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Dasgupta developed a technique of treating [[urinary incontinence]] due to [[overactive bladder]] by injecting [[Botulinum toxin|botox]] into the bladder wall using a flexible cystoscope. It became known as the 'Dasgupta technique'.<ref name=Alemozaffar>{{Cite book|last=Alemozaffar|first=mehrdad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNljHfH12_YC&pg=PA1629|title=Smith's Textbook of Endourology|last2=Das|first2=Anurag K.|last3=|first3=|last4=|first4=|date=2012|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=|isbn=978-1-4443-3554-5|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=Arthur D.|location=|pages=1629|language=en|chapter=136. Bladder injections for refractory overactive bladder|editor-last2=Preminger|editor-first2=Glenn|editor-last3=Badlani|editor-first3=Gopal H.|editor-last4=Kavoussi|editor-first4=Louis R.}}</ref><ref name=Revill>{{cite web |author=Jo Revill, health editor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/13/health.healthandwellbeing |title=Botox: now it's not just for wrinkles &#124; UK news &#124; The Observer |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 April 2003 |accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref>
Dasgupta developed a technique of treating [[urinary incontinence]] due to [[overactive bladder|refractory overactive bladder]] by injecting [[Botulinum toxin|botox]] into the bladder wall using a flexible cystoscope.<ref name=Alemozaffar>{{Cite book|last=Alemozaffar|first=mehrdad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wNljHfH12_YC&pg=PA1629|title=Smith's Textbook of Endourology|last2=Das|first2=Anurag K.|last3=|first3=|last4=|first4=|date=2012|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=|isbn=978-1-4443-3554-5|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=Arthur D.|location=|pages=1629|language=en|chapter=136. Bladder injections for refractory overactive bladder|editor-last2=Preminger|editor-first2=Glenn|editor-last3=Badlani|editor-first3=Gopal H.|editor-last4=Kavoussi|editor-first4=Louis R.}}</ref><ref name=Revill>{{cite web |author=Jo Revill, health editor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/13/health.healthandwellbeing |title=Botox: now it's not just for wrinkles &#124; UK news &#124; The Observer |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 April 2003 |accessdate=2014-04-22}}</ref> First used by Dasgupta and professor Fowler at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, it became known as the 'Dasgupta technique', a procedure not requiring an operating theatre.<ref name=Chancellor>{{Cite book|last=Chancellor|first=Michael B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKXrIolWy8cC&pg=PA190|title=Botulinum Toxin in Urology|last2=Smith|first2=Christopher P.|date=2011|publisher=Springer|year=|isbn=978-3-642-03579-1|location=|pages=190|language=en|chapter=11. Perspectives from around the world}}</ref>


He became the first [[professor]] of Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation at [[King's College London]] in 2009 and subsequently the Chairman of the King’s-Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery. His main research interest is in the immunology of prostate cancer. He has also led surgical simulation within the UK and internationally.
He became the first [[professor]] of Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation at [[King's College London]] in 2009 and subsequently the Chairman of the King’s-Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery. His main research interest is in the immunology of prostate cancer. He has also led surgical simulation within the UK and internationally.

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Prokar Dasgupta
EducationUniversity of Calcutta
Medical career
FieldUrology, robotic surgery
InstitutionsGuy’s Hospital, King's College London
WebsiteOfficial website

Prokar Dasgupta is a urologist, professor of surgery and best known for developing a technique of injecting botox into overactive bladders to treat urinary incontinence. In 2013 he became editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI).[1]

He is the King's Health Partners professor of surgery. He was appointed as Consultant Urologist to Guy's Hospital in 2002 where he pioneered robotic urological surgery within the UK.[1]

Early life and education

Prokar Dasgupta is from India, where part of his childhood was spent in Lucknow, his mother's ancestral home city.[2] He graduated with a MBBS from the University of Calcutta in 1989 and subsequently gained a Diplomate of National Board, India.[3] He completed his FRCS in 1994 and FRCS in Urology in 2000. He was a Medical Research Council Fellow which led to an MSc in 1996 and MD from the University of London in 2001.

Career

Dasgupta developed a technique of treating urinary incontinence due to refractory overactive bladder by injecting botox into the bladder wall using a flexible cystoscope.[4][5] First used by Dasgupta and professor Fowler at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, it became known as the 'Dasgupta technique', a procedure not requiring an operating theatre.[6]

He became the first professor of Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation at King's College London in 2009 and subsequently the Chairman of the King’s-Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery. His main research interest is in the immunology of prostate cancer. He has also led surgical simulation within the UK and internationally.

In 2013 he became editor-in-chief of the BJU International (BJUI).[1][3] The following year he spoke at Pakistan's Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation with proposals to assist Pakistani surgeons with robotic surgery.[7]

In November 2015, he successfully removed a cancerous tumour from a mans prostate using a 3D-printed replica prostate as a pre-surgical aid. [8][9] The procedure was broadcast at the worldwide robotic surgery 24 hour event.[10]

Charity work

He has raised funds and been a Trustee to a number of charities including the Malcolm Coptcoat Trust, The Prostate Cancer Research Centre, UK and The Prostate Cancer Foundation in Kolkata, India.

Awards and honours

The British Association of Urological Surgeons awarded Dasgupta the Karl Storz-Harold Hopkins Golden Telescope award in 2006,[11] and the St Peter's medal in 2020.[12]

In 2017 he was awarded the Fellowship of the Linnaean Society. The following year he received the Fellowship of King’s College.

Selected publications

Dasgupta has over 1100 articles including over 600 peer-reviewed papers as well as 10 books and 25 chapters and an h-index of 70.[13]

Articles

  • Harper, M.; Popat, R. B.; Dasgupta, R.; Fowler, C. J.; Dasgupta, P. (August 2003). "A minimally invasive technique for outpatient local anaesthetic administration of intradetrusor botulinum toxin in intractable detrusor overactivity". BJU international. 92 (3): 325–326. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.2003.04312.x. ISSN 1464-4096.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dasgupta, Prokar - professor of surgery and honorary consultant urological surgeon". www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Flying high as a kite". BJUI. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Prokar Dasgupta - Biography - Research Portal, King's College, London". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ^ Alemozaffar, mehrdad; Das, Anurag K. (2012). "136. Bladder injections for refractory overactive bladder". In Smith, Arthur D.; Preminger, Glenn; Badlani, Gopal H.; Kavoussi, Louis R. (eds.). Smith's Textbook of Endourology. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 1629. ISBN 978-1-4443-3554-5.
  5. ^ Jo Revill, health editor (13 April 2003). "Botox: now it's not just for wrinkles | UK news | The Observer". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-04-22. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Chancellor, Michael B.; Smith, Christopher P. (2011). "11. Perspectives from around the world". Botulinum Toxin in Urology. Springer. p. 190. ISBN 978-3-642-03579-1.
  7. ^ Mansoor, Hasan (26 November 2014). "Top UK surgeon to train Pakistani doctors in robotic surgery". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. ^ Initiative, Open BioMedical (5 March 2016). "London doctor uses 3D printed model to successfully remove prostate tumor". Open BioMedical Initiative - We Help. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. ^ Gibbons, Katie (26 May 2016). "Doctors print 3D prostate to guide surgery". The Times. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  10. ^ Belciug, Smaranda (2020). "4. Surgeon at work". Artificial Intelligence in Cancer: Diagnostic to Tailored Treatment. Elsevier. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-12-820201-2.
  11. ^ "Medals & Awards". www.baus.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  12. ^ Summerton, Duncan (November 2020). "Welcome from the Immediate Past-President". Journal of Clinical Urology. 13 (1_suppl): 2–2. doi:10.1177/2051415820963007. ISSN 2051-4158. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Prokar Dasgupta". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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