ABOUT US
About Miss Neha Sihra
Clinical
Miss Neha Sihra is a Consultant Urological Surgeon who specialises in functional, neuro-urology, urinary tract infections (UTIs), male and female lower urinary tract symptoms and reconstructive urology (open and robotic).
She ranked first in the competitive national selection process for specialty registrar training and as a result has trained in some of London’s most prestigious hospitals including Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital and University College London Hospital.
She completed a post-CCT fellowship at St George’s Hospital, London in robotic and reconstructive urology and at CHU Pontchaillou in Rennes, France under the supervision of the world-renowned expert in reconstructive urology, Professor Benoît Peyronnet.
Education & Academia
Miss Sihra was awarded the Keith Yeates & Shackman gold medal award for outstanding performance in the FRCS (Urol) examination.
She is a faculty member for several national and international courses and is an associate member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) non-neurogenic female lower urinary tract symptoms guidelines panel.
She has been a co-chair of a working group with the International Continence Society (ICS) working on addressing some of the challenges associated with complex urinary tract reconstruction.
She is a member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) and European Association of Urology (EAU) and has published 20 peer-reviewed papers and has presented at many national and international conferences including BAUS, EAU, ICS and UKCS.
Qualifications:
FRCS (Urol), Royal College of Surgeons of England
MRCS (Eng), Royal College of Surgeons of England
MBChB, University of Leicester, Leicester Medical School
BSc Physiology – First Class Honours, University of Leicester
Awards:
Keith Yeates Medal FRCS (Urol) & Shackman Award
Awarded a travelling fellowship grant of £2000 by The Urology Foundation (TUF) for outstanding performance in the FRCS (Urol) exam
Parnell Trust Award
Awarded a bursary to fund attendance at a benign robotic reconstructive surgery course
Early Career Professional Session, International Continence Society (ICS)
Awarded prize for Best Early Career presenter for presentation titled ‘The implications of urinary tract reconstruction on pregnancy’
Ranked 1st in ST3 National Selection for specialty registrar training
School of Surgery Training Award, North West Deanery
Gold Award
UK Continence Society (UKCS)
First prize awarded for poster titled ‘Evaluating pad weight gain in asymptomatic women’
Conditions, Diagnostics and Treatments
Urinary incontinence
Overactive bladder
Nocturia
Benign prostatic enlargement
Haematuria (blood in urine)
Bladder pain syndrome/Interstitial cystitis
Complex lower urinary tract symptoms
Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
Recurrent UTIs
Genito-urinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)
Chronic prostatitis
Neuro-urology
Bladder stones
Reconstructive surgery
General urology
Testicular pain
Testicular lumps and swellings
Urinary retention
PSA testing
Urodynamics
Cystoscopy
- Urinary incontinence
- Overactive bladder
- Nocturia
- Benign prostatic enlargement
- Haematuria (blood in urine)
- Bladder pain syndrome/Interstitial cystitis
- Complex lower urinary tract symptoms
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Recurrent UTIs
- Genito-urinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)
- Chronic prostatitis
- Neuro-urology
- Bladder stones
- Reconstructive surgery
- General urology
- Testicular pain
- Testicular lumps and swellings
- Urinary retention
- PSA testing
- Urodynamics
- Cystoscopy
Treatments Offered
Male incontinence
Male sling insertion
Artificial Urinary Sphincter
Female incontinence
Bulking injections to urethra
Colposuspension (open and robotic)
Autologous fascial sling (rectus fascia and fascia lata)
Botulinum Toxin A injections to bladder
Sacral nerve stimulation
Augmentation cystoplasty
Urinary diversion
Ileal conduit
Continent catheterisable channel (Mitrofanoff)
Cystectomy (open and robotic)
Neobladder formation (open and robotic)
Ureteric reconstruction (open and robotic)
Vaginal surgery
Urethral diverticulum surgery
Paraurethral cyst excision
Vesico-vaginal fistula repair (open and robotic)
General urology
Circumcision
Frenuloplasty
Vasectomy
Hydrocoele repair
Epididymal cyst excision
Orchidectomy
Transurethral resection of bladder tumour
Bladder instillations
Male urinary symptoms
Transurethral resection of prostate
Bladder neck incision
Urethral dilatation
Optilume
Male incontinence
- Male sling insertion
- Artificial Urinary Sphincter
Female incontinence
- Bulking injections to urethra
- Colposuspension (open and robotic)
- Autologous fascial sling (rectus fascia and fascia lata)
- Botulinum Toxin A injections to bladder
- Sacral nerve stimulation
- Augmentation cystoplasty
Urinary diversion
- Ileal conduit
- Continent catheterisable channel (Mitrofanoff)
- Cystectomy (open and robotic)
- Neobladder formation (open and robotic)
- Ureteric reconstruction (open and robotic)
Vaginal surgery
- Urethral diverticulum surgery
- Paraurethral cyst excision
- Vesico-vaginal fistula repair (open and robotic)
General urology
- Circumcision
- Frenuloplasty
- Vasectomy
- Hydrocoele repair
- Epididymal cyst excision
- Orchidectomy
- Transurethral resection of bladder tumour
- Bladder instillations
Male urinary symptoms
- Transurethral resection of prostate
- Bladder neck incision
- Urethral dilatation
- Optilume