Medicolegal and Expert Witness Work Undertaken
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Mr C Dawson, Consultant Urological Surgeon/Urologist, is employed by Stamford and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and also sees Private Patients at the Fitzwilliam Hospital, Peterborough.
He trained at University College, London and qualified in 1986 having taken an intercalated BSc in Immunology. Following his FRCS examination in 1990 he undertook a surgical registrar rotation in Portsmouth before starting his MS thesis at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London working for Mr HN Whitfield.
On completion of his MS thesis he began his higher training in Urology at the Battle Hospital, Reading, moving on to the Institute of Urology in London, and then to Peterborough. During his time as a Senior Registrar in Peterborough he co-authored the ABC of Urology with Hugh Whitfield.
Chris was appointed Consultant Urologist at the Edith Cavell Hospital Peterborough in December 1996. He has been Lead Clinician for the Department since 2003.
Publications - Chris has continued to publish since his Consultant Post, most notably the award winning The Evidence for Urology which won first prize in the Urology section of the BMA Medical Book competition 2005, and the 2nd edition of the ABC of Urology. The 3rd Edition of the ABC of Urology is due for publication in 2011 and the 2nd edition of the Evidence for Urology is also due to be published later in 2011
The internet and related technology has always held a fascination for Chris and over the last few years since appointment as Consultant Urologist he has developed a number of websites including Medical Calculators (a resource containing free scripts for medical calculations) and Urology Information - the latter is a developing educational resource for primarily for patient use, but also for Medical Students, Urology Trainees, and Urology Nurses. Chris has also produced websites for other commercial clients, and remains interested in the internet as a training resource for Urology patients. Chris is a member of the website development team for the British Association of Urological Surgeons and the website for BAUS is due to go live in June 2010.
Chris has a wide range of sporting and leisure interests; He has run both the Madrid and Paris Marathons and competed in 3 Olympic-distance Triathlons. He holds a first dan black belt in Aikido and a brown belt (1st Kyu) in Shotokan Karate. Chris successfully completed his Private Pilot's licence with NSF Sibson near Peterborough in July 2008, and plans to complete the IMC rating in late 2010. Chris is currently learning to play the drums.
Medicolegal Work: For the last three years Chris has undertaken medicolegal work privately. In support of this pursuit he completed the Cardiff University Bond Solon Course for Expert Witnesses in 2006 and graduated with a Diploma in Law with the College of Law in June 2008.
Chris is married with two children.