The Urology Centre at the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin includes a team of 8 Consultant Urologists and an integrated Urodynamics service. The Consultant team provides rapid asessment and diagnostic evauation of patients suspected of having Prostate cancer, Concerning scrotal swelling, Symptoms concerning for kidney / bladder cancer eg. Haematuria (Blood in Urine). In addition the team diagnoses and treats male and female patients with a broad spectrum of different urological conditions.
The Urology Centre at Bon the Secours Hospital Dublin has a long tradition of providing state of the art services in Urology. The Centre has dedicated theatres with highly experienced staff for both inpatient and day care procedures. There is also an excellent urodynamics department supporting both the hospitals urologist and gynaecologist teams.
The consultant team provides rapid assessment and diagnostic evaluation of patients suspected of having:
In addition we diagnose and treat male and female patients with a broad spectrum of different urological conditions including:
All referrals are triaged by one of the consultant team within 24 hours and patients will be contacted to organise an appointment.
The Urology Team includes eight Consultant Urologists who provide a complete urology service. Each of the urologists has a specific and complimentary area of interest. Details of the individual urologist team is detailed below.
The Urodynamics team is led by Clinical Nurse Manger Adele Ross.
Bladder instillations for interstitial cystitis/bladder cancers
Teaching patients how to self catheterise
Mr. Ijaz Cheema joined the Bon Secours Hospital in 2016. He has extensive experience in all disciplines of Urology and has expertise in minimal invasive surgery of the prostate, bladder and kidneys.
He has worked as a Consultant Urologist in AMNCH, Tallaght and St. James Hospital before taking a permanent Urological Surgeon post in Beaumont and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.
He graduated in Pakistan and completed his basic surgical training in Lahore, Pakistan. He then moved to Ireland in 2003 to commence his training in Urology in Galway and through rotation, was transferred to centres of excellence in Dublin. He secured an Intercollegiate Fellowship in Urology in 2011 and qualified as a specialist registrar in 2012.
Mr Cheema has a paticular interest in UTI's, Over Active Bladder and Female Urinary Incontinence, with an expertise in female sling surgery for incontinence.
He also accepts referrals for the following:
Mr Tom Creagh qualified from UCD in 1980. After completing his training as a Urologist, he spent time at Guys Hospital London as the European Board of Urology Scholar (1993). He was subsequently appointed as a consultant at Kingston Hospital South West London. In 1995 he returned to Beaumont Hospital where he specialises in female Urology (incontinence and urinary tract infection) and also works in the Bon Secours Hospital Dublin. He was involved in the setting up of the Continence Foundation of Ireland and continues to be active in research and International meetings.
Incontinence, UTI and Prolapse
James Forde, an honours medical graduate of University College Dublin (2005), completed his specialist urological training in Ireland in 2015. In 2010 he was awarded the degree of Doctor in Medicine (M.D) from Trinity College Dublin for his investigation of novel treatments for prostate cancer. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Urology in 2014.
More recently, he has completed a Fellowship in Voiding Dysfunction at Weill-Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Under the guidance of renowned international experts, the fellowship encompassed female and male voiding dysfunction issues, in particular the surgical management of female incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse repair as well as post prostatectomy incontinence, urethral reconstruction and the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. He also developed expertise in novel treatments for the management of these conditions using the latest technology available including GreenLight laser vaporization of benign prostatic disease and sacral neuromodulation for overactive bladder.
James has authored over 30 peer reviewed urology publications to date, and has presented his research at national and international meetings. He was a lead investigator in a national study assessing PSA testing throughout Ireland. He has collaborated on the development of Irish national guidelines for the role of active surveillance for low risk prostate cancer. He has an MSc in Medical Informatics from University College Dublin (2010). Other awards and grants include the Irish Society of Urology research medal (2010), the RCSI Ethicon Foundation Grant (2015), and the RCSI-Anthony Walsh/Ipsen Travelling Fellowship in Urology (2015). In 2014 he was invited to the annual meeting of The European Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU), an honour awarded to only 15 trainees internationally annually.
General urology Renal stone disease Prostate cancer diagnostics Female voiding dysfunction - Overactive bladder treatments - Female incontinence - Urinary tract infection - Pelvic organ prolapse repair Male voiding dysfunction issues - Male lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) - Post prostatectomy incontinence - Urethral reconstruction - Management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Superficial Bladder Cancer, Endourology, Prostate Cancer
Urology, Male Infertility, Male Incontinence
Male and female urinary symptoms, Urinary incontinence: female and male, Comprehensive stone treatment, Prostate bladder and renal cancer, Erectile and scrotal problems
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Prostate cancer, robotic and laparoscopic surgery, Urological Oncology, Benign Prostate Disease, Renal Transplantation, Stone Disease
Laproscopic Radical Prostectomy, Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery, Uro-Oncolocgy
Urology consults can be arranged with a specific Consultant by contacting their secretary directly. A referral will be required from your GP.
If following your consultation a consult with the urodynamics department is recommended, this will be arranged by your consultants’ secretary directly with the department.
For patient information on some of the more common Urological conditions you may wish to check the British Association of Urological Surgeons website – www.baus.org.uk
The International Urologynaecology Association also has some excellent Patient information leaftlets on their website - http://www.iuga.org/?page=patientleaflets
