Professor Linda Cardozo OBE
Professor of Urogynaecology and Consultant Gynaecologist, Kings College Hospital London
Speaker's biography
Professor Linda Cardozo heads a busy and productive multidisciplinary tertiary referral urogynaecology department undertaking a large clinical workload dealing with complex urogynaecological problems. The department offers a wide range of diagnostic procedures conservative and drug therapy and prides itself on the ability to undertake many invasive procedures in an ambulatory setting. However, there are also appropriate facilities for both day surgery and more major inpatient procedures.
Professor Cardozo believes that education is of paramount importance and the unit prides itself on teaching medical students and training junior doctors and other healthcare professionals. To date, 9 subspecialty trainees and over 50 fellows have developed their urogynaecological skills at King’s generating 18 higher degrees, MD’s and PhD’s as well as numerous publications and presentations at international meetings.
Professor Cardozo has directed this clinical research and her publications include more than 700 original papers in peer review journals, 26 books and 150 book chapters. Her H factor is 72 and she is a member of the Editorial Board of 6 scientific journals.