Miss Christine Gan : Urology

Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
Verified account
Open Referral network

Overview

Specialises in

Benign Prostate disorders

General urology

Urological oncology

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Miss Christine Gan qualified from Oxford University in 2008, then underwent Urology specialty training in the North-west London deanery. She undertook 2 years of clinical research at Guy’s Hospital London, with a focus on non muscle invasive bladder cancer. She was appointed as a consultant at Lister Hospital in 2019.

Miss Gan has a clinical interest in the diagnosis and management of Urological cancers.. She co-leads the local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy program at the Lister, and also developed the trust’s trans-urethral laser ablation (TULA) service for the outpatient treatment of small bladder tumours.

She also has a strong clinical interest in treating men with urinary problems secondary to an enlarged prostate. In addition to the standard surgical options for BPH, she also offers holmium laser surgery (HoLEP) for men with larger prostates, and Rezum water vapour therapy, which is a less invasive option particularly suitable for men keen to preserve their sexual function.

Miss Gan has published extensively on Urological oncology, and has presented at numerous international and national conferences. She is currently also an undergraduate tutor in Urology for Cambridge University final year medical students.

Areas of interest

Blood in the urine; raised PSA; urinary symptoms in men and women; enlarged prostate; kidney stones; recurrent UTIs; bladder cancer; prostate cancer; transperineal prostate biopsy; HoLEP; Rezum; TURP; Transurethral laser ablation of bladder tumours; TURBT

Medical secretaries

Teresa Donald
Herts Urology Associates Pinehill Hospital Benslow Lane Hitchin SG4 9QZ
07305 323377
huaurologysecretary@gmail.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Miss Christine Gan has worked with Dr Hassan Iqbal at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (1-5)
Miss Christine Gan has worked with Dr Michael R Chilvers at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (1-5)

Miss Christine Gan has worked with Dr Chegireddy Venkata Prasad at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (1-5)

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Lister Hospital, Stevenage

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

Khan MS, Omar K, Ahmed K, Gan C, Van Hemelrijck M, Nair R, Thurairaja R, Rimington P, Dasgupta P. Long-term Oncological Outcomes from an Early Phase Randomised Controlled Three-arm Trial of Open, Robotic, and Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy (CORAL). Eur Urol. 2020 Jan;77(1):110-18

Omar K, Gan C, Rottenberg G, O’Brien TS, Thomas K, Thurairaja R and Khan MS. A prospective study of the utility of a routine ‘loopogram’ at three months for the early detection of anastomotic stricture post-cystectomy and conduit urinary diversion J Clin Urol. 2018;11(6): 422-8

Gan C, Amery S, Chatterton K, Khan MS, Thomas K, O’Brien T. Sequential BCG/EMDA MMC as the standard intravesical regimen in high risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: 2 year outcomes. J Urol. 2016;195:1697-1703

Khan MS, Gan C, Ahmed K, Ahmad FI, Watkins J, Summers JA, Peacock JL, Rimington P, Dasgupta P. A Single-centre Early Phase Randomised Controlled Trial of Open, Robotic and Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy (CORAL). Eur Urol. 2016;69:613-21

Gan C, McPhee I, Andrews P, Wiltshire S, Morsy M, Heap S, Kessaris N. Haematological problems and their solutions in ABO-incompatible renal transplants. Biol syst Open Access 2015 May; 4(1):33

Faure-Walker N, Gan C, Olsburgh J, Khan MS. Diagnosis and management of intradiverticular bladder tumours. Nat Rev Urol. 2014 July;11:383-90

Gan C, Challacombe BJ. Defining standardized but succinct outcomes for partial nephrectomy. BJU Int. 2013 Dec;112(8):1058

Gan C, Patel A, Fowler S, Catto J, Rosario D, O’Brien T. Snapshot of Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumours in the U.K. Audit (STUKA). BJU Int. 2013 Nov;112(7):930-5

Gan C, Mostafid H, Khan MS, Lewis DJ. BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer--the effects of substrain differences. Nat Rev Urol. 2013 Oct;10(10):580-8

Miah, S, Dunford, C, Edison, M, Eldred-Evans, David, Gan, C, Shah, T, Lunn, P, Winkler, M, Ahmed, HU, Gibbons, N, Hrouda, David. (2018). A prospective clinical, cost and environmental analysis of a clinician-led virtual urology clinic. The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 101. 1-5. 10.1308/rcsann.2018.0151.

Gan C, Shabbir M, Watkin N. Modern management of penile cancer. Trends in Urology & Men's Health 2013 Sept/Oct; 4(5):35-37

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

M4510
Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder (flexible cystoscopy) including any biopsy - (5-50)

Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (5-50)
M0910
Endoscopic fragmentation of calculi of kidney (including cystoscopy and insertion/removal of stent) - (1-5)

Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (1-5)
M4714
Therapeutic injection into bladder wall (including cystoscopy) - (1-5)
M4230
Endoscopic destruction of lesion of bladder (including cystoscopy) - (1-5)
M3000
Endoscopic examination of ureter (+/- cystoscopy and insertion/removal of stent) +/- retrograde pyelography - (1-5)
N3030
Circumcision - (1-5)

Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (1-5)
M6530
Endoscopic resection of prostate (TUR) (including cystoscopy) - (1-5)
S0643
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - four or more, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
M2930
Removal of prosthesis from ureter (including cystoscopy) - (1-5)

Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (1-5)
M6533
Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostatic Adenoma (HoLEP) - (1-5)
M7071
Transurethral water jet ablation for lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia - (1-5)

Ramsay Pinehill Hospital (1-5)

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