Altaf Mangera is a consultant urologist working at the Princess Royal spinal Injuries centre and Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. He graduated, with Honours, from the University of Sheffield, Faculty of Medicine in 2005. He was the first scholar ever to be awarded a two year fellowship from the Urology foundation and has subsequently completed his M.D. thesis in the field of tissue engineering for stress urinary incontinence. He has authored 15 book chapters and published 73 journal articles. His specialist interests include reconstructive urology, neuropathic bladder, tissue engineering, Andrology, male sexual dysfunction and fertility.