Professor Christopher Reginald Chapple BSc, MD, FRCS (Urol), FEBU
Visiting Professor
Summary
Christopher Chapple is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam. He has a particular interest in functional reconstruction of the lower urinary tract and the underlying pharmacological control mechanisms, and provides a tertiary service in lower urinary tract reconstructive surgery.
About
Christopher Chapple is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Honorary Professor at University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University. He has a particular interest in functional reconstruction of the lower urinary tract and the underlying pharmacological control mechanisms, and provides a tertiary service in lower urinary tract reconstructive surgery. He trained at the Middlesex Hospital where he completed his doctorate thesis. He continued there and the Institute of Urology in London for his sub-specialist training.
He is Secretary General of the European Association of Urology, having previously been Chairman of the International Relations Committee, Adjunct Secretary General Responsible for Education, and Director of the European School of Urology. He was editor-in-chief of the journal Neurourology and Urodynamics from 2006-2016 and is on the editorial board of several international journals. He is an active member of many urological associations and societies including the British Association of Urological Surgeons, the European Association of Urology, the International Continence Society, the Association of Academic European Urologists and the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons.
He has chaired a number of guidelines initiatives including the NICE Guidelines Development Group on male LUTS and was co-chairman of the ICUD consultation on male LUTS. BAUS awarded him the St Peter’s medal 2011 and SUFU awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. Prof. Chapple has co-authored 700+ articles, comments and letters in peer-reviewed journals and has written several chapters and books.
Research
Tissue engineering, surgical reconstruction, education
The Robert Luff Foundation, The Urology Foundation
Publications
700+ articles, comments and letters in peer-reviewed journals
Postgraduate supervision
Dr Emma Mironska, Mr Christopher Hillary, University of Sheffield
Mr Nadir Osman, Mr Altaf Mangera, Mr Jake Patterson, Dr Sabiniano Roman, Dr Martin Slovak, University of Sheffield
Dr Donna Daly, Sheffield Hallam University