Mr Joe Philip

I am a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital.

I have broad experience in general and diagnostic urology - which includes helping my patients identify reasons for blood in urine, raised prostate blood test (PSA) levels, recurrent urinary infections and urinary flow problems.

My specialist expertise are in the minimally invasive treatment of kidney stones (endoscopic and percutaneous) and endoscopic upper tract urothelial cancer management. I am the Stone unit Lead at the European training centre for Stone disease at Southmead Hospital, leading a team of 15 which includes trainee registrars, junior doctors, lithotripsy radiographers and nurses; as well as the only fixed site Lithotriptor in the South West of England. I developed the unit into one of the highest volume centres in the UK with impressive treatment success rates.

Following my higher surgical training in Merseyside (Wirral, Cheshire and Liverpool) I completed a Sub-Specialist Clinical Fellowship in Endourology and Laparoscopic Kidney surgery at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Birmingham. I then joined the Consultant faculty at the Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital and University of Bristol in 2011.

My research interests are in socio-demographic causes of recurrent stone disease, evaluating risk factors for sepsis, increased hospital stay and morbidity in patients who undergo stone procedures. Other areas of interest include assessing techniques and factors to improve stone treatment success.

I have published 92 articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals and currently serve as a scientific reviewer for 11 indexed journals.

I am also the Educational Lead for Urology at the Bristol Urological Institute, maintaining excellence in training and research among the urological trainees.