Fee assured
Awaiting verification
Open Referral network
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Omer Karim specialises in adult urology. Areas of expertise and special interest: urinary symptoms, prostate and kidney cancer, blood in the urine, raised PSA, urinary blockage (retention), kidney and bladder stones and robotic surgery .
He is regularly asked to teach surgeons robotic surgery in the UK. He has taught surgeons all over the UK, Ireland, Germany, South Africa, Turkey, Kuwait and India.
Mr Karim studied at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School and did his post graduate research at the Brady Institute of Urology, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Areas of interest
Rezum (water vapour treatment of prostate); laser prostate surgery (HoLEP); high PSA; MRI-targeted prostate biopsies; prostate cancer; nerve sparing robotic prostatectomy; kidney cancer; robotic partial nephrectomy; kidney stone surgery; vasectomy reversal;
About me
External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Locum Consultant Urological Surgeon Charing Cross Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital
Research interests
Ergonomic robotic assisted surgery
Intra operative robotic ultrasound
Contrast enhanced ultrasound scanning
Personal interests
Bee keeping
SCUBA diving
Mountain biking
Awards received
Postgraduate prize Charing Cross Medical School (1989)
Lapides Essay Contest in Neurourology and Urodynamic Research: Second Prize (1992)
American Urological Association Essay Contest in Laboratory Research: Second Prize (1992)
Simpla Research Prize (1993)
Junior ERUS First Prize Video (2011)
Junior ERUS First Prize Video (2012)
EAU Milan Second Prize Video (2013)
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Conversational
- French
- Conversational
Courses offered to GPs
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (PSA, multiparametric MRI, targeted transperineal prostate biopsies)
Rezum: improving urinary symptoms without affecting ejaculation
Investigation of haematuria
Medicinal properties of honey and bee products in urology
About my work
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My qualifications & training
Qualifications
- FRCSUrol
Royal College of Surgeons of England 1994
- MS
University of London 1993
- FRCS
Royal College of Surgeons of England 1988
- FRCSEd
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1987
- MB BS
Charing Cross Hospital, University of London 1982
Additional training
- Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Brady Institute of Urology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 1992
GMC registration
Reference number 2598534
Details of entry to specialist register
Affiliations / memberships
American Urological Association
British Association of Urological Surgeons
European Association of Urology
Royal College of Surgeons
British Medical Association
My private practice
Practice hours
Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings
- 16 Bath Road READING RG1 6NS
- Friday
- 08:00
- 13:00
- 01753 621815
- 39-42 Osborne Road WINDSOR SL4 3SJ
- Friday
- 08:00
- 13:00
- 01753 621815
- Bridge Clinic, Oldfield Lodge, 156 Bridge Road,...
- Monday
- 08:00
- 20:00
- 01753 621815
- Wellington Place St Johns Wood LONDON NW8 9LE
- Tuesday
- 08:00
- 12:00
- 01753 621815
Post treatment communication
Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs
in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies
guidelines.
In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the
following contact details
01753 743434
Other ways of contacting me
I can be contacted directly using Skype. My
Skype ID is: omermakarim
