Mike qualified from the University of London in 2006. He worked in General Surgery and Urology at various hospitals on the South coast of England between 2006 and 2013. He moved to Newcastle in 2013 to work in a research role at Newcastle University, while also working in the Urology Department at the Freeman Hospital.
Mike trained as a GP and then worked as a GP Partner in Prudhoe during 2020-24. He ran an NHS vasectomy service in Prudhoe until relocating it to Blaydon, and was also the minor surgery lead for the practice, providing skin surgery procedures as well as joint injections.
He trained in the No-Scalpel Vasectomy technique at the Centre for Life in Newcastle. He regularly receives positive patient feedback for both his informative and reassuring manner, as well his excellent local anaesthetic technique and surgical outcomes.
