Mr Salvatore Cascio

Mr Salvatore Cascio MS, FRCSI, FRCS (Paed Surg), FEBPS 

Mr Cascio was appointed as a consultant paediatric surgeon with a special interest in paediatric urology to CHI at Temple Street and CHI at Crumlin in 2016. Before being appointed in Dublin Mr Cascio had worked as a consultant paediatric urologist for eight years at the Royal Hospital for Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow (UK). He joined the spina bifida department as consultant paediatric urologist. He completed his higher surgical training in paediatric surgery and paediatric urology in Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and Glasgow. In 2006 he undertook a fellowship in laparoscopic surgery at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.

Mr Cascio spent one year (2000-2001) in research at the Children’s Research Centre (CRC), Dublin under the supervision of Prof Puri on the familial aspect of vesicoureteral reflux. He has been an examiner and question master of the European Board of Paediatric Surgery for eight years and since 2016 is the chairperson of the examination committee of the European Board of Paediatric Surgery (EBPS). He is a regular lecturer to fifth year medical students of the University College Dublin on paediatric urology. His main areas of interest include: neurogenic bladder, minimally invasive surgery, disorders of sex development, bladder and kidney stones.