Imaging and Technology in Urology

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).

Steve Payne MB MS FRCS FEBUrol, Retired Consultant Urologist

Steve 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.