Majed is a highly esteemed and internationally renowned Consultant Urological Surgeon at Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, where he has been the Lead Clinician for Andrology, Male Infertility and Genito-Urethral Reconstruction since 2013, one of the largest tertiary referral practices for Andrology (Men’s Health Services) in the UK.
He is the Network Lead for Andrology for the entire Southeast London Region (2022-) and is the Past National Chair of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) Section of Andrology & Genito-urethral Reconstruction (2020-2022). He is now also the Lead for Urology at Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital (2023-), one of the top 20 urological centres in the World (Newsweek 2023).
Since his appointment in 2012, Majed set up the Male Infertility Service at Guy’s Hospital including the microTESE (microsurgical sperm retrieval) program, which has become the largest microTESE service South of the Thames, covering Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond. His audited outcomes exceed international benchmarks. He has also developed one of the world’s largest rapid access, tertiary referral Onco-microTESE services for fertility preservation in testis cancer patients at Guy’s.
He has co-developed a streamlined service focussed on Prostate Cancer Aftercare, helping patients with prostate cancer optimise their functional recovery after treatment, with his colleague Arun Sahai. Their novel approach and service has been presented and published nationally and internationally.
He has set up services for sickle cell priapism and urethral reconstruction and is the Lead for the Supra-regional South London Penile Prosthesis Network Service at Guy’s (2022-).
Majed has taught and trained a generation of surgeons and has been a long-standing Tutor for Male Factor Infertility for the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS), the British Fertility Society (BFS), the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) and has also been invited to teach at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).
He has served as Andrology Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RSC Ed), and an invited speaker at several Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) events. He has been a faculty member for the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Evelina Paediatric Urology Viva course.
He is the co-founder and joint lead of the international AGOUR course for the FRCS(Urol) covering all aspects of andrology, genital oncology and urethral reconstruction, and has been invited as an international surgical mentor and lecturer on several live surgery and micro surgical courses worldwide.
Majed is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College, London, and has supervised both undergraduate and postgraduate research in his area of interest.
He has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as over 20 book chapters in his field. He also serves on the editorial board of 2 international journals.
His current research projects include functional recovery after prostate cancer surgery and optimising fertility preservation in testis cancer patients
Majed has been an elected member of the BAUS National Executive Committee since 2014 and served as the National Chair for Andrology and Genito urethral Surgery in the UK from 2020-2022.
He has served on the BAUS Education Committee and been an Expert Advisor to the UK National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE).
He has been a member of guidelines panels for BAUS (genital emergencies), The British Association for Sexual Health & HIV (BASHH – epididymo-orchitis), and the UK Standards for the Clinical Care of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease.
He is currently a member of the National Haemoglobinopathy panel of experts (sickle cell priapism) and the UK NICE guidelines committee.
Maj Shabbir always strives to deliver excellent, high-quality, evidence-based clinical care. He always puts his patients’ best interests at the heart of any shared decision-making to ensure the very best outcome, which is bespoke to anyone he looks after.
His approach is reflected in his consistent 5-star reviews from patients on Doctify, Top Doctors and iWantGreatCare websites as well as the high regard and reviews he receives from peers and fellow international experts.