Dr Wael Agur is a Consultant and Lead Urogynaecologist at NHS Ayrshire & Arran, West of Scotland. He is doubly qualified from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) as an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and a Subspecialty-Accredited Urogynaecologist.
Dr Agur is also an Honorary Professor at University of Glasgow.
He has practiced Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and principally Urogynaecology, as a consultant since 2009. He is currently Consultant Gynaecologist & Obstetrician, and Subspecialist and Clinical Lead in Urogynaecology.
His areas of interest is Urogynaecology and also includes maternal childbirth injuries.
Dr Agur has served on several Government Groups addressing the transvaginal mesh matter in Scotland and England and has provided written and oral evidence to the UK Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, The Cumberlege Review.
He has been undertaking medico-legal work since 2010 and has undertaken full training with Bond Solon courses on basic and advanced report writing. Medico-legal work has involved reports on Liability and Causation, Condition & Prognosis and Product Liability.
He has also provided medico-legal advice to NHS Scotland Central Legal Office and continues to provide Consultancy and Expert Reports to several law firms in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Australia.
Instructions undertaken from solicitors representing claimants, defendants, and joint instruction in relation to Clinical Negligence matters in the areas of Urogynaecology (including pelvic mesh procedures), General Gynaecology and Maternal Childbirth Injuries.
Dr Agur also considers instructions in relation to Pelvic Mesh Product Liability.
Dr Agur has given evidence in The Federal Court of Australia in July 2017, following instructions from the law firm acting on behalf of over a thousand women in a Product Liability Class Action against a pelvic mesh manufacturer.
He currently accepts around 15-20 instructions per year. Dr Agur participates in annual appraisal and appropriate Continued Professional Development in compliance with the RCOG Portfolio; and remains up to date in his expertise in his area of practice.
Dr Agur has authored and co-authored several key peer-reviewed publications.
He runs an active research programme in the surgical and non-surgical treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction and continues to hold a Research Fellowship from NHS Research Scotland.
My subspecialist interest lies in pelvic mesh claims. I have given evidence in The Federal Court of Australia in July 2017, following instructions from the law firm acting on behalf of over a thousand women in a product liability class action against a pelvic mesh manufacturer.