Our Consultants - Mr John McCabe
Consultant Urological Surgeon & Divisional Medical Director
Department:
Urology
Specialty Areas:
sandra.bryan@sthk.nhs.ukGeneral Urology
Stone Disease
Disorders of the prostate gland
Contact Details:
Clinical Secretary: Sandra Bryan T: 0151 4301976
email: sandra.bryan@sthk.nhs.uk
Clinical Access Times:
Wednesday (alternate weeks): 09:00 – 17:00 St Helens Hospital (General and Stone clinic)
Friday: 13:00 – 17:00 St Helens Hospital (Prostate clinic)
Overview/Background:
John joined the Trust as a Consultant in 2011, having completed his higher urology training across Cheshire and Merseyside. John offers a broad general urology practice with specialist interest areas in stone disease and prostate disease. He has introduced innovative new prostate diagnostic and treatment technologies to the Trust and the wider NW region (Rezum steam ablation and local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy).
He has extensive experience in medical education, innovating and establishing training courses both regionally and nationally for urologists, as well previously acting as urology training programme director for the region. Currently John is the national quality assurance lead for urological training through the Joint Committee on Surgical Training.
John maintains an active research interest and has been principle investigator for a number of national urological studies recruiting at the Trust.
In 2020 John was appointed as the Divisional Medical Director for Surgery and Clinical Support Services in addition to his role the Lead Cancer Clinician for the Trust.
Qualifications:
- MBChB (Liverpool 1999)
- FRCS Urol
Professional Membership:
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Membership of Learned Societies:
- British Association of Urological Surgeons
- Royal Society of Medicine
