Christopher Chapple
is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Honorary
Professor at University of Sheffield and Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam
University. He is particularly interested in the functional reconstruction of
the lower urinary tract and the underlying pharmacological control mechanisms
and provides a tertiary service in lower urinary tract reconstructive surgery. He
trained at the Middlesex Hospital where he completed his doctorate thesis. He
continued there and the Institute of Urology in London for his sub-specialist
training. He is Secretary General of the European Association of Urology,
having previously been Chairman of the International Relations Committee,
Adjunct Secretary General Responsible for Education, and Director of the
European School of Urology. He was the Network Coordinator for the European
Reference Network (ERN) for rare urogenital diseases and complex conditions
(eUROGEN) from 2016-2019. He was the editor-in-chief of the journal
Neurourology & Urodynamics from 2006-2016 and is on the editorial board of
several international journals. He is an active member of many urological
associations and societies including the British Association of Urological
Surgeons, the European Association of Urology, the International Continence
Society, the Association of Academic European Urologists and the American
Association of Genitourinary Surgeons. He has chaired a number of guidelines
initiatives including the NICE GDG on Male LUTS and the ICUD Consultation on
Male LUTS. BAUS awarded him the St Peter’s medal 2011, SUFU awarded him the
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, and the International Continence Society
made him the inaugural member of their Hall of Fame in 2020. Prof. Chapple has co-authored 750+ articles,
comments and letters in peer-reviewed journals, and has written several
chapters and books.