Professor Hashim Ahmed: Urology

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Professor Hashim Ahmed

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Specialises in

Urological malignancy

About me

Professor Ahmed is an internationally renowned expert in prostate cancer diagnosis, imaging and biopsy as well as minimally invasive therapies for prostate cancer such as HIFU and cryotherapy - either whole-gland or focal therapy for primary prostate cancer or radio-recurrent disease.

In 2018 he was named Prostate Cancer Specialist of the Year by Private Healthcare Awards.

He has performed hundreds of transperineal prostate biopsies and MRI-targeted prostate biopsies as well as being one of the leading high volume HIFU and cryotherapy experts.

Professor Ahmed has taught dozens of surgeons in these techniques in the UK and around the world whilst also giving numerous invited lectures in this area.

He has an active research portfolio in prostate disease and has published many of the key papers driving the change in the diagnostic and treatment pathway of prostate cancer.

Areas of interest

A. Prostate cancer; PSA testing, prostate biopsy for prostate cancer; MRI prostate for prostate cancer; Targeted image-fusion prostate biopsy for prostate cancer; Transperineal prostate biopsy for accurate prostate cancer mapping

B. Treatment for prostate cancer; second opinion for prostate cancer options; Focal HIFU/cryotherapy for prostate cancer; Focal salvage HIFU/cryotherapy for recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy; Active Surveillance with MRI prostate scans for low risk prostate cancer

C. Urinary/urine symptoms; 'prostatism', acute/chronic prostatitis; enlarged prostate, benign prostate hyperplasia [BPH], urethral stricture, bladder neck stenosis/stricture; TURP, Rezum water vapour, Rezum steam therapy, Greenlight laser for prostate

D. Research. PSA Screening; MRI prostate, targeted/image-fusion prostate biopsy for prostate cancer; HIFU & cryotherapy for prostate cancer; active surveillance of prostate cancer using MRI

Medical secretaries

Chloe Barker
Charing Cross Hospital Fulham Palace Road London W6 8RF
020 7099 6636
hashim.ahmed@londonprostate.co.uk

Chloe Barker
Cromwell Hospital 162-174 Cromwell Road LONDON SW5 0TU
020 7099 6636
hashim.ahmed@londonprostate.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Alastair M Skelly Fee Assured

Dr Robert Broomhead Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Professor and Chair of Urology
Imperial College London, UK

Consultant Urological Surgeon
Imperial College London NHS Trust, London, UK

Research interests

Prostate diagnosis using multi-parametric MRI and biomarkers.

Detection of prostate cancer using MRI and targeted/image-fusion biopsies

Minimally invasive therapies HIFU and cryotherapy treatments

Active surveillance of prostate cancer

Treating benign symptomatic prostate enlargement (Rezum, laser, TURP)

Personal interests

Head, Imperial Prostate, Imperial College London

Chair, NCRI Prostate Clinical Studies Group

Chair, NHS England Prostate Clinical Expert Group

Chair, Surgical Design Committee, Imperial Clinical Trials Unit

European Urology, Editorial Board

BJU Int., Consulting Editor in Imaging

Awards received

Prostate Cancer Specialist of the year, Private Healthcare Awards, 2018

First, Innovation BMJ Awards, 2015

First, Innovation, Health Services Journal Awards, 2015

Visiting Professor
UCLA
Cornell
Tokyo

• Paper of the Year, Prostate Cancer Research, 2018
• Best Reviewer, 2016, Journal of Urology
• UCLH Excellence Award – World-class Research 2016 (Lead)
• Markowitz Prize, Outstanding Registrar in Urology, UCH, 2009
• William Osler Prize in Medicine, University of Oxford Clinical S

Publications

Publications

Full publication list can be found summarised at http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=xVnw-_MAAAAJ&hl=en

Key papers

Ahmed HU, El-Shater Bosaily A, Brown LC, Gabe R, Kaplan R, Parmar MK,
Collaco-Moraes Y, Ward K, Hindley RG, Freeman A, Kirkham AP, Oldroyd R, Parker C,
Emberton M; PROMIS study group.. Diagnostic accuracy of multi-parametric MRI and
TRUS biopsy in prostate cancer (PROMIS): a paired validating confirmatory study.
Lancet. 2017 Jan 19. pii: S0140-6736(16)32401-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32401-1. [Epub ahead of print]Ahmed HU. The index lesion and the origin of prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2009;361(17):1704-6.

Ahmed HU, Hindley RG, Dickinson L, Freeman A, Kirkham AP, Sahu M, Scott R, Allen C, Van der Meulen J, Emberton M. Focal therapy for localised unifocal and multifocal prostate cancer: a prospective development study. Lancet Oncol. 2012;13(6):622-32.

Ahmed HU, Arya M, Freeman A, Emberton M. Do low-grade and low-volume prostate cancers bear the hallmarks of malignancy? Lancet Oncol. 2012;13(11):e509-17.

Wilt T, Ahmed HU. Screening and treatment of localised prostate cancer. Clinical Review. BMJ 2013;346:f325

Book Editor

Interventional Techniques in Uro-Oncology
Publishers: Wiley-Blackwell.
Editors: Hashim U Ahmed (Lead), Manit Arya, Peter Scardino, Mark Emberton.

Focal Therapy in Prostate Cancer
Publishers: Wiley-Blackwell.
Editors: Hashim U Ahmed (Lead), Manit Arya, Peter Scardino, Mark Emberton

Courses offered to GPs

Prostate Cancer Screening

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis using MRI and ultrasound, as well as targeted and image-fusion biopsies

Prostate Cancer Treatment for localised disease such as HIFU, cryotherapy, focal therapy and active surveillance

Management of BPH/LUTS, minimally invasive therapies such as TURP, laser, Rezum, new research techniques

About my work

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

M6583
Transperineal MRI - US fusion targeted prostate biopsy - (5-50)

Bupa Cromwell Hospital (5-50)
M6770
High intensity focused ultrasound of prostate (including cystoscopy) - (5-50)

Bupa Cromwell Hospital (5-50)
M6712
Prostatic cryotherapy - (5-50)

Bupa Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
M6750
Transurethral needle ablation (TUNA) - (5-50)
M6530
Endoscopic resection of prostate (TUR) (including cystoscopy) - (1-5)

Bupa Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
M4510
Diagnostic endoscopic examination of bladder (flexible cystoscopy) including any biopsy - (1-5)
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