Mr Brian Birch

BRIAN ROBERT PETER BIRCH ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 1976 BA Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, First Class Honours 1976 Sometime Scholar St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge 1980 MB BChir University of Cambridge 1985 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (England) 1995 MD (Cantab) RELEVANT POSITIONS HELD Jan 2019 to present - Module lead for the MiP2 in hospital program for undergraduate medical students March 2018 – July 2018 Clinical advisor to ScHARR-TAG for the NICE appraisal of Pentosan polysulfate sodium for treating bladder pain syndrome as an expert in the Specialist info database Jan 2018 – present Contributor to NICE appraisal program (2018 to date) July 2017 – present Member of Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee University of Southampton July 2017 – August 2018 Lead NHS England (Wessex) working group on Prostate cancer diagnostic pathway analysis and redesign March 2016 – present Honorary Associate Professor, University of Southampton Jan 2016 – present Deputy Clinical lead BM5 Year 3 Project module April 2015 – present Alternate vice-chair Local Research Ethics Committee (Hampshire B NRES committee) Jan 2014 – present Assessor for The Royal College of Surgeons of England Jan 2013 – present Chair and Lead for the Clinical Site Specific Network Feb 2010 – March 2016 Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton Jan 2009 – present Member of Medical Curriculum Year 3 steering Group April 2008 – April 2016 Medical and dental staff representative to Council of Governors at UHS April 2008 – April 2015 Expert member Local Research Ethics Committee (Hampshire B NRES committee) April 2008 – present Contributor to NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) program Jan 2002 – June 2016 Chair and Lead for the Specialist Urology MDT Jan 1995 – present Consultant Urologist, University Hospital Southampton NHS FT. SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS Five most recent publications Editorial Comment.Birch BRP.Journal of Urology. 203(1):106, 2020 01. Pentosan polysulfate sodium for treating bladder pain syndrome: A Single Technology Appraisal. Martyn-St James M, Davis S, Stevens J, Scope S, Ennis K, Wong J, Alhasso A, Birch B, Chitale S, Lewi H.School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), 2019 Inflammatory and haemostatic changes following pre-eclampsia: potential link with development of subsequent cardiovascular events? F Abad, X Tan, BB van Rijn, BR Birch, AJ Cooper, BA Lwaleed. Gynecology and Reproductive Health 2019; 3 (4), 1-6 A feasibility study of a psycho-educational support intervention for men with prostate cancer on active surveillance. JG Hughes, GM Leydon, S Watts, S Hughes, LA Brindle, E Arden-Close, BR Birch...Cancer Reports, 2019; e1230 Increased plasma CD14 levels 1 year postpartum in women with pre-eclampsia during pregnancy: a case–control plasma proteomics study. A Manousopoulou, FS Abad, DJ Garay-Baquero, BR Birch, BB van Rijn, ...Nutrition & Diabetes 10 (1), 1-5; 2019

These include: 1. Benign prostate disease: Urinary symptoms, prostate surgery, chronic prostatitis 2. Female urological dysfunction: Recurrent UTI, interstitial cystitis 3. Prostate cancer 4. Bladder cancer 5. Chronic pain in urology: interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, Painful bladder syndrome, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, testicular pain 6: Andrology: vasectomy, testosterone replacement therapy