RoboUrology


Mr Khan is a consultant Urological Surgeon at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust London which is one the most prestigious and largest teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom.

Robotic radical cystectomy programme at Guy’s Hospital is the only programme of its kind in the United Kingdom established by Mr Khan and his colleagues. It is recognized internationally as one of the largest programme in the world with excellent results.

Mr Khan and his colleague has also introduced, established and evaluated use of botulinum toxin-A in the United Kingdom. The randomised trial conducted by the team is the first in the world completed at Guy’s and published in June 2007. Team is currently involved in international clinical trials and a single centre randomized trial in the treatment of sensory urgency.

Dr Mohammad Shamim Khan
DR. Muhammad Shamim Khan OBE
MBBS MCPS FRCS (Urol) FEBU

 

Notable achievements:


  1. First to establish the country’s first and the only robotic cystectomy programme. Team is recognised internationally for the Guy's Robotic radical cystectomy technique and are currently the only group in the United Kingdom and Europe performing this operation on regular basis with excellent results.
  1. First to conduct, complete, report and publish (2007) a randomized trial on the efficacy of botulinum toxin-A administered under local anaesthesia in the treatment of overactive bladder.
  2. He has over 100 peer reviewed publications and numerous national and international presentations. His research interests include clinical and scientific evaluation of botulinum toxin, urinary tract infection and comparison of robotic with other surgical modalities in cystectomy. He is currently supervising a PhD student in botulinum toxin-A research.
  3. He is the lead in undergraduate urological teaching at King’s College London, tutor and examiner for MSC and FRCS Urology and has been faculty in several national and international courses including robotics and laparoscopy.
  4. He has been awarded OBE for his international charity work.
OBE


 

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