Biography
Kevin graduated from University College Dublin in 2000. Basic Surgical Training was carried out at the Cork University Hospital. He was awarded a Masters of Surgery (MCh) in 2007 through the Conway Institute, UCD after completing one year of fulltime basic science research into castrate resist... read more
Kevin graduated from University College Dublin in 2000. Basic Surgical Training was carried out at the Cork University Hospital. He was awarded a Masters of Surgery (MCh) in 2007 through the Conway Institute, UCD after completing one year of fulltime basic science research into castrate resistant prostate cancer. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Urology in 2010. Specialist urological training in Ireland was completed in 2012.
Following training in Ireland subspecialist training was carried out in Melbourne, Australia where he completed a fellowship in Robotic Uro-Oncology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
In August 2013 Kevin was appointed Consultant Urologist at the Western General Hospital (WGH), Edinburgh specialising in minimally invasive kidney and prostate cancer. In 2017 he returned to Ireland and was appointed Consultant Urologist at Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Waterford. He has introduced robotic assisted radical prostatectomy to the CUH serving the population of the South and Southwest. He is the current NCCP lead for prostate cancer at the CUH.
Areas of Interest
Special Interests: Urologic malignancies; minimally invasive (keyhole and robotic) and open surgery. Haematuria, Lower urinary tract symptoms.
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