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Professor Prokar Dasgupta

Professor Prokar Dasgupta

Urology 04347998

 

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Not Fee assured
Not in Open Referral network

Specialises in

  • Benign Prostate disorders
  • General urology
  • Urological oncology

Offers

  • Face-to-face consultations
  • Video and telephone consultations

About me

Prof. Prokar Dasgupta OBE is one of the world's leading robotic urological surgeons and the recipient of the John Wickham lifetime achievement award in robotic surgery in 2023. He is the King James IV Professor of Surgery, a Padma Shri awardee from the President of India and an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

He graduated with a MBBS in 1989, completed his FRCS in 1994 and FRCS in Urology in 2000. He was a Medical Research Council Fellow which led to a MSc in 1996 and MD from the University of London in 2001.

He was appointed as Consultant Urologist to Guy's Hospital in 2002 where he pioneered robotic surgery in his specialty within the UK. He became the first Professor of Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation at King's College London in 2009. From 2012-20 he led the renowned British Journal of Urology International as its 10th Editor-in-Chief.

Prokar has developed a national and international reputation for the highest quality of clinical services especially in the rapid diagnosis and treatment of prostate, kidney and bladder cancers and benign enlargement of the prostate gland.

He is credited with the \�Dasgupta technique\� of injecting Botulinum toxin in overactive bladders. He was awarded the Golden Telescope and St. Peter's Medal by the British Association of Urological Surgeons for significant and lasting contribution to urology.

Areas of interest

Robotic surgery
Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy
Urological cancers
Rapid diagnostics
Overactive bladder
Benign prostatic enlargement
BipoLEP

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Procedures completed

  • M4510

    Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder (flexible cystoscopy) including any biopsy - (5-50)

    The London Clinic (5-50)

  • M4230

    Endoscopic destruction of lesion of bladder (including cystoscopy) - (1-5)

    The London Clinic (1-5)

  • M4514

    Endoscopic examination of bladder (rigid cystoscopy) including any biopsy - (1-5)

    The London Clinic (1-5)

  • M1090

    Robotic assisted pyeloplasty - unilateral - (1-5)

    The London Clinic (1-5)

  • M4210

    Endoscopic resection of lesion of bladder (including cystoscopy) - (1-5)

    The London Clinic (1-5)

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