The Christie Charity
Vijay Sangar
Name
Vijay Sangar
Job title
Consultant Urological Surgeon and Director of Surgery
Email Address
michelle.rose@nhs.net
Phone number
0161 446 3363
Qualifications
BSc, MBChB, MD, FCRS(Urol)
Specialities
Urology, Penile cancer
Responsibilities
Director of Surgery, Lead Penile Clinician North West England, Chair North West Uro-oncology Group.
Consultant Urological Surgeon at the University Hospital of South Manchester; Chair Specialised Urology Clinical Reference Group NHS England; British Association of Urological Surgeons Sections of Oncology and Andrology Executive Committee Member.
Professional biography
Mr Sangar is an expert urological surgeon. He graduated from the University of Manchester and then went onto to complete his surgical and urological training (FRCS (Urol) in London, The North West and Strasbourg, before taking up his Consultant post at the Christie in 2007.
His main speciality is men's health, being nationally renowned for his practice in penile surgery, especially cancer. He also has significant expertise in urological cancer diagnostics and surgery for complex pelvic cancers. He works as part of one of the UK's premier pelvic cancer teams.
His interest in men's health extends to erectile dysfunction, infertility, scrotal problems and peyronies disease.
Mr Sangar's research interests are mainly in penile cancer, playing a significant role in building probably the largest penile cancer biobank in the world. He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester.
He is the Lead Penile Surgeon for the North West of England, an Executive Committee member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons Section of Andrology and Genito-Urethral Surgery, Director of Surgery at The Christie and Chair of NHS England's Specialised Urology Clinical Reference Group.