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Mr Ranan DasGupta
MBBChir, MA, MD, FRCS(Urol)
Consultant Urological Surgeon
GMC number: 4370363
Special interests:
EndoUrology & Stone Disease, Neuro-urology, Kidney stones, Male Voiding Disorders, Haematuria
Treatments offered at King Edward VII’s Hospital include, but are not limited to:
- Prostate Disease
- Voiding Dysfunction
- Comprehensive treatment of prostate enlargement – from Minimally Invasive Options including PAE/Rezum/Urolift through to HOLEP and Aquablation
- Full coverage of stone treatment from lithotripsy, laser treatment to percutaneous surgery, and metabolic assessment
- Urothelial cancer assessment and management
- Pioneering research in neuropathic bladder
Mr Ranan Dasgupta is a Consutlant Urologist at King Edward VII’s Hospital specialising in Prostate Disease, Kidney stones, Voiding dysfunction and Haematuria.
Mr Dasgupta has interests in comprehensive renal stone management and prevention, neuropathic bladder and urodynamics, novel treatments for Benign Prostate Hypertrophy, and Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer.
Since graduating from Cambridge University, with a thesis on Neuroanatomy (Corticospinal tract in the Primate), his MD thesis (Queen Square, UCL) focussed on Neural Mechanisms of Voiding; he has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, including on Urodynamics and Fowler’s Syndrome, procured a prestigious Wellcome Trust project grant, and a Visiting Professorship to the Cleveland Clinic. Original descriptions of Botulinum toxin for neuropathic bladder, cannabinoids in Multiple Sclerosis, Sacral Nerve Stimulation for voiding dysfunction and Sildenafil for Female Sexual Dysfunction.
Since appointment at Imperial College Healthcare almost 10 years ago, he has been local Principal Investigator for 2 large national clinical urinary stone trials (TISU and PURE), and serves on the global SIU Endourology academic committee. He undertakes Lithotripsy (ESWL), Ureteroscopic laser treatment, and percutaneous stone surgery, as well as running a joint Metabolic stone clinic for recurrent stone formers.
In the field of BPH, he has been the local Principal Investigator for the UK registry of Prostate Artery Embolisation, as well as offering Urolift and HoLEP alternatives to TURP.
Career Highlights
Visiting Professorship – Cleveland Clinic USA
Chair of Research Council – Society Internationale d’Urologie
Awards
TISU trial – awarded best clinical research publication – Eur Urology
Platinum Jubilee Medal – late HM Queen
Memberships
British Association of Urological Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of England
SIU Medicine Urology
Training Positions
Mentor for International Faculty in Endourology
International lecturer in Europe, Asia and USA (2012-)
Cutting Edge Technologies
Robotic Aquablation
Publications
Over 50 peer-reviewed papers, including in Stone disease (Dasgupta et al TISU trial)Eur Urol 2021), BPH (Ray et al UK-ROPE study, BJUI 2018), Neuropathic bladder.
Neurology in Clinical Practice
Urinary Tract Infection
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