Robotic Urological Surgery

We are a team of three very experienced uro-oncological surgeons. We were amongst the first consultant urologists in the UK to be fully trained and accredited to carry out robotic radical prostatectomies. We can offer patients:

• minimally invasive robotic surgery
• conventional open surgery

We have come together specifically to deliver high quality robotic laparoscopic surgery. We trained together at the European School of Surgery in Paris and Imperial College (St Mary’s Hospital), London. We have all, been certificated in robotic surgery by Intuitive Surgical, the manufactures of the da Vinci robot. We are sufficiently experienced to be mentors, teaching and demonstrating robotic surgery for Intuitive Surgical.

Having trained as a team, we work as a team. We feel this offers our patients the depth and breadth of our experience.

Not all, operable prostate cancer is suitable for minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery. Having expertise in both robotic and conventional open surgery, our team has the ability to offer patients surgical procedures, which we feel are appropriate to the stage and grade of their disease.
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Mr David Hrouda MB BS, BSc, MD, FRCSUrol.

David Hrouda has been a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital (Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust) and West Middlesex University Hospital since 2002. He qualified at St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School in 1989 and carried out postgraduate surgical training at St George’s Hospital, London, The Institute of Urology, University College, London, Charing Cross Hospital, London and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. He was awarded an MD thesis for research into prostate cancer vaccines and gene therapy. He has trained in laparoscopic urological surgery in Brisbane and The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. He has a particular interest in urological cancer surgery including radical prostatectomy, radical cystoprostatectomy and laparoscopic procedures for kidney cancer.

Mr Omer Karim MB BS, MS, FRCSUrol.

Omer Karim has been a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital NHS Trust since 1995. He is also an Honorary Consultant Urological Surgeon to St Mary’s Hospital Paddington. He qualified at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in London in 1982. He underwent postgraduate surgical training at The Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He carried out research for his Master of Surgery whilst he was a Fellow at the Brady Urological Institute John Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland. His research was in the molecular response of the bladder to outflow obstruction. He has a particular interest in nerve sparing radical prostatectomy for localised prostate cancer and has performed over 300 radical prostatectomies. He trained in laparoscopic surgery in Paris and the European Surgical Institute in Hamburg. He is keen on innovative technologies and is an experienced user of the GreenLight Laser or photoselective vapourisation of the prostate (PVP) in daycase prostatectomy for BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia).

Mr Justin Vale MB BS, BSc, FRCSUrol, FEBU.

Justin Vale has been a Consultant Urological Surgeon at St Marys NHS Trust and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College School of Medicine since 1994. His undergraduate training was at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School (University of London), and his post-graduate training took place in surgical rotations based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and in West London. He has undergone his laparoscopic training during his consultant career, following the recommendations of the Section of Endourology of the British Association of Urological Surgeons. In 2004 he was awarded a British Urological Foundation scholarship for advanced laparoscopic training at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. His main interests include laparoscopic renal surgery and cancer surgery of the pelvis. He is Honorary Secretary of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)