Current NHS consultant posts held
Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon
King's College Hospital
Research interests
Mr Raison has an extensive and active research portfolio. He is a permanent Clinical Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at King’s College London in the department of Surgical and Interventional Engineering.
Mr Raison’s research interests centre on the use of machine learning (AI) to assess surgical performance and improve perioperative outcomes. His clinical research focusses on improving outcomes for patients with benign (non-cancerous) bladder dysfunction. Mr Raison has published extensively with over 85 publications in international scientific journals, numerous book chapters as well as editing journal special editions and textbooks. He holds a number of prominent positions in the European Association of Urology and takes an active role in leading research and educational projects across Europe. As part of this role Mr Raison is frequently invited to lecture at national and international conferences as well as present his research findings.
Personal interests
In his spare time, Nicholas enjoys swimming, running and, most of all, spending time with his young family.
Awards received
BJUI John Blandy prize for the best research paper by a European trainee 2020
AUA best poster prize 2020
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
The IDEAL framework for surgical robotics: development, comparative evaluation and long-term monitoring.
Marcus HJ, Ramirez PT, Khan DZ, Layard Horsfall H, Hanrahan JG, Williams SC, Beard DJ, Bhat R, Catchpole K, Cook A, Hutchison K, Martin J, Melvin T, Stoyanov D, Rovers M, Raison N, Dasgupta P, Noonan D, Stocken D, Sturt G, Vanhoestenberghe A, Vasey B, McCulloch P; IDEAL Robotics Colloquium.
Nature Medicine. 2024 Jan;30(1):61-75. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02732-7.
Current evidence of robotic-assisted surgery use in functional reconstructive and neuro-urology.
Tsoi H, Elnasharty SF, Culha MG, De Cillis S, Guillot-Tantay C, Hervé F, Hüesch T, Raison N, Phé V, Osman NI.
Ther Adv Urol. 2023 Dec 1;15:17562872231213727. doi: 10.1177/17562872231213727
Sacral neuromodulation in the management of chronic pelvic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Greig J, Mak Q, Furrer MA, Sahai A, Raison N.
Journal of Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2023 Mar 6. doi: 10.1002/nau.25167
Inheritance in overactive bladder syndrome.
Raison N, Malde S, Sahai A.
Nature Reviews Urology. 2023 Feb;20(2):61-62. doi: 10.1038/s41585-022-00667-1
A systematic review of treatment options for post-prostatectomy incontinence.
Canning A, Raison N, Aydin A, Cheikh Youssef S, Khan S, Dasgupta P, Ahmed K.
World Journal of Urology. 2022 Nov;40(11):2617-2626. doi: 10.1007/s00345-022-04146-5. Epub 2022 Sep 15
Comparing surgical interventions for interstitial cystitis: A systematic review.
Abelleyra Lastoria DA, Raison N, Aydin A, Khan S, Dasgupta P, Ahmed K
Journal Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. 2022 Apr 8. doi: 10.1111/luts.12441.
Is tumour volume an independent predictor of outcome after radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer?
Raison N, Servian P, Patel A, Santhirasekaram A, Smith A, Yeung M, Lloyd J, Mannion E, Rockall A, Ahmed H, Winkler M.
Journal of Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Disease. 2021 Nov 29. doi: 10.1038/s41391-021-00468-4
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