Consultant Urologist
B.Sc.(Hons), MB ChB, FRCS, MD, Diploma Laparoscopic Surgery
Overview
Areas of expertise
Medico-Legal experience
Professor Sangar has been acting as an expert witness for over 10 years and has undergone expert witness training. He enjoys a full medico-legal practice instructed by both Claimant and Defendant law firms in personal injury and clinical negligence cases. Professor Sangar has not given evidence in court. He can undertake joint reports and class actions.
Clinical Practice & Experience
Professor Sangar has worked as a Consultant Urological Surgeon since 2007 after training in Manchester, London, and Strasbourg. Since 2018, he has been a Professor of Urology at the University of Manchester/Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre. Professor Sangar specialises in cancer of the penis and bladder, and mens health conditions. He has expertise in dealing with complex urological pelvic problems and side effects of pelvic surgery and radiotherapy.
Clinical Interests
Professor Sangar has clinical interests in urological oncology, including of the penis, bladder, prostate, and testis as well as andrology, including erectile dysfunction, peyronies, trauma, and testis problems. He also examines rare disease, such as sarcoma of the abdomen and pelvis. Professor Sangar has a specialist interest in penile surgery, which includes reconstruction and sexual dysfunction. This has further led to an interest in male factor infertility, including ‘loupes assisted’ vasectomy reversal.
Research Interests
Professor Sangar's research interests include penile cancer including management, predictors, treatments and outcomes, and bladder cancer including organ sparing technology and treatments.
Summary of Publications
Professor Sangar has 90 publications (papers, reviews, abstracts) in peer reviewed journals, as well as 20 additional articles in non-peer reviewed journals. His Google Scholar Index is 28, in-keeping with international level expertise.
Teaching & Training
Professor Sangar is a Professor of Urology in the faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health at the University of Manchester and has been since 2018. He trains medical students and postgraduate fellows/trainees in Urology. He also supervises MD and PhD students.
Prizes and Awards
BUF Clinical Visit Fellowship to The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam to work with Prof S. Horenblas a world-renowned penile cancer expert. Jan 2007.
Global Lilly Young Investigators Translational/Pharmacogenomics Research Award.
Targeting the radiosensitising effects of Gemzar: A pharmacogenomic based in-vitro study. Natural History Museum, London, UK. December 2001.
AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference. Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics: Discovery, Biology and Clinical Applications.
Astra Zeneca Best Poster Prize. A potential role of HSPs and a novel gene: NNMT in predicting response to radiation in bladder cancer. October 2001.
Memberships of Professional Bodies & Learned Societies
British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)
European Association of Urology (EAU)
Member Clinical Reference Group Prostate Cancer UK 2016-2023
Member NCRI Penile Cancer Sub-Group 2008-2023
Member Advisory Panel National Prostate Cancer Audit 2014-2023
Member Cancer Services Clinical Advisory Group NHSE 2020-2023
Member Clinical Panel Specialised Commissioning, NHS England, London 2017 - date
Chair European Prostate Cancer Centres of Excellence Accreditation Board 2019-date
Member Cancer Surgery CRG, NHS England, London 2018-2023
Lead Rare Cancer Work Stream, eUROGEN European Reference Network 2016-2023
Director of Surgery, The Christie NHS FT 2013-2023
Chair Cancer Surgery CRG NHS England London 2016-2023
Chair Cancer Surgery Metrics Group, NHS England, London 2016-2023
Co-Chair Procurement Panel NPCA, HQiP 2017-2023
Member Clinical Reference Group Surgery CQC 2017-2023
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