Personal Profile
Mr Fulford was appointed as Consultant Urologist in Middlesbrough and Darlington on 1st June 2001 and then undertook training in medico legal report writing and started preparing reports in 2002.
Mr Fulford has been a consultant urological surgeon at James Cook University Hospital since 1st June 2001. He is also a consultant urologist to the regional spinal injuries unit based at James Cook University Hospital. He runs a private and medico legal practice at Woodlands Hospital, Darlington.
Mr Fulford has a major interest in the investigation and management of functional bladder symptoms and incontinence, including post prostatectomy incontinence in men; primary and recurrent incontinence, urinary symptoms, urethral diverticulae and urinary fistulae in women.
He regularly mentors other Urologists learning major reconstructive and prosthetic urological procedures and participates in the on call rota at JCUH and is thus exposed to the full range of urological emergencies on a regular basis. Mr Fulford continues to see and treat the full range of general urology patients both in the NHS and private sector. He has been a faculty member of the BAUS sponsored “Spinal Injuries Urology” course in Sheffield since appointment. They run two courses a year and all urological trainees attend during their training. Mr Fulford is also on the faculty of the BAUS sponsored “Expert Urodynamic Course” in Bristol which runs twice a year and regularly teaches and lectures at local and national meetings and courses.
He is involved with colleagues in York University investigating Ketamine induced Cystitis and is the Principle Investigator for two UK randomised multicentre studies (MASTER and UPSTREAM) in Middlesbrough and is involved in numerous other research and audit projects locally.