Prokar Dasgupta
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Education | University of Calcutta |
Occupation | Urologist |
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Profession | Surgeon |
Field | Urology, robotic surgery |
Institutions | Guy’s Hospital, King's College London |
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Website | Official website |
Prokar Dasgupta FRCS(Urol), FEBU is professor of robotic surgery and urology at Kings College, London, and consultant urologist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, where he pioneered robotic urological surgery within the UK.
Early in his career, at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Dasgupta developed an outpatient procedure of injecting botox into a refractory overactive bladder to treat urinary incontinence. In 2005, he led the team that first used a da Vinci robot to perform a keyhole operation to retrieve a kidney as part of a kidney transplant, in Britain. Ten years later, he successfully removed a cancerous tumour from a mans prostate using a 3D-printed replica prostate as an aid to surgery.
He was editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI) between 2013 and 2020.
His awards include the Fellowship of King’s College in 2018 and St Peter's Medal from the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) in 2020.
Early life and education
Prokar Dasgupta is from India, where part of his childhood was spent in Lucknow, his mother's ancestral home city.[1] He gained his medical degree from the University of Calcutta in 1989, and subsequently gained a Diplomate of National Board, India.[2][3] He completed his FRCS in 1994 and as a Medical Research Council Fellow gained an MSc in 1996, FRCS in Urology in 2000 and MD from the University of London in 2001.[3][4]
Career
His early research involved the study of the immunology of Leishmaniasis.[5]
The overactive bladder
He reported an improvement in symptoms following a course of capsaicin instillation in managing overactive bladder.[6][7] Whilst working at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, he developed a technique of treating urinary incontinence due to an overactive bladder that has not responded to medications, by injecting botox into the bladder wall using a flexible cystoscope.[8][9] The procedure does not require an operating room or general anaesthetic,[8][10] and after it was presented at the 2005 BAUS Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow it became known as the 'Dasgupta technique'.[11][12]
In 2002 he was appointed consultant urologist to Guy's Hospital.[3][13]
Robotics
In 2005, he led the team that first used a da Vinci robot to perform a keyhole operation to retrieve a kidney as part of a kidney transplant, in Britain.[14]
In 2009, he became the first professor of robotic surgery and urology at King's College London and subsequently was appointed chairman of the King’s-Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery.[3][15][16]
In 2014, he spoke at Pakistan's Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation with proposals to assist Pakistani surgeons with robotic surgery.[17]
In November 2015, he successfully removed a cancerous tumour from a mans prostate using a 3D-printed replica prostate as a pre-surgical aid.[18][19][20] The procedure was broadcast at the worldwide robotic surgery 24 hour event.[21]
In 2020, he was appointed professor of surgery at the surgical academy at King's Health Partners.[5]
BJUI
Between 2013 and 2020 he was editor-in-chief of the BJU International (BJUI).[13][5]
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.[citation needed]
Awards and honours
The British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) awarded Dasgupta the Karl Storz Harold Hopkins Golden Telescope award in 2006.[22] In 2017 he was awarded the Fellowship of the Linnaean Society. The following year he received the Fellowship of King’s College.[13] He received the St Peter's Medal from the BAUS in 2020.[23][24]
He is a past president of the Hunterian Society.[25][when?]
Selected publications
Dasgupta has authored and co-authored over 1100 articles including more than 600 peer-reviewed papers in addition to 10 books and 25 chapters.[26]
Articles
- "Chillies: from antiquity to urology". British Journal of Urology. 80 (6): 845–852. December 1997. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00424.x. ISSN 0007-1331. PMID 9439395. (Co-author)
- "A minimally invasive technique for outpatient local anaesthetic administration of intradetrusor botulinum toxin in intractable detrusor overactivity". BJU International. 92 (3): 325–326. August 2003. doi:10.1046/j.1464-410x.2003.04312.x. ISSN 1464-4096. PMID 12887493. (Co-author)
- "Robotic urology in the UK: establishing a programme and emerging role". BJU International. 95 (6): 723–724. April 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05386.x. ISSN 1464-4096. PMID 15794768. (Co-author)
- "Technology Insight: telementoring and telesurgery in urology". Nature Clinical Practice Urology. 3 (11): 611–617. November 2006. doi:10.1038/ncpuro0626. ISSN 1743-4289. PMID 17088929. S2CID 6537774. (Co-author)
- "A Single-centre Early Phase Randomised Controlled Three-arm Trial of Open, Robotic, and Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy (CORAL)". European Urology. 69 (4): 613–621. April 2016. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2015.07.038. ISSN 1873-7560. PMID 26272237. (Co-author)
Books
- ABC of Prostate Cancer. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4443-4691-6. (Co-authored with Roger Kirby)
- Surgical Simulation. Anthem Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1-78308-156-1. (Co-authored with Kamran Ahmed, Peter Jaye and Mohammed Shamim Khan)
References
- ^ "Flying high as a kite". BJUI. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Prokar Dasgupta:profile". www.prokar.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Professor Prokar Dasgupta - Professor of Urology | The London Clinic". www.thelondonclinic.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Prokar Dasgupta - Biography - Research Portal, King's College, London". kclpure.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "King's Health Partners News". www.kingshealthpartners.org. King's Health Partners. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Atala, Anthony; Slade, Debra (2012). Bladder Disease: Research Concepts and Clinical Applications. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4419-8889-8.
- ^ Towards an understanding of the role of intravesical capsaicin in the treatment of detrusor hyperreflexia. Institute of Neurology. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Submitted for the MD degree of The University of London. 2000
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
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has generic name (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ Sahai, Arun; Kalsi, Vinay; Khan, Mohammad S.; Fowler, Clare J. (2006). "Techniques for the intradetrusor administration of botulinum toxin". BJU International. 97 (4): 675–678. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06063.x. ISSN 1464-410X. PMID 16536751. S2CID 29246933.
- ^ "2005 Glasgow | The British Association of Urological Surgeons Limited". www.baus.org.uk.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Highfield, Roger (18 May 2005). "Man gets new kidney thanks to girlfriend and robot". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Prokar Dasgupta". vfrsi.vattikutifoundation.com. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Donnelly, Laura; Taylor, Rosie (17 March 2018). "Million patients a year needlessly enduring major surgery as NHS hospitals are not adopting modern practices, research finds". The Telegraph. Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Mansoor, Hasan (26 November 2014). "Top UK surgeon to train Pakistani doctors in robotic surgery". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gibbons, Katie (26 May 2016). "Doctors print 3D prostate to guide surgery". The Times. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Kemp, Rob (1 June 2017). "Robo-Op: how robotic surgery is transforming the lives of prostate cancer sufferers". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Belciug, Smaranda (2020). "4. Surgeon at work". Artificial Intelligence in Cancer: Diagnostic to Tailored Treatment. Elsevier. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-12-820201-2.
- ^ "Medals & Awards". www.baus.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Summerton, Duncan (November 2020). "Welcome from the Immediate Past-President". Journal of Clinical Urology. 13 (1_suppl): 2. doi:10.1177/2051415820963007. ISSN 2051-4158. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Celebrating the past present and future of Urology, preliminary program. British Association of Urological Surgeons 2020, 75th annual meeting program. November 2020, p.6.
- ^ "Surgical Grand Rounds - Professor Prokar Dasgupta — Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences". www.nds.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Prokar Dasgupta". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.