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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Awaiting verification
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General urology
- Urinary tract stones
- Urological oncology
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Jim qualified at Cambridge University and moved into a London training scheme. He completed his six year training programme in urology in the West London teaching hospitals and gained valuable experience in urological cancer and minimally invasive access during a laparoscopic fellowship year in Sydney, Australia.
Jim is a robotic pioneer having started in 2008
He has over 20 years experience in Nerve-sparing Prostatectomy performing over 1000 prostatectomies and one of the largest series of Robotic prostatectomies with NeuroSAFE and is a high volume robotic partial nephrectomy surgeon with over 300 cases
He has a large experience in other robotic procedures ha I hung performed over 1200 cases he also has experience in the laser treatment of stones and also performs vasectomy reversal with 89% success of getting sperm back
He also covers the majority of adult general urology.
He has published widely and subspecialist interests can
He has always been active in both genetic and clinical research into urological cancer and was awarded a Royal College of Surgeons Research Fellowship for his work on PAX genes in urological cancer.
Jim has produced national guidelines in consenting for urological surgery.
Teaching surgery has always been a passion for Jim and he is a National Proctor teaching Robotic urology around the country. He currently runs a Fellowship training scheme for robotic urology which was the first in the country to be recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in November 2012.
He is the Clinical Lead for Urology for the East of England Cancer Alliance
He served for 5 years as an executive member of British Association of Surgeons Oncology subgroup
He specialises in Nerve sparing robotic prostatectomy with NeuroSAFE and has delivered this in NHS and private for over a decade
It improves chances of keeping your elections without causing a positive margin
Areas of interest
•;Robotics surgery ; Robotic partial nephrectomy ; Robotic prostatectomy • Robotic pyeloplasty •
Waterwork problems; blood in urine; raised PSA; PSA; Robotic and laparoscopic nephrectomy • Kidney (renal) cancer • Prostate disease including prostate cancer • Urological oncology • Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) • Minimal access / invasive surgery • Haematuria • Laparoscopic procedures ('keyhole surgery') • TURP • Vasectomy reversal
Medical secretaries
- Evelyn Smith
- Spire Harpenden Hospital Ambrose Lane HARPENDEN AL5 4BP
- 01582 714448
- evelyn.smith@spirehealthcare.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Kathryn King
Fee Assured
- Dr Chegireddy Venkata Prasad
Fee Assured
- Dr Bhavin Shukla
Fee Assured
- Dr Alexander Czech
Fee Assured
- Dr Gary Yap
Fee Assured
- Dr Anil Kambli
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Hassan Iqbal
Fee Assured
- Dr Michael R Chilvers
Fee Assured
- Dr Asheesh Suxena
Fee Assured
- Dr Ahilan Pathmanathan
Fee Assured
- Dr Devaraja Acharya
Fee Assured
- Dr Henry Reynolds
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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M4510
Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder (flexible cystoscopy) including any biopsy - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50)
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M6192
Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy, reconstruction of bladder neck including bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy (including cystoscopy) - (5-50)
Lister Hospital (5-50) Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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M6583
Transperineal MRI - US fusion targeted prostate biopsy - (5-50)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (5-50)
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M0303
Robotic assisted partial nephrectomy - unilateral - (1-5)
Lister Hospital (1-5) Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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M2920
Endoscopic insertion/removal of prosthesis into ureter (including bilateral and cystoscopy, +/- pyelography) - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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