Iqbal Shergill - Consultant Urologist

UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL TRAINING
Mr Shergill qualified from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School in 1997. During his medical student training, he carried out 1 year full-time research leading to a 1st Class BSc(Honours) degree, from the University of London. The results were presented as posters at national and international meetings. He also managed to receive academic distinctions by obtaining The Medical Research Council (MRC) Intercalated Course Award and The Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursary.

POSTGRADUATE SURGICAL TRAINING
Mr Shergill completed Basic Surgical Training on the respected Oxford Rotation, working at prestigious hospitals such as the Radcliffe Infirmary, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and The John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford (1998 to 2000). He was one of the first candidates to sit and successfully pass the new MRCS examination in 2000.

Prostate Cancer Research

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH INTO PROSTATE CANCER
Mr Shergill undertook a period of full-time research towards an MD thesis at the Institute of Urology, University of London between 2002 and 2004, prior to starting his Higher Urological Training.

The research was into Predictive and Prognostic Markers in Prostate Cancer, in men undergoing Radical Prostatectomy surgery.

The project design, and retrieval of archival radical prostatectomy specimens, required close liaison with urologists, pathologists and basic scientists, and highlighted Mr Shergill's ethos of multi-disciplinary team-working.

During this research period, he used one of the most innovative and recently developed techniques in molecular pathology - The Tissue Microarray - and was, at that time, one of the only clinician scientists in the UK who was using and developing Tissue Microarray techniques.
- Tissue Microarrays BJU 2004 PDF

POSTGRADUATE UROLOGICAL TRAINING
Mr Shergill commenced Higher Surgical Training in Urology in 2004, on the North Thames Deanery Rotation. During this time, he worked in several high-throughput specialist centres, gaining experience and training in 21st Century state-of-the art management of Urinary tract Stone disease, Laser Prostatectomy, Complex Uro-oncology disease, as well as the management of benign and malignant urological disease using Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive surgery. During 2008, he successfully passed the final FRCS(Urol) examination, and then completed Higher Urology Training in April 2010.

OTHER INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

BAUS Urological Challenge - Individual First Prize Winner
Pfizer Global Development Meeting (Barcelona) - Guest Speaker
Barts and London Medical School - Interview Panellist
Barts and London Medical School - Interview Panellist
Examiner for Surgeons in Training Evaluation
Core Surgical Training (Wales) - Interview Panellist
NycoMed Update Meeting (Oslo) - Guest Speaker
Honorary Clinic Teacher - Cardiff Univeristy School of Medicine

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MEMBERSHIPS
Mr Shergill is a member of the following esteemed societies:

BMA - British Medical Association www.bma.org.uk
MPS - Medical Protection Society www.medicalprotection.org
BAUS - British Association of Urological Surgeons www.baus.org.uk
IBUS - International British Urological Society
AUA - American Urological Association www.auanet.org
EAU - European Association of Urology www.uroweb.org
Endourology Society www.endourology.org
Royal College of Surgeons of England www.rcseng.ac.uk

SOCIAL AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR INTERESTS
Flora London Marathon raising £1700 for charity
BUPA Great South Run Portsmouth
Flora London Half Marathon
BUPA Great South Run Portsmouth
Performing and teaching Tabla (Indian drums)
Proficient in English, Punjabi and German

Mr Shergill is married to a hard working and supportive GP wife, has 2 lovely children and passionately supports Liverpool Football Club