Urogynaecology consultants

Simon Jackson qualified in 1987 from the University of Oxford. His postgraduate surgical training was undertaken in Bristol where he worked in the departments of both Gynaecology and Urology.

He was awarded an MD from Bristol University for research into connective tissue disorders in urinary incontinence and prolapse. He has been a gynaecology consultant in Oxford since 1999, specialising in urogynaecology and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.

Since becoming a consultant, he has developed laparoscopic pelvic floor reconstructive surgery in Oxford, offering uterine preserving surgery to women as an alternative to the more traditional hysterectomy.

He has published over 50 papers on urinary incontinence and prolapse and has written several textbooks on the subject.

He is the director of Oxford's urogynaecology subspecialty training programme and is a member of the Subspecialty Training Committee at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Mr Izett-Kay is a Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist Urogynaecologist who qualified from the University of Exeter, spent a decade training in London in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and then subspecialised training in Urogynaecology.

He has trained at three of the UK's top Urogynaecology units including King's College Hospital London with Professor Linda Cardozo OBE, University College London Hospitals and Oxford University Hospitals.

He was awarded an MD (Res) doctoral degree from University College London for research into womb-sparing key-hole prolapse surgery and the role of synthetic mesh, supervised by Mr Arvind Vashisht and Professor Usha Menon at UCLH. He is actively engaged in research, publishing peer-reviewed papers regularly, lecturing internationally, authoring book chapters, and is currently part of the NIHR funded PURSUE study group at University of Oxford.

He is Chair of the IUGA FTECP committee, runs a journal club, teaches laparoscopic surgery to peers and trainees as a subspecialty trainer, and provides mentorship and teaching to junior colleagues leading to several awards. He is a regular peer-reviewer for international academic journals and also has expertise in medicolegal practice.

Jonathan Nicholls qualified in 1985 from Westminster Medical School, University of London. His senior postgraduate training was undertaken in Bristol where he worked in the departments of both gynaecology and urology.

He was awarded an MD from Imperial College, London for research into the metabolic disorders of diabetic pregnancy. He has been a consultant at Oxford University Hospitals since 1999, specialising in urogynaecology and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery.

Since becoming a consultant he has developed an integrated pelvic floor and continence service at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury and introduced laparoscopic and non-mesh procedures to treat a variety of gynaecological and pelvic floor conditions. He has published widely on a variety of subjects and has also been awarded several travel scholarships.

He is Clinical Lead in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Horton General Hospital and a member of the Oxford Urogynaecology Multidisciplinary Team.