Honorary Associate Professor Jeremy Ockrim

Consultant Urological Surgeon

Honorary Associate Professor Jeremy Ockrim

MD BSc(Hons), FRCS (Urol)

Honorary Associate Professor at UCL. Specialist in Female and Reconstructive Urology at UCLH.

Incontinence & Prolapse Mesh Complications Urinary Fistulae Reconstructive Surgery 150+ Publications
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About Mr Ockrim

Honorary Associate Professor Jeremy Ockrim is one of the UK's leading specialists in female and reconstructive urology, with over 30 years' experience helping men and women with complex bladder, pelvic floor and urinary conditions.

He is one of the lead Consultant Urological Surgeons in the female and reconstructive urology service at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Honorary Associate Professor at University College London (UCL). Patients are referred to him from across the UK and internationally for specialist assessment and treatment of conditions.

He is widely recognised as one of the foremost experts in incontinence and prolapse surgery, and was among the first surgeons in the United Kingdom to pioneer non-mesh surgical approaches for these conditions. His clinical practice encompasses the full spectrum of female and male (post-prostatectomy) urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, urinary fistulae including vesicovaginal fistulae, urethral diverticula and female urethral stricture disease. He is internationally known for his work treating women with mesh complications as one of the lead surgeons at the London Complex Mesh Centre, as well as the management of bladder pain syndrome and complex reconstructive urological problems.

Mr Ockrim brings over two decades of specialist experience to every patient consultation, combining technical precision with a compassionate, evidence-based approach to care. He believes that many bladder and pelvic floor conditions can have a profound impact on quality of life, affecting confidence, work, relationships and everyday activities. His approach is centred on understanding each patient's individual concerns and providing evidence-based, personalised treatment. Wherever possible, he offers non-surgical options before considering advanced reconstructive surgery.

Mr Ockrim is a member of the joint FFR-BSUG specialist unit for complex female incontinence, reflecting his standing as a trusted authority in the most challenging cases.

Alongside his clinical work, Mr Ockrim is an active researcher, teacher and international lecturer. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, with over 2,000 academic citations, and his research has contributed to advances in reconstructive urology, urinary incontinence and lower urinary tract dysfunction. He continues to teach and lecture nationally and internationally and is an active member of leading British, European and American urological organisations.

Outside of clinical practice, he lives in London with his wife and three children.

Mr Ockrim sees adults with a wide range of urological conditions, including:

  • Female urinary incontinence
  • Male urinary incontinence
  • Stress urinary incontinence
  • Urge urinary incontinence
  • Post-prostatectomy incontinence
  • Overactive bladder
  • Bladder pain syndrome (interstitial cystitis)
  • Bladder dysfunction and urinary retention
  • Neuro-urological conditions
  • Pelvic organ prolapse
  • Enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia)
  • Urinary fistulae
  • Urethral diverticula
  • Female urethral stricture
  • Ureteric reconstruction
  • Bladder reconstruction
  • Mitrofanoff reconstruction
  • Complex pelvic floor disorders
  • Mesh complications requiring specialist assessment and treatment

Whether a patient requires conservative management, minimally invasive treatment or complex reconstructive surgery, Mr Ockrim offers highly specialised care tailored to each individual's needs, with the aim of restoring function, relieving symptoms and improving quality of life.

What Patients Present With

Common Bladder & Pelvic Floor Conditions

I’m leaking urine

Stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence and mixed urinary incontinence.

I need to pass urine all the time

Overactive bladder, urgency and frequent urination.

I have bladder pain

Bladder pain syndrome (interstitial cystitis) and chronic pelvic pain.

I have a prolapse

Assessment and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse.

Problems after prostate surgery

Male urinary incontinence and bladder dysfunction following prostate surgery.

Mesh complications

Specialist assessment and treatment for complications following vaginal mesh surgery.

Difficulty emptying my bladder

Urinary retention, bladder outlet problems and neuro-urological conditions.

Repeated urine infections

Investigation of recurrent urinary tract infections and underlying bladder problems.

Female urethral problems

Urethral diverticula and female urethral stricture disease.

Complex reconstruction

Urinary fistulae, ureteric reconstruction, bladder reconstruction and Mitrofanoff procedures.

Not sure what’s causing your symptoms?

Mr Ockrim provides expert assessment for patients with both straightforward and complex bladder, pelvic floor and reconstructive urological conditions.

Areas of Expertise

Incontinence Surgery

  • Female incontinence — bulking injections, autologous slings, open and robotic colposuspension, female artificial sphincter
  • Male incontinence — slings and male artificial sphincter

Prolapse Repair

  • Anterior & posterior repair
  • Sacrocolpopexy and sacrohysteropexy
  • Non-mesh surgical approaches

Mesh Complications

  • Mesh complication management
  • Mesh erosion & pain
  • Mesh removal surgery

Reconstructive & Functional

  • Urinary fistulae, diverticula & female urethral stricture management
  • Bladder reconstruction & augmentation
  • Mitrofanoff surgery
  • Overactive bladder — pioneer of sacral neuromodulation
  • Bladder pain syndromes

Training & Education

Fellowship — Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia

International fellowship in reconstructive urology, broadening his surgical perspective and technical repertoire.

Specialist Training — Institute of Urology, UCLH

Higher surgical training at one of London's most prestigious urological centres, culminating in FRCS (Urol) accreditation.

MD Thesis — University of London

Doctoral research investigating the therapeutic utility of oestrogen in prostate cancer management.

Postgraduate Research — Imperial College London

Advanced postgraduate thesis work furthering his expertise in urological science and surgical research.

BSc(Hons) in Immunology

First-class Honours degree providing a robust foundation in biomedical science and immune function.

Why Choose Honorary Associate Professor Jeremy Ockrim

Nationally recognised expertise

Patients are referred from across the UK and internationally for complex bladder, pelvic floor and reconstructive urological conditions.

Over 30 years’ experience

Extensive experience diagnosing and treating both common and highly complex urinary conditions.

Tertiary consultant at UCLH (ranked 7th worldwide)

Consultant Urological Surgeon at the UK’s leading teaching hospital.

Leading reconstructive specialist

Expert in advanced reconstructive surgery, female urology, urinary fistulae and complex pelvic floor disorders.

Specialist Mesh Centre surgeon

One of the lead surgeons at the London Complex Mesh Centre, managing complex mesh-related complications.

Evidence-based, personalised care

Every treatment plan is tailored to the individual, with conservative treatments considered before surgery whenever appropriate.

Internationally recognised researcher

Author of more than 150 scientific publications with over 2,000 academic citations (h-index 26), helping shape modern reconstructive urology.

Access to advanced treatments

Offering the latest therapies including sacral neuromodulation, bladder reconstruction and complex urinary diversion procedures.

Research & Publications

Mr Ockrim has authored more than 150 scientific publications with over 2,000 citations, including peer-reviewed journal articles, review articles, book chapters and conference publications, spanning stress urinary incontinence, fistula repair, overactive bladder and voiding dysfunction, sacral neuromodulation, bladder reconstruction, and urethral diverticula. His research contributions continue to shape best practice in reconstructive and functional urology worldwide.

He served as clinical lead for the MASTER study, a landmark multicentre trial investigating post-prostatectomy incontinence outcomes at UCLH. He also led a comparative study evaluating sacral nerve neuromodulation against Botox therapy for refractory bladder dysfunction — work that has helped refine treatment algorithms for patients with complex voiding disorders. He is one of the current principal investigators for the national VESPER study in the UK, comparing treatments for women with recurrent urinary infections.

Recent Publications

The developing field of meshology — what is new in the management of mesh complications in female incontinence and prolapse: a systematic review of outcomes

Toia B, Butt A, Barratt R, Noah AO, Pakzad MH, Nobrega RP, Ockrim JL, Gresty HCM, Greenwell TJ. Int J Impot Res. 2026 Jul 13. doi: 10.1038/s41443-026-01316-6.

What Evidence Do We Need From Objective and Subjective Outcomes in Order to Recommend Specific Operative Procedures for Men to Relieve BPO and Women With SUI? ICI-RS 2025

Ockrim J, Toozs-Hobson P, Chapple C, Khullar V, Rademakers K, Malde S, Toia B, Papaefstathiou E, Cotterill N, Abrams P. Neurourol Urodyn. 2026 Jun;45(5):951–960.

Diagnostics, reconstructive approaches, and outcomes in female urethroplasty patients

Waterloos M, Lumen N, Ockrim JL, Falcone M, Kose O, Shenfeld OZ, Vetterlein MW, Greenwell TJ; EAU Section of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Female Reconstruction Group. BJU Int. 2025 Jun;135(6):1025–1030.

Can Baseline Urodynamic Findings Predict the Outcomes and Complications of Intravesical Injections of Onabotulinum Toxin A for Overactive Bladder?

Aleksejeva K, Scrimgeour G, Axell R, Yasmin H, Pakzad M, Ockrim J, Greenwell T. Neurourol Urodyn. 2025 Apr;44(4):787–794.

Do We Need to Re-Focus on Functional Female Urethral Disorders in Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction? ICI-RS 2024

Chermansky CJ, Ockrim JL, Kheir GB, Chapple CR, Kearney R, Toia B, Dmochowski RR, Wein AJ, Abrams P. Neurourol Urodyn. 2025 Mar;44(3):558–567.

Day-case artificial urinary sphincter for post-prostatectomy incontinence: a comparative pilot study

Kapriniotis K, Loufopoulos I, Nobrega R, Noah A, Gresty H, Greenwell T, Ockrim J. BJUI Compass. 2024 Jul;5(9):845–850.

Complete urethral preservation in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: step-by-step description of surgical technique

Al-Hammouri T, Almeida-Magana R, Tzelves L, Al-Bermani O, Tandogdu Z, Ockrim J, Shaw G. BJU Int. 2025 Jan;135(1):171–175.

The utility of Martius fat pad in the repair of urogenital fistulae: review of current evidence

Kapriniotis K, Loufopoulos I, Gresty HCM, Greenwell TJ, Ockrim JL. BJU Int. 2024 Sep;134(3):365–374.

Which parameters, related to the female urethra and pelvic floor, determine therapy selection for recurrent female stress urinary incontinence: ICI-RS 2023?

Ockrim J, Kearney R, Carolina Ochoa D, Hashim H, Van Koeveringe G, Chermansky C, Cardozo L, Wein A, Abrams P. Neurourol Urodyn. 2023 Nov 8.

Functional outcomes of vaginal surgery for urethral extrusion of mid-urethral tape in women

Toia B, Unterberg S, Sihra N, Pakzad M, Hamid R, Ockrim JL, Greenwell TJ. Int Urogynecol J. 2022 Aug;33(8):2251–2256.

Intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injections in patients on antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy

Mensah EE, Toia B, Nguyen L, Hamid R, Pakzad M, Ockrim JL, Walker R, Greenwell TJ, Nitkunan T, Sharma D, Seth JH. Neurourol Urodyn. 2021 Sep;40(7):1829–1833.

Prevalence of chronic pain following suburethral mesh sling implantation for post-prostatectomy incontinence

MacAskill F, Sheimar K, Toia B, Sri D, Seth J, Sharma D, Hamid R, Greenwell T, Ockrim J, Taylor C, Malde S, Sahai A. Neurourol Urodyn. 2021 Apr;40(4):1048–1055.

British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) consensus document: management of bladder and ureteric injury

Sahai A, Ali A, Barratt R, Belal M, Biers S, Hamid R, Harding C, Ockrim J, et al. BJU International. 2021.

Professional Memberships

BAUS

British Association of Urological Surgeons

EAU

European Association of Urology

ESGURS

European Society of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons

ESFFU

European Section of Female and Functional Urology

AUA

American Urological Association

SUFU

Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction

RCSEd

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

RSM

Royal Society of Medicine

BMA

British Medical Association

Private Clinic Locations

Mr Ockrim holds private outpatient clinics at two central London locations.

18 Devonshire Street

Marylebone, London

St John & St Elizabeth Hospital

St John's Wood, London

Weekly Schedule

Wednesday

18 Devonshire Street

Wednesday

St John & St Elizabeth

Thursday

Alternate

18 Devonshire Street

Thursday

Alternate

St John & St Elizabeth

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