Frank Chinegwundoh (1961- )

• Chinegwundoh obtained a Medical degree from the University of London, after a Masters in Medical Law from Glasgow University in 2010.
• He is the first black British urological surgeon, specialising in prostate cancer and impotence. 
• Chinegwundoh has published the first UK data set showing that black men have an above-average risk of prostate cancer.
• He has been chairman of Cancer Black Care (CBC) since 1998 and sits on several cancer advisory panels for the Department for Health. 
• In 2013, received an MBE for services to the NHS and he continues to operate a drop-in clinic for prostate cancer testing.

Text: St George’s, University of London Alumni

Image: © Frank Chinegwundoh

Author: Anthonia Oluwatuyi (2020) LJMU Student

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