Prof. Prabhakar Rajan, Consultant Urological & Robotic Surgeon

Prof. Prabhakar Rajan

Consultant Urological & Robotic Surgeon

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Prof. Prabhakar Rajan MBBChir MA (Cantab) PhD FRCS(Urol) FHEA

Consultant Urological & Robotic Surgeon

MBBChir MA (Cantab) PhD FRCS(Urol) FHEA

Prof. Prabhakar Rajan

Consultant Urological & Robotic Surgeon MBBChir MA (Cantab) PhD FRCS(Urol) FHEA

MBBChir MA (Cantab) PhD FRCS(Urol) FHEA

Areas of expertise

  • Prostate cancer risk assessment
  • Prostate biopsy (MRI-guided)
  • Robotic radical prostatectomy
  • Lower urinary tract symptoms
  • Testicular cancer

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About Prof. Prabhakar Rajan

GMC number: 4766584

Year qualified: 2000

Place of primary qualification: University of Cambridge

Prof. Rajan is a highly esteemed Consultant Urologist, specialising in robotic prostate cancer and complex advanced testicular cancer surgeries. He is currently based at St. Bartholomew's Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust) and University College London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Prof. Rajan graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2000 and subsequently trained in surgery in the East of Scotland. In 2005, he embarked on a 3-year full-time PhD in prostate cancer genetics at Newcastle University, funded by a prestigious Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellowship. He then moved to the West of Scotland for urology training, focusing on complex cancer surgery, and obtained urology specialist registration in 2014. Concurrently, as a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, he continued post-doctoral research at the Cancer Research UK (CR-UK) Beatson Institute. Notably, he was the first urologist in Scotland to win a highly-competitive Royal College of Surgeons of England/CR-UK Clinician Scientist Fellowship in Surgery to support his research into prostate cancer.

Prof. Rajan further honed his expertise by undertaking a clinical and research fellowship in robotic "keyhole" prostate cancer surgery at the Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Upon his return to Glasgow in 2015, he was appointed as a Consultant Urologist specialising in laparoscopic "keyhole" kidney cancer surgery. The same year, he was recruited to his current roles in London.

In addition to his clinical work, Prof. Rajan leads an internationally-renowned laboratory-based research group at the Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. He also runs clinical trials aimed at discovering new treatments for prostate and testicular cancers.

Prof. Rajan holds Fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Higher Education Academy, and the Alan Turing Institute. He is an active member of the National Cancer Research Institute Advanced Prostate Cancer and Germ Cell Tumours Research Groups. Furthermore, he serves as an Associate Prof. of Urology at University College London (UCL) and sits on the UCL Urology Clinical Academic Board.

Outside of his professional commitments, Prof. Rajan enjoys cycling and running. He is passionate about exploring exotic, off-the-beaten-track locations, where he can practice his language skills in Tamil, and to a lesser extent, Hindi and Spanish.

Areas of expertise

  • Benign prostate hyperplasia
  • Bladder cancer
  • Bladder neck incision
  • Blood in urine (haematuria)
  • Circumcision
  • Cystoscopy
  • Day case procedures
  • Epididymal cysts
  • Foreskin and scrotal conditions
  • Frenuloplasty (penis)
  • Germ cell testicular cancer
  • Hydrocelectomy
  • Hydrocoele (collection of fluid around the testicle)
  • MRI of prostate
  • Nerve sparing prostatectomy
  • Overactive bladder
  • Prostate biopsy (MRI-guided)
  • Prostate cancer risk assessment
  • Prostate cancer diagnostics
  • Prostatectomy (radical)
  • Prostatectomy (robotic)
  • Prostatectomy (turp)
  • Prostatitis (prostate swelling)
  • PSA testing
  • Retroperitoneal procedures
  • Retzius-sparing radical prostatectomy
  • Robotic surgery
  • Testicular cancer
  • Testicular lumps & swellings
  • Testicular pain
  • Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)
  • Transurethral resection of a bladder tumour (TURBT)
  • Undescended testicle
  • Urethral and bladder neck sparing in prostatectomy
  • Urinary retention
  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
  • Urological cancers
  • Varicocele

Professional memberships

General Medical Council
British Association of Urological Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of England
British Medical Association (BMA)

Articles by Prof. Prabhakar Rajan

Emerging tools for the early detection of prostate cancer

Treatment de-escalation for metastatic good-risk seminoma with carboplatin AUC10: predictive factors and patterns of relapse

Therapy de escalation for testicular cancer (THERATEST): A multi centre observational cohort feasibility study of de escalation therapies for good prognosis stage II germ cell tumours

What Are the Barriers to Early Detection of Prostate Cancer for Black Men in the UK?

The prognostic value of LDH in patients with good risk metastatic seminoma treated with single agent carboplatin AUC10.

THERATEST: A multi-centre observational cohort feasibility study of de-escalation therapies for stage II seminoma.

Interventions for patients with prostate cancer on active surveillance: a narrative review