About Dr Mischel Neill

Dr Mischel Neill is a Urological Surgeon in private practice in Auckland, New Zealand. He also has a public consultant appointment at North Shore Hospital and provides acute on-call care at Auckland City Hospital.

Misch underwent medical training at the University of Auckland, graduating in 1995. His subsequent postgraduate experience has largely been in New Zealand, with short stints in South Africa, Western Samoa and The United Kingdom. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2005.

Misch has developed particular interests in urologic oncology (cancer management) and minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery, with extensive overseas postgraduate training.

He spent two years at the University of Toronto, based at Toronto General, Princess Margaret and Sunnybrooke Hospitals. This was under the supervision of programme directors Professor Laurence Klotz and Professor Michael Jewett, recognized as being amongst North America’s foremost urologists. The programme was designed and accredited by The Society of Urologic Oncologists and provided extensive exposure to the diagnosis and management of all aspects of kidney, bladder, prostate, penile and testicular cancer.

Following this he relocated to England for a year to focus exclusively on advanced laparoscopic training with the United Kingdom’s most well-known and respected laparoscopic urologist, Mr Christopher Eden.

Since returning home he has undertaken further education in robotic surgery. This was based firstly in the San Francisco Bay region, USA. He underwent training at the global centre for Intuitive in Sunnyvale near Palo Alto, where the Da Vinci robot was designed and developed, followed by time spent at Stanford University Hospital. He later visited MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas for further robotic exposure.

Prior to COVID induced public lockdowns he was able to undertake a working sabbatical, visiting a number of world leading cancer and laparoscopic centres in the UK, Europe and India.

Misch has always had an interest in medical research. He has written book chapters, presented at international urological meetings and published widely in many urological journals, serving on the editorial board or as a reviewer for several of them.

In addition, Misch is active in the public hospital service as well. After expanding laparoscopic urology and introducing laparoscopic prostatectomy to the Waitemata region he has more recently been involved in the initiation of the Robotic Surgery Pilot Programme. This programme is based at North Shore Hospital, with the eventual aims of establishing the feasibility of further robotic centres throughout the country and training future robotic surgeons. In this capacity he performed the first robotic procedure in New Zealand’s public sector.

He has been the Urology Registrar Training Supervisor for the Waitemata region for many years.

Misch lives with his wife and two children who keep him in line.

Career history

Bachelor of Human Biology (BHB)
The University of Auckland, New Zealand, May 1992
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) (A Pass)
The University of Auckland, New Zealand May 1995
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, New Zealand & Australia, October 2004
House Surgeon
Auckland Regional Hospitals — 1994 to 1995
Auckland, New Zealand
Hastings & Napier Hospitals — 1994 to 1995
Hastings & Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Senior House Officer
Torbay District General Hospital — 1997 to 1998
Torquay, Devon, UK
Auckland Regional Hospitals — 1998 to 1999
Auckland, New Zealand
Basic Surgical Training Registrar
Waikato Hospital — 1999 to 2000
Hamilton, New Zealand
Auckland Regional Hospitals — 2000 to 2001
Auckland, New Zealand
Advanced Urology Training Registrar
Auckland Regional Hospitals - Auckland, New Zealand 2001 - 2002
Waikato Hospital - Hamilton, New Zealand 2002 - 2003
Tauranga Hospital - Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 2003 - 2004
Medical Officer of Special Scale in Urology
Auckland Regional Hospitals - Auckland, New Zealand 2005 (5/12)
Uro-Oncology Fellow, Society of Urologic Oncology
Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto General Hospital
Sunnybrook Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2005 – 2007
Prof Laurence Klotz
Prof Michael Jewett
Medical Officer of Special Scale in Urology
North Shore Hospital — 2007
Auckland, New Zealand
Laparoscopic Urology Fellow
Royal Surrey County Hospital
North Hampshire Hospital
The Hampshire Clinic
Guildford and Basingstoke, Surrey and Hampshire, UK 2007 – 2008
Mr Christopher Eden
Consultant Urologist
North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals
Auckland, New Zealand from Oct 13, 2008
Auckland City Hospital (acute services)
Auckland, New Zealand from Oct 13, 2008
Anterior Urethroplasty : Should you just go with the flow?
M. Neill, R. Chambers; 2002
Presented at USA – NZ sectional meeting 2002, AGM 2003
Abstract published in Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2003; 73, A337
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
M. Neill, P. Gilling; 2004
Published in Shah J, Ed, Fast Facts - Urology Highlights 2004-5,
2005 Edition, Chapter 2. Health Press Limited, 2005: 18-30
The prevalence of herbal remedy usage in the urological outpatient clinic.
M.G. Neill, M.A. Holmes, W. Wright, G. Lockwood, P. Bary; 2003
Presented at AUA annual meeting, 2007
Abstract published in Journal of Urology 2007
Randomized trial comparing Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate with plasmakinetic enucleation of the prostate for the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy.
M. Neill, P. Gilling, K. Kennet, C. Frampton, A. Westenberg, M. Fraundorfer, Wilson LC; 2004
Published in Urology 2007; 68(5): 1020-4
The impact of prostate size on biopsy outcome at low PSA levels.
M. Neill, N. Fleshner, G. Andriole; 2005
Published in Urology Times 2005; 33(14): 30-1
Predictors of transfusion requirement in open radical prostatectomy.
M. Neill, S. McCluskey, G. Lockwood, N. Fleshner; 2006
Presented at the Canadian Urological Association Annual General Meeting; Halifax 2006
Abstract published in Canadian Journal of Urology 2006
The continuing importance of transrectal ultrasound identification of prostatic lesions.
A. Toi, M. Neill, G. Lockwood, J. Sweet, L. Tammsalu, N. Fleshner; 2006
Published in Journal of Urology 2007; 177(2): 526-20
An update in chemoprevention strategies in prostate cancer for 2006.
M.G.Neill, N.E. Fleshner; 2005
Published in Current Opinion in Urology 2006; 16(3): 132-7
Preoperative evaluation of the hostile pelvis with CT pelvimetry prior to radical prostatectomy.
M. Neill, G. Lockwood, S. McCluskey, N. Fleshner; 2006
Published in BJU International 2007; 99(3): 534-8
The presentation of transitional cell carcinoma of the prostate and use of transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy in it’s detection.
M.G. Neill, J. Azuero, G.A. Lockwood, M.A.S. Jewett
Poster presentation at European Association of Urologists Annual Meeting
Milan, 2008
Abstract published in European Urology 2008
The nature and extent of urinary morbidity in relation to prostate brachytherapy urethral dosimetry.
M.G. Neill, L.W. Le, G Studer, M McLean, G Pond, J Crook; 2006
Published in Brachytherapy 2007; 6(3): 173-9
Systematic lateral prostatic biopsy: are the benefits worth the costs?
A. Toi, M.G. Neill, G.A. Lockwood, A. Evans, L.Tammsalu, N.E. Fleshner; 2006.
Published in Journal of Urology 2008; 179(4): 1321-6
Feasibility of a monopolar, loosely wound helical coil for interstitial radiofrequency thermal therapy: Numerical and In vivo studies.
C. McCann, M.G. Neill, M.A.S. Jewett, J.R. Kachura, M.R.Gertner, A.Worthington, A.Tobar, A.M.
Herzenberg, M.Boesen, M.D. Sherar; 2006
Presented doctoral thesis
Management of low stage seminoma.
M.G. Neill, P. Warde, N.E. Fleshner; 2006
Published in Urological Clinics North America 2007; 34(2): 127-36
The once and future role of cytoreductive nephrectomy.
M.G. Neill, M.A.S. Jewett; 2006
Published in Urologic Oncology 2008;26(4): 346-52
Case Report: Consolidative metastectomy for renal cell carcinoma following partial response to multitarget tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.
M.G.Neill, A.C. Wei, M.A.S. Jewett; 2006
Published in Urology 2007; 70(1): 178e9-11
Accuracy of endoscopic staging and grading of bladder tumours with flexible and digital cystoscopes.
M.A.S. Jewett, K Hersey, E Grober, M.G. Neill, R Lopez, A Sathiananthan, G Lockwood, A Evans, E Seto, N.E. Fleshner,; 2006
Presented at the Canadian Urological Association Annual General Meeting;
Quebec City, 2007
Abstract published in Canadian Journal of Urology 2007
Management of the complications of hormonal treatment for prostate cancer.
M.G. Neill, N.E. Fleshner; 2007
Commissioned as Chapter 9 of the 4th edition of “Complications of Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Diagnosis”
Published 2009
Strategies for the preservation of prostate health.
M.G. Neill, S Appu, A.R. Zlotta.
Published in Drugs Today (Barc). 2009 Jan;45(1):63-80
Tamsulosin Oral Controlled Absorption System (OCAS) in the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy.
M.G. Neill, R. Shohani, A.R. Zlotta.
Published in Therapeutics and clinical risk management 2008; 4(1): 11-8.
Expression of the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion gene predicts cancer recurrence after surgery for localized prostate cancer.
R.K Nam, L. Sugar, W Yang, S. Srivastava, L.H. Klotz, L-Y. Yang, A. Stanimirovic, E. Encioiu, M.G. Neill, D.A. Loblaw, J. Trachtenberg, S.A. Narod, A. Seth.
Published in British Journal of Cancer 2007; 97(12): 1690-5.
Curtain dissection of the lateral prostatic fascia and potency following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy – a veil of mystery.
C. Chabert, A.D. Merrilees, M.G. Neill, C. Eden.
Published in BJU Int 2008; 101(10): 1285-8
Letter : Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in the UK : defining and overcoming the obstacles.
C. Chabert, M.G. Neill, C. Eden.
Published in BJU Int 2008;101(3): 393
Letter : Seminal vesicle-sparing radical prostatectomy improves early functional results in patients with low risk prostate cancer.
C. Chabert, M.G. Neill, C. Eden.
Published in BJU Int 2008;101(3): 394
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: the impact of training on service provision.
M.G Neill, C. Chabert, A.D. Merrilees, C. Eden
Published in BJU Int 2009; 103(9):1231-4
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy for cT3 prostate cancer
M.W. Louie-Johnsun, M.G Neill, C. Chabert, C. Eden
Abstract published in European Urology 2008
Does intrafascial dissection during nerve-sparing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy compromise cancer control?
M.G Neill, C. Chabert, M.W. Louie-Johnsun, C. Eden
Abstract published in European Urology 2008
The UK’s first 1,000 cases of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: evidence of multiple learning curves.
C. Eden, M.G Neill, M.W. Louie-Johnsun
Published in BJU Int. 2009; 103(9):1224-30
Final outcomes of patients with low-risk prostate cancer suitable for active surveillance but treated surgically.
M.W. Louie-Johnsun, M Neill, K Treurnicht, M Jarmulowicz, C Eden
Published in BJU Int. 2009 May 7. [Epub ahead of print]
The learning curve for positive margin rates following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
C. Eden, M.W. Louie-Johnsun, M. Neill
Abstract published in Clinical Oncology 2009;21(1):69
Clinical Trials Investigator
A phase III parallel group, randomised, open label, multi-centre clinical trial of zolendronic acid (Zometa) in males receiving androgen deprivation therapy for advanced prostate cancer.
Novartis
A randomised multi-centre study of Denosumab compared with Zolendronic acid in the treatment of bone metastases in hormone refractory prostate cancer.
Amgen
A prospective study of a novel urine diagnostic test for the detection of urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma.
Pacific Edge Biotech
A double-blind placebo-controlled study to evaluate new or worsening lens opacification in subjects with non-metastatic prostate cancer receiving Denosumab for bone loss due to androgen deprivation therapy.
Amgen
A randomised double blind multi-centre trial comparing Orteronel (TAK-700) plus prednisone with placebo plus prednisone in patients with chemotherapy naieve metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer.
Millenium
Australia and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group
Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand member
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons member
European Association of Urologists member
American Urological Association member
New Zealand Genito-urinary Cancer Special Interest Group member