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Prashant Patel qualified in 1993 from India and then trained to qualify as a General Surgeon with a special interest in pelvic surgery. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Birmingham whilst training as a Urologist. He travelled to Perth (2010), Australia to complete a fellowship in urological cancer surgery where he had exposure to laparoscopic and robotic surgery. He has professional registration with the UK, India, USA, Australia, and the Fellowship with European Board of Urology.

He was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Urology at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Urological Surgeon at QE Hospital (UHB), Birmingham (2010) to pursue a joint career in academic and clinical urology. He was an Associate Professor of Urology and the Head of Department (Clinical Service Lead) 2019 - 2022 at the University Hospitals Birmingham (QE Hospital, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals) where he led the service amalgamation, instituted robotic surgery at Solihull, appointed 9 consultants and restructured provision of Urology services across Birmingham during the Pandemic. He was head hunted by University College London Hospitals and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore to lead on advanced Pelvic and retro-peritoneal surgery in Jan 2023. He is also the Urology Governance lead at UCLH and currently awarded a scholarship towards an executive health MBA at UCL.

His clinical interests are in pelvic cancers (bladder and prostate) and RPLND for metastatic testicular cancer. He conducts cancer surgery ranging from routine straightforward cases to the highly complex and technically demanding operations. He mostly performs multi-speciality complex operations of the genito-urinary tract involving other specialities viz. Colo-rectal/Bowel, Sarcoma (Soft tissue and bone cancers), Gynaecology cancers, Complex Deep Endometriosis and Obstetrics (Placenta Accreta/Percreta).

He is an accredited trainer and educational supervisor by the General Medical Council. He has been on the committee of National Urology Trainee selection since 2011. He is on the teaching faculty at the British Association of Urological Surgeons for the FRCS (Urology) Examinations.

His international profile includes panellist and Chair on Bladder Cancer at the European Urology Annual Meetings over several years, Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee for Translational Cancer Research at the French National Cancer Institute, and Frontiers Guest Associate Editor in Genitourinary Oncology. He is on the board of directors for the ManVan Charity and regularly participates in fundraising and raising awareness for Prostate, Bladder and Testicular cancers at several charity and BAME events.

His academic interests are to explore molecular markers in bladder cancer, immunotherapeutic approaches in all urological cancers and informatics. He is extensively published with >130 peer reviewed articles in journals and book chapters. He is the Chief Investigator on Gene therapy clinical trial and is also a Principal investigator in several prostate and bladder cancer studies. He is a grant holder of several trials and studies. His research interests are also outside the field of Urology involving large datasets (informatics) where his team explore disease and outcome trends. This area of research has also led to recommendations in national guidance. Prashant is also the theme lead in Clinical Research and Epidemiology for the Bladder Cancer Research Centre in the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences.

He keeps himself in check by keeping fit through endurance training involving: cycling, eating well, meditation and has summited several high-altitude mountain peaks in Europe, Russia, Africa, South America, Nepal and India.

Areas of interest

Adult circumcision; Benign prostatic hyperplasia (benign prostate enlargement); Bladder cancer treatment; Cancer surgery; Cystoscopy (flexible); Hormone therapy treatment; Hydrocele repair; Prostate cancer treatment; Prostate mapping; Prostate surgery; Prostatectomy; Removal of benign scrotal lumps; Rigid cystoscopy (bladder scope); Saturation biopsies of the prostate; Testicular cancer; Transurethral resection of a bladder tumour (TURBT); Trans-urethral resection of the prostate (TURP); Ureteroscopy; Urethrotomy; Vasectomy (bilateral); Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection (RPLND); Testicular Cancers; Endometriosis of the Urological Tract; Complex Sarcoma Surgery; Complex Pelvic Surgery and Reconstruction;

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• Joanna Cunningham
• Medmin Services Ltd 9th Floor Tricorn House Fairlawn Studio Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8TP
• 0121 716 9026
• j.cunningham@medmin.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

• Dr Sajith Kumar Fee Assured
• Dr Mark Wilkes Fee Assured

• Dr Shivanand Chavan Fee Assured