Mr Richard Nobrega

Mr Nobrega is Clinical Lead for Neuro-Urology at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), one of the UK’s largest specialist commissioned spinal injury units and Consultant Urological Surgeon at University College Hospital London.

He specialises in the treatment of complex male and female voiding dysfunction and incontinence, and expert in reconstruction of the urinary tract in spinal injury patients with neurogenic bladder.

He is also part of a specialised team providing cancer survivorship for both men and women who suffer with incontinence after cancer surgery and radiotherapy.

Mr Nobrega trained at University College London, before moving to Oxford University teaching Hospitals to complete his specialist training. He has an honours degree in physiology. His clinical fellowship was undertaken within the Female, Reconstructive and Adolescent (FRA) unit at University College London Hospital where he was appointed a substantive consultant in 2022. The FRA Unit offers tertiary expertise in male and female reconstructive urology to urologists and urogynaecologists nationwide.

Mr Nobrega continues his academic and teaching links with Oxford University and University College London, and has presented and published nationally and internationally on spinal cord injury and neurogenic bladder, lower urinary tract dysfunction, urodynamics, anti-incontinence surgery and reconstructive urology.

His practice specialises in the treatment of neurogenic and non-neurogenic bladder dysfunction, male and female incontinence including colposuspension, autologous fascial sling, artificial urinary sphincter implantation, urinary fistulae and diverticula surgery, prolapse repair, bladder augmentation, bladder replacement and both continent and incontinent urinary diversion. He has particular interest in the holistic management and life long care of spinal cord injury patients with neurogenic bladder including dysreflexia, urodynamics, stones, botox, neuromodulation and SARSI.

Mr Nobrega is a member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), European Association of Urology, American Urological Association, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal Society of Medicine and British Medical Association.