Consultant Urologist
Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals, United Kingdom
Ben is a consultant urological surgeon with a special interest in the minimally invasive treatments of prostatic diseases. He is the Guy’s & St Thomas’ MDM urological cancer and clinical robotics lead, a UK robotic surgery mentor and robotic fellowship director. He trained at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, The Royal Marsden Hospital and with Professor Tony Costello at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he was awarded the prestigious Rowan Nicks Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He was the British Association of Urology (BAUS) Oncology Section Chairman 2018-20 and in 2019 was awarded the BAUS Golden Cystoscope for contributions to British Urology within 10 years of consultant appointment. He is an RSM urology section committee member having been secretary 2019-20 and is a Board Member of Trends in Urology and Men’s Health.
He has learnt both laparoscopic and robotic surgical approaches and performed the first randomised trial of telerobotics between Guy’s and Johns Hopkins Hospitals, in 2002. This formed part of his Master of Surgery thesis on robotic surgery and telemedicine. Ben has been associate editor of the BJUI 2012-2020, with over 320 peer-reviewed publications (h index 62), 3 books, and 25 book chapters on minimally invasive and robotic urological techniques.
He has performed over 1500 robotic radical prostatectomies and over 1400 robotic upper tract procedures including 840 robotic partial nephrectomies and also performs HoLEP with an experience of over 1600 cases. He is the highest volume surgeon for both robotic partial nephrectomy and upper tract robotics in the UK. His current research interests are in pan speciality robotic surgery training, mastering novel robotic systems including Versius, HUGO and the da Vinci SP, and the development of the Wickham Robotic Training Centre at GSTT.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
16:45 - 17:00 GMT+0