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Mr Barnaby Barrass

Practising at

Spire Harpenden Hospital
Mr Barnaby Barrass

Mr Barnaby Barrass

Consultant Urological Surgeon

BSc (Hons), MBBS, MD, FRCS (Urol), PGCME

"I love working at Spire Harpenden. It is very inspiring to work in such a friendly, well-organised and above all patient-focussed environment."

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I have been a qualified doctor for over 24 years and a qualified consultant urologist for over 11 years. I have had comprehensive training and experience in urology and I cover the majority of adult urology.

I completed training in London, Bristol and the Cambridge training rotation. I have particular expertise in urological diagnostics and set up one of the first urology "one stop" clinics in the country, a successful project that was featured in the annual hospital awards and significantly reduced waiting times. In addition to general urology, I also specialise in minimally invasive treatments to improve outcomes and I have successfully introduced several new treatments and specialities into my department.

During 24 years of practice I have performed over 14,000 urological procedures including, 1,200 prostate biopsies (the last 780 of which have been trans-perineal), 690 bladder cancer resections, 325 circumcisions, 560 surgeries to relieve benign prostatic obstruction and 400 ureteroscopies.

I work in one of the highest volume centres for laser prostate surgery in the UK. I have personally performed well over 200 holmium laser enucleations of the prostate (HoLEP) and I train senior trainees from all around the country who come to learn this technique in our unit. 

I am the lead clinician for urological cancer in our department and I led the urological cancer response to Covid. I have also contributed to several regional cancer guidelines. I am a GMC approved trainer and I teach on several national urology courses. I continue to maintain an active interest in clinical research and I have been local investigator for several national trials in recent years. I have published extensively in the urological literature and I have given numerous presentations around the world on urological topics. I am the recipient of 3 clinical excellence awards and numerous academic prizes and grants for my work, including a British Urological Foundation Fellowship.

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Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Barnaby Barrass at Spire include:

Urology

Other treatments

  • Active surveillance in prostate cancer
  • Enhanced diagnostics for bladder cancer (blue light cystoscopy)
  • Hyperthermic mitomycin for bladder cancer
  • Laser prostate surgery (HoLEP)
  • Non muscle invasive bladder cancer
  • Office based trans-perineal prostate biopsy
  • Photodynamic diagnosis (blue light cystoscopy)
  • Prostatic urothelial lift (Urolift)
  • Surgery for benign prostatic enlargement including laser prostate surgery (HoLEP)
  • Ureteroscopy and laser stone surgery

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Additional information

Andrology
Benign prostate diseases
Bladder cancer
Bladder/ kidney stone disease
Erectile dysfunction
Female urology
Incontinence
Kidney cancer
Male infertility
Prostate cancer
Urinary tract infections
Urodynamics
Urological cancers
Urological pathology

MBBS / Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (University of London) / 1998
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

BSc (Hons) / Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London / 1997
Bachelor of Science
I took a year between pre-clinical and clinical training to undertake an intercalated degree researching molecular biology and tumour targeting in cancer.

MRCS / Royal College of Surgeons of England, London / 2001
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons

MD / University of London / 2006
Doctor of Medicine

FRCS / Royal College of Surgeons of England, London / 2009
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons

PGCME / University of Bedfordshire Post Graduate Medical School / 2011
Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education

Professional memberships

The Royal College of Surgeons of England

The British Medical Association

The British Association of Urological Surgeons

The Medical Defence Union

The Higher Education Academy

Professional leadership

Lead clinician for urological cancer at The Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

I am married and live locally. I enjoy running and have competed in several international marathons including New York, London, Tokyo and all the world marathon majors across the globe, with competitive times and national rankings.

The arrival of my young daughter means that I now tend spend more time watching, rather than playing sport and time with my growing family is now the greatest pleasure in my life.

Telephone 01582 714 420