Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Urologist and Robotic Surgeon
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UY
Research interests
Prostate cancer, robotic surgery, bladder cancer
Personal interests
Reading, walking and all things motorsport
Awards received
Best paper prize British Journal of Surgery NCRI 2017 (co-author)
First prize for best academic presentation
East of England annual meeting, Cambridge, UK 2015
Best basic science poster, British Association of Urological Surgeons. Manchester, UK. June 2015
PhD student showcase- prize for best research communication
Institute of food research (now Quadram institute), Norwich, UK. May 2013
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
1. Transcriptional changes in prostate of men on active surveillance after a 12-mo glucoraphanin-rich broccoli intervention—results from the Effect of Sulforaphane on prostate CAncer PrEvention (ESCAPE) randomized controlled trial.
Maria H Traka, Antonietta Melchini, Jack Coode-Bate, Omar Al Kadhi, Shikha Saha, Marianne Defernez, Perla Troncoso-Rey, Helen Kibblewhite, Carmel M O'Neill, Federico Bernuzzi, Laura Mythen, Jackie Hughes, Paul W Needs, Jack R Dainty, George M Savva, Robert D Mills, Richard Y Ball, Colin S Cooper, Richard F Mithen. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 Apr 1;109(4):1133-1144. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz012.
2. Increased transcriptional and metabolic capacity for lipid metabolism in the peripheral zone of the prostate may underpin its increased susceptibility to cancer
Omar Al Kadhi, Maria H. Traka, Antonietta Melchini, Perla Troncoso-Rey, Wiktor Jurkowski, Marianne Defernez, Purnima Pachori, Robert D. Mills, Richard Y. Ball, Richard F. Mithen
3. Day case Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate for all ages and all prostate sizes-Early experience with a defined day case pathway
Omar Al Kadhi, Kate Manley, Madhavi Natarajan, Anna Lipp, Rachel Morris, Mark Rochester
Journal of One-day Surgery JODS 27.2 February
4. A renal colic fast-track pathway to improve waiting times and outcomes for patients presenting to the emergency department
Omar Al Kadhi, Kate Manley, Madhavi Natarjan, Valmiki Lutchmedial, Abbi Forsyth, Kate Tabrett, Johnathan Betteridge, William Finch, Heinrich Hollis
5. Major Urological Cancer Surgery for Patients is Safe and Surgical Training Should Be Encouraged During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicentre Analysis of 30-day Outcomes.
Tan WS, Arianayagam R, Khetrapal P, Rowe E, Kearley S, Mahrous A, Pal R, Fowler W, Heer R, Elajnaf M, Douglas-Moore J, Leyshon Griffiths TR, Voss J, Wilby D, Al Kadhi O, Noel J, Vasdev N, McKay A, Ahmad I, Abu-Nayla I, Lamb B, Hill GT, Narahari K, Kynaston H, Yousuf A, Kusuma VRM, Cresswell J, Cooke P, Chakravarti A, Barod R, Bex A, Kelly JD; a multicentre collaborator group. Eur Urol Open Sci. 2021 Mar;25:39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2021.01.005. Epub 2021 Jan 9.
PMID: 33458711