Mr Benjamin Lamb

MBBS MA (Cantab.) PhD FRCS (Urol.)

Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon

GMC number: 6130045

Special interests:

Prostate health, PSA testing, prostate cancer testing, prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer treatment, male chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic prostatitis, haematuria (blood in the urine), urinary infection, testicular lumps

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Specialist Treatments

Treatments offered at King Edward VII’s Hospital include, but are not limited to:

Robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP)
Transperineal (template) biopsy
MRI-ultrasound fusion targeted prostate biopsy
Retzius-Sparing Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy
Nerve-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Flexible cystoscopy

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Professional Biography

Mr Ben Lamb is a Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon who specialises in prostate cancer and has carried out more than 600 robotic operations in his career. By adopting a patient-centred philosophy, he uses his surgical skills in the most beneficial way.

Mr Lamb is a consultant at Barts Health and UCLH NHS Trusts having moved to London in 2022 from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge where he had been a consultant since 2018. Having studied medicine at the University of Cambridge (MA) and the University of London (MBBS), he gained a PhD from Imperial College, London in 2011. Mr Ben Lamb undertook his specialist urology training in London before undertaking a fellowship in urological oncology and robotic surgery at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Ben is Prostate Cancer Lead at Barts Health.

Mr Lamb is experienced in treating a range of urological conditions, including prostate cancer; raised PSA; lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS); urinary tract infection (UTI); blood in the urine (haematuria) and semen (haematospermia); scrotal/penile lumps; chronic pelvic pain.

Mr Lamb offers consultations to explain test results or answer any urological questions, meticulously outlines the advantages and risks of any procedure.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr Lamb is on the executive committee of the BAUS section of Oncology. Mr Lamb is involved in MDT (multidisciplinary cancer teams) research, and has written and presented on leadership, decision-making, and non-technical skills in this area. He finds teaching students, healthcare professionals and doctors about communication skills, MDT improvement and urological cancers very rewarding

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Career Highlights

PhD from Imperial College London – Research on multidisciplinary cancer team decision-making
Performed 600+ robotic procedures, including pioneering Retzius-sparing prostatectomy (published outcomes from ~200 cases)
Prostate Cancer Lead at Barts Health NHS Trust
Member of the BAUS Section of Oncology Executive Committee
Clinical Lead for MDT development at North East London Cancer Alliance – tools adopted nationally and internationally
Prostate Cancer UK Clinical Champion
Authored 150+ peer-reviewed publications, including Nature Communications, Annals of Surgical Oncology, and BJU International
Recipient of National Clinical Impact Award (2023–2028)
Multiple teaching excellence awards

Awards

2025 – Doctify Patient Care Award
2025 – Acoustic Guitar LCME Grade 5
2024 – Friends of City of London School Quiz Night – 1st place
2023–2028 – National Clinical Impact Award (N1)
2023 – Friends of City of London School Quiz Night – 3rd place
2022 – BJUI Reviewer of the Month [November 2022]
2022 – Friends of City of London School Quiz Night – 1st place
2021 – NIHR Collaborative Research Prize, Virtual Academic Surgery Conference [March 2021]
2021 – 1st Place ePoster Abstract, BSOT
2020 – Best Paper Presentation, BAUS Section of Oncology
2019 – Local Clinical Excellence Award
2019 – Teaching Excellence Award, Cambridge University Clinical School
2017 – Nominee – Junior Doctor of the Year, UCLH NHS Trust
2017 – Nominee – Team of the Year, UCLH NHS Trust
2016 – Ken Fearon Prize 2nd Place, ERAS UK
2016 – Poster Prize 3rd Place, ERAS UK
2016 – Markovitz Prize – Best Trainee, UCLH
2005 – Distinction in Clinical Sciences, MBBS, University of London
2001 – Paul Herbert Steel Scholarship, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
2000 – Exhibition, Part 1a Medical Science Tripos, Peterhouse
iWantGreatCare Certificate of Excellence

Memberships

British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)
European Association of Urology (EAU)
British Medical Association (BMA)
Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)

Clinical Positions

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer – Bart’s Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London [Aug 2022–]
Editorial Board Member – British Journal of Urology International (BJUI) [Jun 2022–]
Prostate Cancer UK Clinical Champion [Apr 2022–]
Honorary Clinical Research Fellow – Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London [Oct 2011–]Trustee & Charity Roles:
Treasurer and Trustee – Sabzgaman Beski (Charity number: 1190835) [Aug 2020–]

Previous Notable Roles:
Clinical Advisor – Evidence Based Interventions Program, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges [July 2021–2024]
Urology Prostate Cancer Lead – Department of Urology, Cambridge University Hospitals [May 2021–2022]
Chair of MDT Transformation Steering Group – East of England Cancer Alliance [2019–2022]
Founder and Co-Chair – BURST Trainee Research Collaborative [2015–2017]

Publications

Mr Benjamin Lamb’s research and publications can be explored on Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and PubMed, covering topics such as multidisciplinary cancer team decision-making, urological oncology, and quality improvement in clinical practice.

Consultation fee 300

Follow-up-fee 200

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