SAS & Trust Urologists (STU)
Committee Members
Samavedam Murali (Chair)
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Samavedam is a Specialst Urologist at Lincoln County Hospital.
He was elected Chair of the Section in January 2024 and will remain in post until December 2025.
Samavedam Murali
Chair
Samavedam is a Specialst Urologist at Lincoln County Hospital.
He was elected Chair of the Section in January 2024 and will remain in post until December 2025.
Email: ssmurali@btinternet.com
Adham Ahmed (Vice Chair)
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Adham is a Locum Consultant Urologist based at the West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
He was elected Vice Chair of the Section in January 2024 and will succeed Murali as Chair of the Section from 2026 to 2027.
Adham Ahmed
Vice Chair
Adham is a Locum Consultant Urologist based at the West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
He was elected Vice Chair of the Section in January 2024 and will succeed Murali as Chair of the Section from 2026 to 2027.
Email: adham.ahmed1984@gmail.com
Rickaz Abdul Raheem (Secretary)
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Rickaz is a Locum Consultant Urologist based at Bedford Hospital. He is a member of the Surgical Specialty Board in Urology at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In November 2022, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Intercollegiate Surgical Education Committee for SAS/LED doctors and Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors.
He was elected Secretary of the Section in January 2024 for an initial two-year term until December 2025.
Rickaz Abdul Raheem
Secretary
Rickaz is a Locum Consultant Urologist based at Bedford Hospital. He is a member of the Surgical Specialty Board in Urology at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In November 2022, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Intercollegiate Surgical Education Committee for SAS/LED doctors and Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors.
He was elected Secretary of the Section in January 2024 for an initial two-year term until December 2025.
Email: drrickaz@yahoo.com
Omar Ababneh (Elected Member)
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Omar is a specialty doctor in urology at Craigavon Area Hospital, in The Southern Health and care trust, Northern Ireland. He has worked as an Urology specialist in Jordan and urology registrar in the Republic of Ireland, gaining MRCS England in 2017. His passion is upper and lower Robotic uro-oncology, Endourology and Andrology.
He was elected to the Executive Commitee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Omar Ababneh
Elected Member
Omar is a specialty doctor in urology at Craigavon Area Hospital, in The Southern Health and care trust, Northern Ireland. He has worked as an Urology specialist in Jordan and urology registrar in the Republic of Ireland, gaining MRCS England in 2017. His passion is upper and lower Robotic uro-oncology, Endourology and Andrology.
He was elected to the Executive Commitee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Email: ababnehurologist@gmail.com
Kathryn Bandeira de Mello (Elected Member)
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Kathryn is a Specialty Doctor in Urology at Wycombe General Hospital in Buckinghamshire. She has previously worked in Urology at various trusts across South West England.
She was elected to the Executive Committee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Kathryn Bandeira de Mello
Elected Member
Kathryn is a Specialty Doctor in Urology at Wycombe General Hospital in Buckinghamshire. She has previously worked in Urology at various trusts across South West England.
She was elected to the Executive Committee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Email: bandeira.kathryn@gmail.com
Shekhar Marathe (Elected Member)
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Shekhar is an Associate Specialist at Watford General Hospital.
He was elected to the Executive Committee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Shekhar Marathe
Elected Member
Shekhar is an Associate Specialist at Watford General Hospital.
He was elected to the Executive Committee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Email: laserurology@yahoo.com
Hosam Noweir (Elected Member)
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Hosam is currently a Urology Speciality Doctor at Stepping Hill, Stockport. He finished a one year fellowship in robotic surgery at Stepping Hill and is currently finalising his CESR application. After completing his training as a surgical oncologist in Egypt, he moved to the UK to pursue a career in Uro-oncology. Hosam elected to the Committee in December 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2027.
Hosam Noweir
Elected Member
Hosam is currently a Urology Speciality Doctor at Stepping Hill, Stockport. He finished a one year fellowship in robotic surgery at Stepping Hill and is currently finalising his CESR application. After completing his training as a surgical oncologist in Egypt, he moved to the UK to pursue a career in Uro-oncology. Hosam elected to the Committee in December 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2027.
Email: noweir@live.com
Govindaraj Rajkumar (Elected Member)
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Govindaraj is an Associate Specialist at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital.
He was elected to the Executive Committee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Govindaraj Rajkumar
Elected Member
Govindaraj is an Associate Specialist at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital.
He was elected to the Executive Committee in January 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2026.
Email: Gn_rajkumar@yahoo.com
Susan Wong (Elected Member)
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Susan is a Consultant Urological Surgeon & Andrologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
She was elected to the Executive Committee in December 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2027.
Susan Wong
Elected Member
Susan is a Consultant Urological Surgeon & Andrologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
She was elected to the Executive Committee in December 2024 for an initial three-year term until December 2027.
Email: u02sww@doctors.net.uk
Ian Pearce (Co-Opted: Trustee)
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Ian is a Professor of Urology at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
He is the current BAUS President and was co-opted on to the STU Executive Committee as Trustee Representative in January 2024.
Ian Pearce
Co-Opted: Trustee
Ian is a Professor of Urology at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
He is the current BAUS President and was co-opted on to the STU Executive Committee as Trustee Representative in January 2024.
Email: admin@baus.org.uk