Anna O’Riordan graduated from University College Cork, Republic of Ireland, in 1994 and entered the North of England Urology Training scheme in 2002. She undertook an overseas Fellowship in Laparoscopy at the Clinique St. Augustin in Bordeaux, France in 2007 for 6 months and was appointed a consultant urological surgeon at the Freeman Hospital in March 2009. She also has an honorary consultant post at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, where she has a cancer clinic and a general clinic on Thursdays and Fridays.
As well as core/general urology Miss O’Riordan has specialist expertise in kidney cancer and performs laparoscopic nephrectomy (kidney removal with key-hole surgery). She performs HoLEP surgery (laser enucleation of the prostate gland) for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign enlargement of the prostate. She also has an interest in prostate cancer, particularly with non – surgical treatments including active monitoring.
Miss O’Riordan has a special interest in medical education and is the lead clinician for the Foundation teaching programme for newly qualified doctors in the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust.
