Professor David Nicol has been a Consultant Urologist for over 20 years, currently appointed as Consultant Urologist and Chief of Surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital since 2012. His clinical work focuses on urological cancer, predominantly complex kidney and testicular cancer, alongside a strong interest in general adult urology, encompassing diagnosis and treatment of common urological conditions related to bladder and prostatic symptoms, male genital problems, and urinary infections.

Originally from Australia, Professor Nicol trained in Brisbane, Queensland, and Canada. He was previously Director of Urology and Renal Transplantation at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and Professor of Surgery at the University of Queensland, pioneering laparoscopic urological surgery and performing the first laparoscopic nephrectomy in 1993. He has worked in the UK since 2009 – initially at the Royal Free Hospital and UCLH where he was Clinical Lead of Renal Transplantation and Renal Surgery.

Following his move to the Royal Marsden Hospital in 2012, his clinical work has focused on complex surgery for kidney cancer, including those with vena caval extension and testicular cancer, with patients referred nationally and internationally by urological colleagues. With testicular cancer, he performs approximately 25% of all retroperitoneal lymph node resections in the UK. He has trained numerous urologists from the UK and abroad in his subspecialty interests who now also practice in these areas at other major institutions. In addition, he frequently works with colleagues in other surgical specialties such as gynaecology and colorectal surgery for complex surgical procedures where urological structures are involved and may need to be resected or repaired.

Professor Nicol’s research interests focus on kidney and testicular cancer, and he is an invited speaker at specialty meetings in the UK and abroad. He has published over 150 articles in specialty journals and 8 book chapters. He is a member of the European Association of Urology Testicular Cancer Guidelines as well as the NCRI Kidney and Bladder Research Committee.