Pippa Sangster
pippasangster.bsky.social
Pippa Sangster
@pippasangster.bsky.social
Consultant Urologist. Male infertility lead, varicocele, hypogonadism, erectile dysfunction & Peyronie's disease expert UCLH
https://maleinfertilityspecialist.co.uk/
Pinned
go.bsky.app/7cmCgLR looking to add more people who are interested in Andrology… let me know if this is your thing
Important data for everyone involved in fertility preservation of adolescent males prior to medical treatment which may cause infertility…. When, where and how to do it successfully #AUA2025
April 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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#David_Ralph and I are busy preparing for the premier penile prosthesis Masterclass of the year with our team at @coloplast-md.bsky.social & @uclh.bsky.social. Attendees to this invite-only event are experienced implanters & key opinion leaders - can't wait! #LMC25 @pippasangster.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@BE_Ayres & I have organised a great training day this Friday for London urology trainees…. A full day of benign penile dermatosis, surgical reconstruction & penile cancer. Fantastic speakers sharing knowledge on all things Andrology!
April 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Lovely night celebrating our amazing @uclh fellow “Angelo of Andrology”! @AngelodiGiova Getting ready to leave us. He has been a fantastic colleague, excellent surgeon & a real team player. We’ll miss you! Lucky @GeorgesUrology @comedystoreuk
March 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
If you’re a urologist with interest in Andrology you’d be mad to miss this weekend of lectures by world class speakers… it’s free, have you registered?? I may be in pjs for my talk on how to carry out a TURED tomorrow eve www.lastlink.us/registration...
January 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Another excellent #Klinefelter joint clinic @uclh,transitioning paeds to adults, endocrinology,fertility, psychology uclh.nhs.uk/our-services/f… Dr Sri(adult endo), Dr Harriet Gunn(paeds endo) Dr Jennie Faithful (psych) & me all things infertility & sexual dysfunction @socendocrinology.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Looooooong day!! 172 Andrology patients in clinic.Everyone worked their socks off @uclh .
Thanks to reception, phlebotomy, nursing & my amazing fellows for giving up their weekend! Think we saw everything late effects, azoospermia, Klinefelters, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism etc…
January 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Pleased to see more medical accounts @esendocrinology.bsky.social @socendocrinology.bsky.social @endosocjournals.bsky.social @thelancet.bsky.social @nejm.org @naturerevendo.bsky.social all starting up on here!!!! When oh when can I shut down my Twitter account and still keep abreast of medicine?
December 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Really important article for urologists and haematologists looking after sickle cell and priapism pts from #Guy’sAndrology department
A contemporary review of the management strategies for sickle cell disease related ischaemic and stuttering priapism - International Journal of Impotence Research
International Journal of Impotence Research - A contemporary review of the management strategies for sickle cell disease related ischaemic and stuttering priapism
www.nature.com
December 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Such a privilege to speak at Houses of Parliament last night on men’s health… the most amazing fellow speakers highlighting inequalities, demands & health needs for men in 2024 @RDPIntl @NHS_JayDungeni @ThePatrickNyika @TrevorSteven63 @mynewsnorth #travismainsmarten @uclh
December 11, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Here we go!! NIHR grant & funding approval into multicentre RCT for hormonal stimulation w clomiphene in #maleinfertility (CONCRETE trial). Huge kudos to @BasselWattar for all his hard work pulling this together. Looking forward to involving @uclh patients
December 6, 2024 at 7:13 AM
It’s been a really busy 2 weeks of male fertility preservation surgery for oncological patients…. Lymphoma, testicle Ca, sarcoma. Little reminder to lots of oncology people on here how important it is to link up w your urologist bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The importance of the urologist in male oncology fertility preservation
Objectives To demonstrate that surgical sperm retrieval (SSR) and spermatogonial stem cell retrieval (SSCR) in an oncological context are safe and successful. Patients and Methods This a retrospec...
bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Looks to be a great day tomorrow discussing all things reproductive endocrinology in London @drsashahoward @drsophieclarke @profdicanderson @ChannaJayasena www.endocrinology.org/events/repro... @Soc_Endo
December 2, 2024 at 6:36 PM
www.gov.uk/government/c... An important consultation for NHS workers to get involved in
Leading the NHS: proposals to regulate NHS managers
www.gov.uk
November 27, 2024 at 8:55 AM
For the oncologists out there (and anyone else!) … this is such an important topic to follow for your patients, particularly if paeds interest
🚨 News from the team 🚨
We have joined @bluesky to help spread the word on #FertilityPreservation in #ChildhoodCancer. You can keep up with our work on @X or follow us on @bluesky (RodTMitchell) and all the major social media channels. Keep your 👀 peeled for updates 😊
November 24, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Can't recommend this course enough... a weekend of phenomenal talks and knowledge sharing thanks to Faysal_a_Yafi . I've got some great TURED videos to share for tx haematospermia,obstructive azoospermia & ejaculatory pain
November 24, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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So Streeting wants (good!) to disbar senior NHS managers who suppress whistleblowers or others raising concerns

But already 1 in 3 senior/very senior managers are registered nurses, doctors, midwives, AHPs

And yet despite it being explicit in their professional codes that in management role....
November 24, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Looking for #womeninmedicine to follow? 👩🏿‍⚕️🧑🏼‍🔬

We now have four starter packs to get you going! 🤗

Comment or DM if you don’t see yourself and would like to be added.

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November 15, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Don’t even get me started on infertility & supplements….! “Yes an extra £300 a month on nonsense capsules (that you don’t even know what is in them) will definitely be the answer to your complete azoospermia” ….is something you’ll never hear me say. Thieving from desperate, vulnerable couples
the dietary supplement industry continues to thrive despite being implicated in lies, deceit, and patient harm

a medical toxicologist's rant (and warning) about dietary supplements:
November 22, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Getting ready for 3rd talk of the week tomorrow… Priapism in Sri Lanka, Klinefelter’s in Liverpool, tomorrow online (potentially in bed!) and erectile dysfunction! In between theatres w microTESE’s, orchidectomies & overbooked clinics. Ignoring the growing “to do list” at home….
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
It’s a goodie….
So here’s a starter pack of the UK Oncologists I’ve found so far - LMK who I have missed and I will follow and add.
November 20, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Is ICSI an unnecessary “Add-on” for couples where morphology is the only abnormality…..? Probably! Save some costs & go for std IVF. academic.oup.com/humrep/advan...
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection versus conventional in vitro fertilization in infertile couples with normal total sperm count and motility: does sperm morphology matter?
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. Among couples with infertility and normal total sperm count and motility, can sperm morphology be used as a biomarker to identify c
academic.oup.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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This Friday 22/11/24… an afternoon of Andrology teaching for urology trainees. Erectile dysfunction, Peyronie’s, Priapism & infertility. tinyurl.com/unote24
November 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Getting ready to talk on #Klinefelter’s syndrome and how our fantastic KFX-tra specialist multidisciplinary clinic @uclh look after these young people Monday 9am #ESPE2024 @EuroSPE @KlinefeltersUK … Liverpool here I come
November 17, 2024 at 9:54 AM
go.bsky.app/7cmCgLR looking to add more people who are interested in Andrology… let me know if this is your thing
November 17, 2024 at 8:04 AM