurg.org/courses/robotic…

The Newcastle Endourology Stone Fellowship starting September 2026 is now open for applications - deadline 27.5.26. Great opportunity for training in a high volume tertiary centre. gbr01.safelinks.protection.o…

Many congratulations to Imaad Amanulla & Matthew Gibson on winning Best Presentation at @IBUSurology 2026 for our work on subinguinal orchidectomy for TC, a project supervised by myself & @epaez11 at @NewcastleUrolo1. Well done!

I would like to thank IBUS for the invitation to speak at their AI enabled annual conference which was fantastic! @IBUSurology

Looking forward to the outcomes of #CLARITY, and to being part of this important @ManchesterAndro & @BURSTurology collaborative consensus on ischaemic priapism. Bringing together UK andrologists & urologists to develop practical, real-world guidance #Priapsim #MensHealth

#CLARITY Round 2 Complete ☑️ We welcomed andrologists from around the UK for a consensus meeting on acute ischaemic priapism 💪 The aims❓ 📄To form a comprehensive consensus guideline 🇬🇧 For any UK urologist, regardless of location or sub-specialty A huge thank you to all the experts who gave up their afternoon for the marathon meeting (not all pictured below!) @VaibhavModgil @mubarak_urology @Jon_Barclay @AnthonyE247 @imcandrol @a_cheriyan @Dr_Andrology @donwglee @drmegson @HolsUrols @WardakURO @HussainAlnajjar @IPearce82 @urojohno @MajShabbir @mariasatchi @veerukasi

Want to collaborate on a national project to standardise assessment of penile curvature in Peyronie’s disease? Join the Manchester Visual Analogue Scale (MVAS) study & help shape consistent, evidence-based, patient-centred care Sign up link & details👇: tiny.cc/MVAS

Delighted to present our UK multi-centre study on varicocele ultrasound reporting at #WMSM2026 🏥 14 centres
🧑‍⚕️ 420 scans analysed
📊 Wide variation in reporting
⚠️ Key diagnostic parameters often missing 💭 Time for standardised reporting guidelines? Tune in today for more!

Delighted to share that @BURSTurology and @ManchesterAndro are uniting UK experts to develop national consensus on the investigation, management, and follow-up of priapism. A vital step towards greater clarity in practice. #Priapism #Clarity #Andrology #MensHealth

Thirty Years of Ortho: What I’d Tell the Next Generation I’ve been an orthopedic surgeon for three decades. Long enough to see techniques come and go, implants rise and fall, and the pendulum of “standard practice” swing back and forth more times than I can count. What hasn’t changed are the pressures that come with the job… and the quiet lessons you don’t fully understand until you’ve liv,ed them. If I were talking to the next generation—residents, fellows, the young attendings just getting their legs under them… this is what I’d tell them. You can’t build a meaningful career on RVUs. You can meet every target and still feel empty. A career that lasts is built on trust, judgment, and relationships. You don’t measure that in productivity metrics. A good surgeon listens more than they talk. People think surgery is a technical field, but the real work is in understanding what someone is actually asking of you. Most patients are just scared. They don’t need your scalpel, no matter what the MRI shows. Half the mistakes in this profession start with bad listening. Master the anatomy. Master the craft. But learn the limits too. Early in your career, you’re focused on what you can do. With experience, you start to appreciate what you shouldn’t do. Judgment is a superpower. Protect your time, or the system will take every minute you allow it to. Learn to say no!!! There’s no shortage of demands. Notes. Inboxes. Meetings. Every one of them feels urgent. Some of you might actually feel important when you go to meetings... But... None of them is worth sacrificing your sanity or the people waiting for you at home. Seek colleagues, not titles. Promotions and committee seats feel important for a season, but it’s just fluff, and nothing gets accomplished in those meetings anyway. Your strength matters more than you realize. Not your technical strength—your physical and emotional strength. You can’t take care of people if your own health fades. Move, lift, sleep, and protect your energy. A worn-out surgeon becomes brittle. Be the doctor you’d want for your family. You need a life outside the operating room if you want a long life inside it. The surgeons who last aren’t the ones who work the most—they’re the ones who stay grounded. They have people they care about, interests that pull them away from medicine, and enough perspective to know that identity and work are not the same thing. Thirty years in, the operations are only part of the story. What keeps you going is the purpose behind the work—helping people move, reassuring them when they’re scared, giving them back pieces of their life. That’s the part that never gets old.