Mr Suks Minhas, Urologist

Clinic details

London Urology Associates (LUA) - view more information

Consultant Urologist

Member of British Association of Urological Surgeons
Member of British Association of Urological Surgeons (Section of Andrology)
Member of British Society of Sexual Medicine
Member of European Society of Sexual Medicine
Member of International Society of Sexual Medicine
Member of British Medical Association
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Voted one of the top private doctors in the UK by Tatler magazine, Mr Suks Minhas is a Consultant Urologist and Andrologist at Imperial College, London. He also works closely with The Lister Fertility Clinic at The Lister Hospital, one of the largest fertility centres in the UK. He specialises in treating problems affecting the male genitals and is one of the UK’s only dedicated andrological surgeons. His expertise extends to surgery of the testis and scrotum, including undescended testes, hydrocoeles, varicoceles, epidymal cysts, lymphoedema of the scrotum and congenital disorders of the scrotum, surgery of the penis, including circumcision, frenuloplasty, penile reconstruction for balanitis xerotica obliterans, lymphoedema of the penis and disorders of the suspensory ligament of the penis.

A recipient of the prestigious Karl Storz Telescope, an award given to specialists who have made a significant and lasting contribution to British Urology, Mr Minhas is recognised as a key international opinion leader in his field. He has over 500 published abstracts, papers and chapters on the subject of andrology including a textbook on male sexual dysfunction; he has chaired important scientific meetings in the field of andrological surgery, and he regularly receives invitations as an international speaker on the topic. He is also actively involved in the teaching and training of surgeons in the UK. He was chairman of the British Association of Urological Surgeons Section of Andrology and is an associate board member of the European Society of Andrological Surgery.

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

Patients who come to see me have symptoms of testes cancer like lumps, pain and discomfort, or are worried they've got a lump in the testicle that could be malignant; or if they've tried to have kids for a while and have carried out a sperm test with a GP, or taken it upon themselves to do one, and effectively found an abnormality.

In terms of erectile dysfunction, some patients may come with difficulty in maintaining and sustaining erection, reduced libido, need for testosterone replacement therapy, or low energy levels; they may have had a screening by the GP that shows low testosterone levels. It's more about men's health and men's health screening. A lot of it is screening for outcomes such as erectile dysfunction and male infertility.

Some of the other patients have pelvic pain symptoms, such as pain in the genital region. Such patients come for investigation for the cause of the pain.

What services are you able to offer your patients?

With fertility problems, sometimes patients don't need any treatment other than lifestyle optimisation and investigation. Some require hormone treatment or medical treatments. Some require surgical intervention. For example, if they've got no sperm on ejaculation, sometimes we can extract sperm from them. Sometimes they've had a vasectomy and they want to have a reversal of vasectomy. If they have a varicocele or varicose veins of the testicle, we can tie off the veins and try and improve sperm count.
If it's erectile dysfunction, the treatments that are usually given are medications that we prescribe for these conditions initially, or even testosterone replacement if they're candidates for that, followed by surgical management, or penile implants if necessary.

If they've got a bend in the penis (Peyronie's disease), we look at either doing surgery or pursuing medical treatments such as injectable.

If its lumps or bumps associated with cancers, it can be treated. Alternatively, if the lumps or bumps are anything to do with hydrocele cysts or a tight foreskin, we can offer surgical intervention, circumcision or removing the lump or bump.

Can you tell us a bit more about your areas of subspecialist interest?

I'm an andrologist. I've been doing consulting in andrology for 15 years and super-specialise in that area. What that means is I deal with anything to do with disorders of the male reproductive system involving male fertility, Peyronie's disease, genital problems, lumps, bumps, testes cancers, among others.

Low fertility
Erectile dysfunction
Peyronie's disease
Genital problems
Testes cancer