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See SpecialitiesFollowing completion of training on the Merseyside higher surgical training scheme, Professor Ekwueme was appointed Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) based at Glan Clwyd hospital in 2015. He is a trainer and member of the prestigious Faculty of Surgical Trainers of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Professional Achievements
Academic Prizes
- Best Poster Prize –Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh 2016
- Norman Gibbon Travel Scholarship 2016
- The Mary Duguid Prize for best paper, 2009.
- Norman Gibbon Prize for best research paper 2009
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology Scholarship Prize - University of Ibadan, 2001.
- The Professor Famewo prize in Anaesthesia (3rd) University of Ibadan, 2001.
Research
1. Doctoral Thesis, University of Liverpool - An evaluation of modified transperineal template-guided saturation biopsy of prostate in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
2. Selected Journal Articles
- Ekwueme K, et al; Transperineal template-guided saturation biopsy using a modified technique: outcome of 270 cases requiring repeat prostate biopsy; BJU Int. 2013 Jun;111(8): E365-73
- Sarkar D, Ekwueme K, Parr N; Patient-Reported Experience of Modified Transperineal Template Guided Saturation Biopsy Under General Anaesthesia and without Prophylactic Catheterisation; Urol Int. 2016;96(4):479-83
Appointments
- Honorary Senior Lecturer Bangor University
- Honorary Lecturer Cardiff University Medical School
- Honorary Clinical Lecturer (Medicine) Swansea University Medical School
