DrTamer El-Husseiny

Biography

Mr Tamer El-Husseiny is a Consultant Urological Surgeon and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Charing Cross and St Mary's hospitals. In addition to general urology he sub-specialises in the diagnosis and management of kidney stones and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH). He is an expert in Endourological surgery (minimally invasive surgery) such as ureteroscopy and laser stone fragmentation, PCNL (keyhole surgery for kidney stones), HoLEP (Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate), Rezum, iTind and Aquablation. He has a vast experience in the endourological management of upper tract urothelial cancer. He treats other upper tract abnormalities, including strictures and extrinsic ureteric obstruction. He also has special expertise in the use of different types of urological stents including long-term metallic stents.

Mr El-Husseiny graduated with honours from medical school; he has then completed his basic surgical and urological training and was appointed as an assistant lecturer in urology. He underwent higher specialist urological training on both the London and West Midlands urology training schemes. In addition, he has also completed the prestigious two-year subspecialty Endourology fellowship (Awarded by the Endourological Society, USA) at St Bartholomew's Hospital, specialising in the management of complex stone disease.

He has completed a MSc and MD degrees in urology and is very passionate about research and academic urology. He has led on and completed numerous research projects and has extensively published in peer reviewed journals, authored book chapters and presented in international, national and regional conferences and meetings. He maintains a strong teaching interest and he has taught on numerous courses and workshops. He is also a peer reviewer for numerous international journals.

He is the current unit training lead for Imperial College's 3rd year medical student in Urology.

Qualifications:

MBBCh (Hons), 2002
MSc (Urology), 2006
MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2009
Endourological Society Fellowship. Awarded by the Endourological Society, NY, USA. 2008 – 2010
MD, 2011
FRCS (Urol), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2013
Fellow European Board of Urology (FEBU). 2015
Special interest:

Urinary tract stones prevention and treatment (Including ureteroscopy, PCNL and lithotripsy)
Treatment of benign prostate disease (including laser treatment - HoLEP, Urolift, iTind, Aquablation and Rezum)
Endourology