An initial consultation with Professor Raj Persad is from £250.
Professor Raj Persad
Consultant Urologist
ChM, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Urol), FEBU
Specialises in
- Focal therapy for prostate cancer with HIFU
- Penile prosthesis implantation and Peyronie's disease surgery
- Prostate surgery
- SpaceOAR Hydrogel
- Vasectomy reversal
I have been practicing as a consultant urological surgeon for thirty years. I have several areas of practice in which I have established solid experience over thirty years.
I am an expert in the diagnosis and treatment, across all stages, of prostate cancer. I have uniquely in the Southwest Region engaged a system of fusion biopsy which allows for the most accurate targeted treatment of prostate cancers with Focal Therapy using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Results show that for the appropriate stages and grades of disease, this treatment produces excellent outcomes with minimal toxicity in sexual function and incontinence.
In the more common areas of benign prostate enlargement which causes distressing symptoms of sleep loss and embarrassment, I offer a full range of medical and surgical treatments including water vapour (REZUM) treatment which avoids many of the hazards of standard TURP such as excess bleeding. At the Spire we are also in the process developing an aquablation programme for larger prostates.
I have developed a sound practice in erectile dysfunction (over 3 decades) using the newest medical therapy approaches. If this this fails I offer state-of-the art penile prosthesis implantation using either Boston or Coloplast
implants. I offer within my years of experience tailored treatments for Peyronie's disease in all its stages of development (overall success rate of 80-90%).
I am an expert in male infertility and have some of the best results nationally for success in micro-surgical reversal of vasectomy. I also perform high numbers of microsurgical varicocele ligation for subfertility or pain.
Over the last thirty years, I have been committed to evidence based treatments. As testament to this, I have published over ten books in the field of urological surgery and its practice. In 2015 I received a Gold Award for services to the NHS.
General Medical Council Number: 2825012
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Professor Raj Persad at Spire include:
Urology
- Bladder investigations (cystoscopy)
- Bladder lesion removal
- Cancer tests
- CT scan
- Epididymal cysts removal
- Fertility tests
- Hormone test
- Hydrocele surgery
- Microsurgical vasectomy reversal
- MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
- Prostate surgery and laser prostate surgery
- Prostate cancer treatment by high intensity focussed ultrasound (HIFU)
- Prostatectomy
- Ultrasound scan
- UroLift
- Vasectomy
- Vasectomy reversal
Other treatments
- Andrology
- Bladder cancer
- Erectile dysfunction
- Focal therapy for prostate cancer with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
- Male infertility
- Penile prosthesis insertion surgery
- Peyronie’s disease surgery
- Prostate cancer
- REZUM for benign prostate enlargement
- Robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy,
- Sexual dysfunction
- SpaceOARTM
- State of the art prostate fusion biopsies
- Subfertility
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Bladder cancer
Erectile dysfunction
Male infertility
Prostate cancer
Sexual dysfunction
Subfertility
Special clinical interests: Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy; High Intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and cryotherapy for the modern minimally invasive treatment of prostate cancer; GreenLight laser for the treatment of BPH; Urolift for BPH.
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / University College, University of London / 1983
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
FRCS(Eng) / Royal College of Surgeons / 1987
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
ChM / University of Bristol, UK / 1994
Master of Surgery
FEBU / European Board of Urology / 1994
Fellowship of the European Board of Urology
Certificate of completion of specialist training / Royal College of Surgeons / 1994
Specialist Register entry of the General Medical Council
2015 Gold Award for services to the NHS
Professional memberships
Member of British Association of Urological Surgeons and former Hon Sec to Section of Oncology
Former Chair of British Prostate Group
Member of National Prostate Cancer Audit CRG
Former NICE Guidelines Advisory Group in Urological disease areas
Former Cancer Services Committee Member Royal College of Surgeons
Former CRUK Advisory Board and National Inst. of Health Research Clinical Trials Advisory Board Member
Professional leadership
Member of Spire Hospital Bristol MAC
Undergraduate Sub-Dean North Bristol Medical Academy
Former Lead Cancer Clinician for University Hospitals Bristol
Former Member of National Cancer Research Institute (Prostate cancer)
Former Chairman of Action on Bladder Cancer
Vice-chair (former) International Bladder Guidelines Group
Research and publications
Current NHS posts
Consultant Urologist North Bristol Trust and Sulis Hospital Bath
Personal profile
I am married with four children. Much of my spare time is spent visiting units in the developing world teaching and training junior doctors and healthcare professionals. I enjoy tennis, travel and playing the piano.
Financial interests
Contact information
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