Mr Graham Young

Mr Young graduated as a research prize winner from the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. He later completed a PhD in prostate cancer treatment at the University of Birmingham and completed general urology training in the West Midlands. He then trained as an Endourology Fellow at the renowned Institute of Urology, Bristol. Since 2008, Mr Young has been a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and was Clinical Lead of the department from 2016-2021.

Mr Young treats patients with all general urological problems. He has a subspecialist interest in endourology and minimally invasive surgical treatments, in particular kidney stone disease and minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma. He runs a general and cancer diagnostic service including performing transperineal prostate biopsies. He also sees patients with general urology problems including andrology, bladder cancer, endourology, erectile dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, prostate disease and urinary tract disorders. He is a core member of the urology specialist cancer MDT.

Mr Young has been a Principal Investigator (PI) and Supervisor for multiple urology research trials including EMBRACE (E. Coli vaccine study), PUrE trial (surgical interventions for kidney stones), SUSPEND and TISU clinical trials at Wythenshawe Hospital. He is also PI for basic research into urinary stone disease and projects relating to stone disease in cystic fibrosis patients.

Mr Young offers teaching to General Practitioners on lower urinary tract symptoms, haematuria, prostate cancer and incontinence. In addition, he is an Educational Supervisor for Foundation Year doctors and a Clinical Supervisor for Core Trainee, Specialist Trainees, & Year 3 medical students.

Mr Young has published book chapters, abstracts and papers in peer reviewed journals on urology.

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