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Meet the urology and nephrology consultants

ESNEFT urology and nephrology (renal) consultants

Consultants

Dr Praveen Ande - IHT Medical Speciality 2 - Renal
Dr Praveen Ande - IHT Medical Speciality 2 - Renal

Praveen Ande

Renal Medicine (Nephrology)

Ipswich Hospital

I have a special interest in home haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, cardiovascular risk and transplantation.

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Gautam Banerjee - IHT - Urology
Gautam Banerjee - IHT - Urology

Gautam Banerjee

Urology

Ipswich Hospital

I have special interest in:

  • kidney cancer
  • laparoscopy
  • kidney stones
  • minimally invasive surgery and LASER surgery for prostate (HOLEP)

I am Clinical lead and educational supervisor in Urology.

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Brian Camilleri - IHT - renal
Brian Camilleri - IHT - renal

Brian Camilleri

Renal Medicine (Nephrology)

Ipswich Hospital

I am dual accredited in renal medicine and general internal medicine. I am clinical lead for renal transplantation within the Ipswich Hospital Renal Unit which includes long-term care of renal transplant patients, renal transplant assessment and live donor assessment.

I am also interested in pre-dialysis care. I have special interest in renal transplantation, hypertension and cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease.

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John Corr - ESNEFT - Urology
John Corr - ESNEFT - Urology

John Corr

Urology

Colchester Hospital

I have worked for the Trust since September 1998.

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Gabor Cserep - ESNEFT - Urology - Nephrology
Gabor Cserep - ESNEFT - Urology - Nephrology

Gabor Cserep

Renal Medicine (Nephrology)

Colchester Hospital

I have worked for the Trust since 2005. I specialise in Kidney diseases and dialysis. I have worked in hospitals worldwide, and completed my training in Hungary and the USA.

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Sam Datta - CHUFT - Urology
Sam Datta - CHUFT - Urology

Sam Datta

Urology

Colchester Hospital

I have worked for the Trust since 2015, covering illnesses including blood in urine, going to urinate often, high PSA, stones, large prostates and prostate cancer. I have worked at the Royal Free London, Guys Hospital, Royal Marsden and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

I trained at the North London Urology Higher Surgical Training School, Royal Postgraduate Medical School and at University College London Medical School.

Specialist areas: Laser surgery for stones and prostate, kidney stones, bladder conditions, prostate cancer diagnostics, Urolift, Botox, diagnostics

 

 

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Photograph of Aniket Deshpande
Photograph of Aniket Deshpande

Aniket Deshpande

Urology

Colchester Hospital

I have worked for the Trust since 2019. I have a special interest in managing urological cancers. I am trained in laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

I provide general Urology services for male lower urinary tract symptoms and perform surgical treatment such as TURP and HoLEP (laser surgery for prostate). I also perform daycase endoscopic and inguinoscrotal procedures.

I am the Clinical Lead for Governance at the Colchester site. I am Clinical Lead for day-case TURBT service at Colchester.

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Gerald Glancey
Gerald Glancey

Gerald Glancey

Renal Medicine (Nephrology)

Ipswich Hospital

I am a qualified Consultant in nephrology in the Renal department.

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Azad Hawizy

Urology

Ipswich Hospital

I have worked at the trust since 2013. I support patients with all urological conditions.

I specialise in kidney tumours and stone disease.

I trained at the London Deanery.

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Sona Kapoor

Urology

Ipswich Hospital

I joined Ipswich NHS Trust in 2016 after completing my higher speciality training in London.

I am an Endoluminal Endourolgist. I am a diagnostician – I assess patients to diagnose urological conditions including cancers.

My special interest is renal tract stone disease and its management.

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Sabina Karimi

Renal Medicine (Nephrology)

Colchester Hospital

I qualified from Norwich Medical School in 2009. I completed my Specialist Nephrology training in August 2020.  I have been a Consultant Nephrologist at Colchester Hospital since September 2020.

I am dual accredited in Renal and General internal medicine. I have a special interest in:

  • renal transplantation (long term transplant care and pre-dialysis care)
  • chronic kidney disease
  • vasculitis/Glomerulonephritis

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Stephen Keoghane
Stephen Keoghane

Stephen Keoghane

Urology

Colchester Hospital

I trained in urology in Oxford. I have been an NHS consultant since 2003. I spent 13 years in Portsmouth and 4 years in Bury St Edmunds before joining Colchester Hospital. My specialist interest is the management of kidney stones. I have published over 50 peer reviewed papers as well as numerous book chapters and magazine articles in urology.

I served for 22 years in the Army Reserve as a regimental medical officer, which included a deployment to Afghanistan as a trauma surgeon in 2011. I am also a published military author and historian.

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Photograph of Dimitrios Kirmizis
Photograph of Dimitrios Kirmizis

Dimitrios Kirmizis

Renal Medicine (Nephrology)

Colchester Hospital

I have worked for the Trust since December 2018.

My main area of interest is Renal transplantation. I also have a special interest in:

  • Diabetes
  • inherited kidney diseases
  • home replacement therapies (home haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis).

I have worked as Renal Specialist in Greece and the UK since 2004.

I trained at Hippokratio University Hospital in Thessaloniki and at King’s College Hospital, London.

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Mr Zafar Maan - ESNEFT - Urology
Mr Zafar Maan - ESNEFT - Urology

Zafar Maan

Urology

Colchester Hospital

I qualified as a doctor at St George’s Hospital Medical School in 1998 and became a member of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2001.

I completed urological higher surgical training in Cambridge / Essex, and a Fellowship in Stone Surgery and Endourology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London.

I was appointed as a Consultant Urological Surgeon in 2010. As a stone surgery specialist, I am particularly interested in minimally invasive procedures using a ‘keyhole’ approach.

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Rajiv Pillai
Rajiv Pillai

Rajiv Pillai

Urology

Colchester Hospital

I have worked for the Trust since March 2014.

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Gerald Rix
Gerald Rix

Gerald Rix

Urology

Colchester Hospital

I trained at Oxford and Cambridge Universities before graduating from the Edinburgh urology rotation in 2004. I deal with all conditions affecting the kidneys, bladder, prostate and genitalia in men, women and children.

I founded the Colchester stone unit in 2004, introducing laser stone surgery and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (keyhole surgery) for larger, complex cases. I developed particular expertise in surgery for enlarged prostates, including HoLEP (Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate), proven to be more effective than traditional prostate operations.

I regularly teach the procedure to other surgeons throughout the UK and abroad. I am also one of the Colchester cancer surgeons, treating prostate cancer, bladder cancer, testicular cancer and kidney cancer. I specialise in complex renal surgery, including laparoscopic (keyhole) nephrectomy and laparoscopic pyeloplasty.

I see female patients with general urological problems as well as children with paediatric urological conditions requiring both medical and surgical management.

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Dr Richard Smith - IHT Renal
Dr Richard Smith - IHT Renal

Richard Smith

Nephrology

Ipswich Hospital

I am a Consultant in nephrology in the Renal department at Ipswich Hospital. I am also the lead for Trust-wide research and development.

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George Yardy - IHT Urology
George Yardy - IHT Urology

George Yardy

Urology

Ipswich Hospital

I undertook research into prostate cancer at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford. I trained in Urology in Cambridge and Norwich. I was appointed at Ipswich Hospital in 2012.

I undertake a wide range of general urological procedures. My specialist interests are:

  • prostate cancer diagnosis
  • surgery for benign prostatic enlargement (including Urolift)
  • female bladder problems
  • vasectomy reversal
  • paediatric urology

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