What are the common symptoms that your patients tend to present with?

Many symptoms that patients present are often unusual for them and they can be worrying. One of the most important things that patients want to exclude is underlying cancer. I, therefore, try and take a bit more of a holistic approach to managing these patients with some care and compassion.

Patients come to see me with a range of symptoms which can include blood within their urine, worries about prostate cancer because they have a family member or a friend who has prostate cancer, or perhaps even a lump on the testicle which they've never felt before and seems unusual.

I try and see my patients as quickly as I possibly can, offer them the requisite tests in a timely manner and try and reassure them as best as possible, or at least provide direction forward.

What are the treatments that you're able to offer your patients?

I offer a wide and diverse range of treatments, which can range from a simple conversation for reassurance, all the way up to surgery, which can be minor surgery involving vasectomy or circumcision or correcting problems with the foreskin, all the way to major cancer operations which can include removal of the bladder or the prostate gland or kidney tumours and testicular tumours.

My surgical experience ranges between minimally invasive and robotic surgery, all the way to open surgery, and I tailor my treatment in a very personalized way towards what the patient will need and benefit the most from.

What are your areas of sub-specialist interest?

My particular areas of subspecialist interests are in bladder and kidney cancer, and I have a particular interest in trying to preserve as much bladder or kidney function if at all possible in circumstances of cancer. I also have an interest in the management of complicated reconstructive surgery, which involves trying to restore the flow of urine anywhere within the urinary tract if there was a stricture or obstruction or tumour.

The techniques which I employ range from a combination of the keyhole, laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery and open surgery as well, although I do have an interest in endoscopic surgery, particularly in the role of blue light cystoscopy and bladder preservation strategies.