Professor Prasanna Sooriakumaran

Professor Prasanna Sooriakumaran (Prof PS) is a world leading prostate specialist and urologist. Triple robotic fellowship trained at Cornell (USA), Karolinska (Sweden), and Oxford (UK). Clinically led on early value assessment of robotic soft-tissue surgery for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and personally done over 2000 robotic surgeries. Clinically led Urology at Cleveland Clinic London and became its first Professor of Urology, conducted the first urology and robotic operations, and set up and chaired the Urology multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDT). Also chaired the MDT at the Princess Grace Hospital. Highest volume complex and salvage (after focal therapy or radiotherapy) robotic prostate cancer surgeon at University College London Hospitals, seeing patients from all over the world. World expert in Retzius-sparing robotic surgery and nerve-sparing techniques for reducing side-effects from prostate cancer surgery. Leader in state-of-the-art fusion biopsy for prostate cancer diagnosis and AI-enhanced Aquablation (Hydros) for benign prostate enlargement.

Professor Prasanna Sooriakumaran (Prof PS) is the winner of over 30 international prizes/ awards and cited as London’s Most Influential Doctor (Evening Standard) and as one of the UK’s Top Ten Urologists (Daily Mail poll of UK urologists) for innovations in prostate cancer care. World leader in surgery for metastatic prostate cancer and holder of £3million UK government research grant. Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. PhD in prostate cancer and MA from University of Oxford.

He is arguably the best known and globally respected UK robotic prostate cancer surgeon of his generation.