Personal Profile
Mr Michael Palmer was born in Glasgow and attended Hutchesons’ Grammar School. He qualified as a doctor from Glasgow University in 1984 before moving to Merseyside where he trained in General Surgery and Urology. During his surgical training he was awarded the degree of ChM (Master of Surgery) from Liverpool University for his thesis on the urodynamic evaluation of bladder outlet obstruction.
Mr Palmer is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the European Board of Urology. He moved back to Glasgow in 1997 to take up a post as Consultant Urological Surgeon.
Mr Palmer offers a wide range of urological procedures for bladder and prostate complaints, peno-scrotal problems and urethral stricture. He also performs vasectomy and microsurgical reversal of vasectomy. In addition, he has an extensive practice in the management of bladder pain, using a variety of techniques including intravesical instillations.
In addition to his clinical activities, Mr Palmer has previously been Programme Director for urological training in the West of Scotland and a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Urology to the GMC.
