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Professor Greg Shaw

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  • University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

GMC/GDC number:

4626222

Professional background

Current posts:

  • Professor of Urology (2022)
  • Lead for Robotic Urology, UCLH, (2020 to date)
  • Consultant urologist, UCLH (2015 to date)

Current positions:

  • Royal College of Surgeons of England- Research Consultant (March 2021 – to date)
  • National Institute of Health Research, Lead for Urology, North Thames (2016 – to date)
  • London Cancer- Lead for Research, (2015 to date)
  • Associate Editor Uro-oncology- British Journal of Urology International Knowledge. (2015 to date)
  • National Cancer Research Network, Clinical Studies Group member, (2016 to date)

Former positions:

  • Royal College of Surgeons Fellow in Robotic Surgery (2015-2016)
  • National Institute of Health Research- Clinical Lecturer (2010 - 2015)

Specialties

Research interests

  • Leading national Randomised controlled Trial – NeuroSAFE PROOF study- To evaluate the use of frozen section analysis during radical prostatectomy to promote nerve sparing and improve quality of life
  • Confocal microscopy to improve outcomes with urological surgery
  • Circulating tumour cells in prostate cancer
  • Use of MRI in planning robotic prostatectomy
  • Lead for Buddy scheme to support Afro-Caribbean men diagnosed with prostate cancer

Languages spoken

English and Italian

Publications

Ten most relevant publications:

Citation metrics (June 2025): 3242 citations overall. h-Index 32; i10-index 60

  • NeuroSAFE versus standard robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (NeuroSAFE PROOF): a randomised, controlled, patient-blinded, IDEAL stage 3 trial. E Dinneen, R Almeida-Magana, ……J Kelly, G Shaw, The Lancet Oncology 2025
  • Accuracy of the LaserSAFE technique for detecting positive surgical margins during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: blind assessment and inter-rater agreement analysis- Almeida-Magana R.. Shaw G, Freeman A & Haider A, Histopathology 2024 DOI: 10.1111/his.153362024
  • Complete urethral preservation in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: step-by-step description of surgical technique. Al-Hammouri T, Almeida-Magana R, Tzelves L, Al-Bermani O, Tandogdu Z, Ockrim J, Shaw G. BJU Int. 2024 Aug 27. doi: 10.1111/bju.16508. PMID: 39191387
  • Intra-operative margin assessment during radical prostatectomy: frozen in time or ready for digital defrost? Dinneen E, ..Shaw G. Histopathology. 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1111/his.15290. PMID: 39104212 (image from paper used for front cover of histopathology journal special edition)
  • Tandogdu Z.. Shaw G… Kelly J. Management of patients who opt for radical prostatectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: An International Accelerated Consensus view. BJU Int. 2020 Nov 13. PMID: 33185026
  • NeuroSAFE frozen section during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP): Peri-operative and Histopathological Outcomes from the NeuroSAFE PROOF Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial. Eoin Dinneen, ..J Grierson, A Haider, A Freeman, and G Shaw. BJU Int. 2020 Sep 27. PMID: 32985121
  • Digital frozen section of the prostate surface during radical prostatectomy: a novel approach to evaluate surgical margins. B Rocco , ..G Shaw, S Nathan, S Micali , G Bianchi, A Maiorana , G Pellacani, R Montironi  BJU Int, 2020 Sep;126(3):336-338.  PMID: 32401370
  • NeuroSAFE Technique - pathological considerations and practical implications to guide nerve-sparing surgery in prostate cancer patients. E Dinneen, A Hayder, GL Shaw, Histopathology. 2020 Oct;77(4):536-538. PMID: 32945017
  • Non-invasive detection of clinically significant prostate cancer using circulating tumor cells. Xu L, Mao X, Grey A, Scandura G, Guo T, Burke E, Marzec J, Abdu S, Stankiewicz E, Davies CR, Rajan P, Tipples K, Hines J, Chan PY, Campbell D, Wilkinson K,Kudahetti S, Shamash J, Oliver T, Berney D, Shaw G, Lu YJ. J Urol  2019 PMID: 31389764.
  • Thompson JE, …Shaw GL, et al. Pathological Findings and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Concordance at Salvage Radical Prostatectomy for Local Recurrence following Partial Ablation Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. J Urol. 2019;201(6):1134-43.