Mr Nigel Parr

Mr Nigel Parr is a leading consultant urologist and the first to be appointed to Wirral University Teaching Hospital. He has wide reaching experience across the field of urology, but current particular interests relate to prostate, bladder and penile cancer, urinary tract infections and inflammation, male infertility and urinary tract stones. He runs a highly respected penile cancer service and frequently receives referrals from outside the region.

Mr Parr obtained his medical qualification from the University of Liverpool. After being awarded a Doctorate in Medicine, he moved to Edinburgh to complete his training and became a lecturer in urology. As consultant urologist at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, Mr Parr introduced a number of new treatments to Merseyside and the North West. He has published more than 70 papers in scientific journals, and either he or his trainees have been awarded 15 research prizes at local, national, and international meetings including the AUA, EAU, BAUS and the Endourology Society.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Cryotherapy (prostate cancer)

Template biopsy prostate

Transperineal MRI/US fusion biopsy prostate

TRUS

TURP

TURBT

Microsurgical Reversal Vasectomy

Antegrade scrotal sclerotherapy (embolisation) of varicocoele

Rezum

Hydrocoele repair

Epididymal cyst excision

Varicocoele surgery

Drainage utricular cyst

Epididymectomy

Surgery for penile cancer

Urethrotomy

Urethral dilatation

Rigid and flexible cystoscopy

Bladder neck incision

Exracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Prostate biopsy and prostate imaging