Mark J Speakman

I was appointed consultant urological surgeon at Musgrove Park Hospital in 1990 after training in London, Bath, Oxford and Glasgow.

I developed a busy practice in benign and malignant (cancerous and non-cancerous) prostate disease, incontinence (urinating involuntarily), children’s urology and andrology (men's health). I have published over 100 papers and co-authored books.

I have been a member of British Association Urological Surgeons’ Council and was honourable treasurer of the association (2003-2005) and was been elected as vice-president of British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), becoming president in June 2014. I am also on the editorial board of the British Journal of Urology.

At Musgrove; I was previously clinical director for surgery (95-00) and was associate medical director from 2004 to 2009. I have also been the director of research and development for the hospital. I am a specialist advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).