Sotonye Tolofari BSc(Hons) MBChB FRCS(Urol) Salford Care Organisation, Northern Care alliance NHS Trust, Manchester, UK Mr Tolofari studied Medicine at the University of Manchester, graduating in 2011. During his undergraduate career, he was awarded an intercalated 1st Class(Hons) Pathology BSc. Over the subsequent decade he trained in General & Urological Surgery in the North West of England. He successfully completed the FRCS(Urol) examination and was awarded the Keith Yeates Gold Medal for outstanding performance in 2019. Sotonye’s specialist interests include the treatment of kidney cancer and upper tract urothelial cancer using open, laparoscopic and robotic techniques. He also has interests in prostate cancer diagnostics and the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).Sotonye Tolofari was the Chairman of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Section of Trainees in 2020 and, as such, sat on the Speciality AdvisoryCommittee (SAC) for Urology. He is the current Clinical Director for Urological Cancers in the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance. He has an active involvement in research and quality improvement with multiple authored peer reviewed publications and learning modules.Mrs Dora Moon, MBChB FRCS(Urol), Consultant UrologistDora Moon studied Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK graduating in 2008. She developed a interest in basic science research, further developing this whilst working as a research associate at The University of Vermont College of Medicine in the USA. Her post-graduate surgical training was based in the North West of England, during which she sat as treasurer and committee member on the national urology trainee committee BSoT for 3 years. Dora works as an NHS consultant in Lancashire, offering a tertiary robotic surgery service for the treatment of renal cell and upper urothelial tract cancer, for patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria.Benjamin Starmer, MBChB FRCS(Urol), Consultant UrologistBenjamin studied medicine at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 2011. He completed his training in Urology in the North West of England. During his training, Benjamin successfully completed Postgraduate certificates in medical education and medical leadership. After passing the FRCS(Urol), he was awarded the Keith Yeates Gold Medal for outstanding performance in 2021. In 2020 Benjamin acted as the Honorary Secretary for BAUS Section of Trainees and is now currently an active member of the MCQ writing group for the FRCS(Urol). Benjamin’s specialist interests include pelvic oncology, prostate cancer diagnostics and robotic surgery. Steve Payne MB MS FRCS FEBUrol, Retired Consultant UrologistSteve qualified from the Royal Free Hospital in 1977 and was appointed Consultant Urologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 1988. He progressed specialist clinical interests in complex andrology and reconstructive urology at regional and national levels, whilst also having leading roles in developments in under- and post-graduate medical education. He chaired the Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Exams for the FRCS in Urology and, subsequently, the International JSCFE exam which he continues to quality assure. Steve has officiated across a number of other higher-qualification urological boards at both national and international levels and is widely published. Since retirement from clinical practice he has maintained an involvement with the production of multimedia educative material and the provision of simulation training at junior and advanced levels. In addition, Steve works with the Surgeon Wellbeing unit in the Department of Psychology at Bournemouth University, with a research interest in the peri-retirement population, and helps hands-on development of reconstructive skills for surgeons in lowand low-middle income countries in sub-Saharan Africa with colleagues from the Urolink charity.
