Robyn Webber : Consultant Urologist, Glasgow and Edinburgh

Mrs Robyn Webber qualified from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand in 1987. She emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1989, and subsequently trained as a urologist. She obtained her MD degree from the University of Aberdeen, and was appointed as a consultant at Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride in the year 2000. In 2005, she moved to Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, where she is now based.

She operates her private practice from BMI Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow, Spire Murrayfield Hospital in Edinburgh, and Healthcare Now in Dunfermline.

She has been involved in the East of Scotland Training Programme in Urology (ESTPU) which included subspecialty training in endourology and the management of stone disease at the Scottish Lithotriptor Centre, Edinburgh.

Mrs Webber has a wide range of clinical interests including the management of stone disease, pelviureteric junction obstruction, minimally invasive treatment of upper tract TCC, benign and malignant prostatic disease, bladder malignancy, urinary tract infection, investigation of haematuria, vasectomy and microsurgical reversal of vasectomy.  She also undertakes medico legal reporting, note that this is only on the instruction of a firm of solicitors or other similar competent body.

She has a particular interest in medical education, writing, and evidence-based medicine, and was previously Associate Director of Medical Education at Hairmyres Hospital. She has either written for, or been associated with, publications including The British Journal of Urology International, The Postgraduate Medical Journal, and Clinical Evidence. She was formerly editor of Urology News, and is currently deputy editor of Surgeons News and editor of SN Global. She is also a web editor for the BJUI website and has previously contributed to the Best Treatments website.

Academic Qualifications

Publications

Papers & Abstracts

• Blackhall, R et al. Are National Hospitals' Data Adequate for Coding Injury Severity?
  New Zealand Medical Journal 28 October 1987; 100 (834): 661 - 663.
• Foster M, Fligelstone L, Blackhall R. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - The Controversies.
  Proceedings of the Welsh Surgical Society Abstract Volume XVII 1991.
• Blackhall R, Mouriquand P, Cuckow P, Lighten A. A Case of Fetus in Fetu.
  British Medical Journal 27 March 1993; Vol 303: 870.
• Webber R, Pandian S, McClinton S, Hussey J. Retrograde Balloon Dilatation for Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction - Long Term Follow Up.
  J Endourol 1997; 11 (4): 239 - 242.
• Webber R, Alsaffar N, Bissett D, Langlois N. Angiosarcoma of the Penis.
  Urology 1998; 51 (1): 130 - 131.
• Webber R, Tolley DA. Bladder Cancer - An Overview.
  Geriatric Medicine 1998; 28 (2): 43 - 58.
• Webber R, Thirsk I, Moffat L, Hussey J. Selective Arterial Embolisation in the Treatment of Arterial Priapism.
  Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1998; 43: 61.
• Webber R, McClinton S, Wahle, KWJ. Modulation of Diacylglycerol Production in Benign and Malignant Prostatic Tissue by Docosahexaenoic Acid and Eicosapentaenoic Acid. (Abstract)
  British Journal of Urology 1998; 82: 150.
• Webber R, McClinton S, Wahle KWJ. The Effect of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) on the Incorporation of Arachidonic Acid into Sphingomyelin in Benign and Malignant Prostatic Tissue. (Abstract)
  British Journal of Urology 2000; 86: 360.
• Webber R. Fatty Acids and Prostate Cancer.
  Oncology Update March 2001.
• Webber R. The Cancer Services Collaborative.
  Urology News May 2002.
• Webber R. Erectile Dysfunction in Scotland.
  Scottish Health Care Journal September 2002.
• Webber R. Prostate Cancer: Hormonal Therapies and Quality of Life Issues.
  Geriatric Medicine November 2002.
• Webber R. Advances in Urinary Catheter Technology.
  Urology News. May 2003.
• Webber R, Shaw LMA Choosing a Consultant Post. Hospital Doctor 19 January 2006.

Book Chapters

• Webber R, Barry M, Roehrborn C. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Clinical Evidence 8th edition.BMJ Publishing 2002.

• Webber R. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Clinical Evidence 9th edition. BMJ Publishing 2003.
• Webber R et al. Erectile Dysfunction in Clinical Evidence 9th edition. BMJ Publishing 2003.
• Webber R. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Clinical Evidence 10th edition. BMJ Publishing 2003.
• Webber R. Erectile Dysfunction in Clinical Evidence 10th edition. BMJ Publishing 2003.

• Webber R. Erectile dysfunction in Clinical Evidence 11th edition. BMJ Publishing 2004.

• Webber R. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasiain Clinical Evidence 11th edition. BMJ Publishing 2004.

• Webber R. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasiain Clinical Evidence 12th edition. BMJ Publishing 2004.

• Webber R. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Clinical Evidence 13th edition. BMJ Publishing 2005.

• Webber R, Tolley D, Lingeman J. Renal Calculi in Clinical Evidence 13th edition. BMJ Publishing 2005.

Other Professional Activities

• Chairman - Hairmyres Hospital Audit Committee 2001-2004
• Member - Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Audit Committee 2001 - 2004
• Lanarkshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Ethics of Research Committee 2002 - 2004
• Associate Director of Medical Education, Hairmyres Hospital December 2001 - April 2003.
• Tutor - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Diploma of Medical Informatics Course 2001 - Date
• Tutor - Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills Course 2001 - Date.
• Faculty Member - BAUS Office of Education Ureteroscopy Course 2004 - 2005
• Member - Erectile Dysfunction Consultation Group for Scotland 2002 - 2004
• Member - BAUS Section of Endourology Audit Subcommittee 2001 - Date
• Secretary - Scottish Urological Society 2003 - Date

• Question writer  - Intercollegiate MRCS November 2005 – Date.

• Examiner - Intercollegiate MRCS March 2005 – Date.

• Question writer – FRCS(Urology) 2007 – Date

• Examiner – FRCS(Urology) 2008 – Date.

• Member – Specialty Advisory Board in Urology, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh November 2005 – Date.

• Member – BJUI executive committee June 2006 – January 2007

• Web editor – BJUI January 2007 – Date.

   

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