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Mr Farooq Khan
Consultant Urological Surgeon
BSc (Hons), MBBS (Distinction), FRCS (Urol)
"I enjoy my time at the Spire Harpenden, both clinics and theatre sessions, as I find the whole experience relaxing given the excellent organisation of the hospital."
Specialises in
- Diagnostic urology including scrotal lumps
- Erectile dysfunction
- Laser prostate surgery (HoLEP)
- Prostate and bladder cancer
- Urinary infections and prostatitis
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I have been a Consultant Urological Surgeon for almost 15 years, having completed my training on the Cambridge urology rotation (2003 - 2010). My main interest is laser prostate surgery (Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate - HoLEP) and the delivery of treatments for an enlarged prostate (BPH – benign prostate hyperplasia) including Rezum, Urolift (in association with a colleague) and Aquablation. I led the development and widespread acceptance of the use of low power HoLEP in the UK, using initially a 50 Watt laser machine and more recently an understanding across surgeons that lower power delivers an effective balance between technique and efficiency in theatres. I was the leading user of the 50 Watt laser for HoLEP surgery, and have performed the highest number in the UK, with this low power laser and in total our unit has completed over 2000 cases to date. My ethos in this regard is to promote the safe and competent delivery of laser prostate surgery to other surgeons so that many more patients can benefit from HoLEP. To this end I am a national training mentor and senior faculty member on an annual HoLEP training course and travel the UK to support the transfer of this skill to consultant colleagues.
I have presented our data at the British, European and American Urological Associations international meetings world at international meetings. This has been hugely rewarding, especially moving from a 2-3 day hospital stay for TURP, to on average 18 hours now for HoLEP and at the same time producing superior clinical results for patients. This has been very satisfying as a clinician.
Along with my main interest in HoLEP surgery I offer the breadth of treatments for BPH including minimally invasive surgical treatments called Urolift and Rezum (steam therapy to shrink the prostate) as well as the newer treatment of Aquablation that are helpful in the the suitably counselled and selected patient in preserving sexual function, an increasing desire by many younger men troubled by BPH. I strongly believe in offering the most suitable treatment for the patients needs and prostate size. In surgery there is a very simple adage; choose well, cut well, get well.
As well as my passionate interest in BPH and HoLEP surgery I provide the breadth of general urology services including prostate cancer diagnostics, blood in the urine (haematuria) investigations, scrotal swellings, erectile dysfunction, urine infections including prostatitis and kidney stone disease. I have performed over 1,000 ureteroscopies for stone disease and over 40 keyhole kidney stone surgery (percutaneous nephrolithotomies - PCNL) as well as annually completing over 120 circumcisions/revision circumcisions in the private sector alone.
My claim to fame is that I was shadowed by the original actors (Michael French and George Irving) for the medical drama Holby City while a junior doctor at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge (1999) as part of their research and greater understanding for their roles.
Informally, I led the financial turnaround of our NHS department that reversed a loss of £1.1 million to a recent profit of £250,000 over two years. This was achieved by leading the introduction of new surgical techniques that shortened bed occupancy (laser prostate surgery), repatriating high tariff work back to our department (keyhole stone surgery), moving certain procedures to a day case setting (flexible cystoscopy), running our theatre sessions more efficiently, but above all accounting and capturing for all our clinical activity to fairly represent the income generated. In part for this work my contribution was recognised with multiple Clinical Excellence Awards.
In the past I used to be the Course Director for the urology modules at the Royal College of Surgeons of England that is run twice a year in Lincolns Inn Field. I organised the course content and liaised with invited faculty over a two day period delivering a high quality urology core training skills course that received excellent validated feedback. In addition, and continuing with my teaching commitment, I continue to be an invited senior faculty member for the regional specialist registrars teaching in East Anglia as well as training in a European HoLEP training centre in Dusseldorf.
My work ethos has been to ensure the best cost-effective delivery for NHS provision of services and at the same time emulating that in the private sector such that the two will merge into one - a high class service for both sectors. Having been a Consultant Urological Surgeon for 15 years, I have managed to support and lead my NHS department and at the same time build and develop my interest in laser prostate surgery and BPH services, both in the NHS and private sector.
General Medical Council Number: 4320409
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Farooq Khan at Spire include:
Urology
- Bladder investigations (cystoscopy)
- Bladder lesion removal
- Circumcision
- Epididymal cysts removal
- Hydrocele surgery
- Kidney stones treatment
- Prostate surgery
Other treatments
- Haematuria (blood in urine) investigations
- Prostate cancer diagnostics including multi-parametric MRI and PSA testing
- Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
- Vasectomy reversal consultations
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Clinical interests
Benign prostate diseases
Bladder/ kidney stone disease
Bladder cancer
Erectile dysfunction
Female urology
Incontinence
Kidney cancer
Male infertility
Prostate cancer
Urinary tract infections
Urodynamics
Urological cancers
Urological pathology
Special clinical interests: Laser prostate surgery (HoLEP).
Qualification and professional memberships
BSc (Hons) / University College London Medical School / 1993
This was an Intercalated BSc in which I took a year out of my formal medical training (attained a scholarship) where I spent a year undertaking research on nerve regeneration.
MBBS (Distinction) / University College London Medical School / 1996
This is the basic medical qualification for a doctor, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery that I was awarded with Distinction in 1996. I completed all my training at University College London and in hospitals around London and the home counties.
MRCS (Eng) / Royal College of Surgeons of England, London / 1999
I obtained my basic surgical qualification, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, having completed my basic surgical training at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. This allowed me to move onto a period of urological research at the Royal Free Hospital, London (2000-2003) before entering my urology registrar training (Higher Surgical Training).
FRCS (Urology) / Royal College of Surgeons of England, London / 2008
This is the definitive end of urological training examination that is taken prior to being considered for a consultant post. I completed my urological training on the Cambridge rotation and obtained this prestigious exit qualification first time.
Professional memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Professional leadership
Director of Urology Course at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Senior faculty FRCS (Urol) revision course
Surgical mentor in laser prostate surgery
Research and publications
Articles
"Urinary Stone Disease” Chapter 12 in ABC of Urology, 3rd Edition, 2011. Editors: C Dawson & J Nethercliffe
Current NHS posts
Consultant Urological Surgeon, Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust.
Personal profile
I have always had the ambition to complete a private pilots licence (PPL) to keep up with a family tradition where my father and uncle both held this and having taken lessons in this regard hope one day to achieve this goal. I have three daughters, rapidly growing up, and enjoy the comfort of watching them in their sporting activities and find that my relaxation time is often enjoyed by long walks with the boss, also known as Mrs K!
Contact information
| Telephone | 0800 585 112 |
| Private secretary | Lucy Dynes |
| Private secretary telephone | 07506 137 246 |
| Private secretary email | Lucydynes28@gmail.com |