Mr David Thomas qualified in 1985 at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London before surgical training in Bristol, Portsmouth and then Newcastle upon Tyne. Mr Thomas was appointed Consultant Urologist at Freeman Hospital in 1997. He provides a specialist regional service for advanced kidney and testicular cancer including RPLND. He also provides a partial nephrectomy and laparoscopic nephrectomy service.
In addition he carries out complex stone surgery including children with stone disease. Along with colleagues he provides a general urology service including patients with acute urological problems.
Teaching and research
Mr Thomas is currently the Urology Training Programme Director for the Northern Deanery and a member of the SAC. Previous NHS posts have included: Clinical Director, Testis NCRI group, Testis Lead clinician, MDT chair, NEUS secretary, National Cancer Service Peer Reviewer. He is the current local PI for two national research projects.
