Prof. Prokar Dasgupta OBE HonFREng
@prokarurol
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King’s Health Partners Professor of Surgery. Prostate diseases. Robotic radical prostatectomy. AI. 10th Editor in Chief BJUI. Padma Shri awardee. RT#endorsement
London
Joined March 2012
An incredible evening celebrating translational research @KingsCollegeLon @kingshealth & @UCLIoN on the science underpinning #overactivebladders and #botox injections In the iconic theatre @Ri_Science King James IV lecture @RCSEd
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Celebrating 25 years of a milestone that transformed the future of urologic surgery. On 29 November 2000, the first robotic prostatectomy in the US marked a groundbreaking collaboration between teams in the US, France, and India. A defining moment in surgical innovation—and the
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📢 Great news! 🗓️ The application deadline for the KHP Executive Fellowship in Surgical and Perioperative Leadership has been extended to Friday 12 December - so there's still time to apply! 📝 All the details ➡️ https://t.co/TioSXc4X3H
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Hot off the press!! First reported case series of transurethral robotic en bloc resection of bladder tumour using the Virtuoso Endoscopy System (VES). Published in @EurUrolOncol today! (1/n) #ERBT #UroSoMe
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Intrigued to see the results of the curtailed #G_RAMPP #RCT. •n=132 •M1b (1-5 bone mets) +/- N1/M1a •5yr CSM: 13% RP vs 23% control https://t.co/gnC1ETBt7K
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europeanurology.com
Radical prostatectomy was an effective treatment addition to best systemic therapy in a contemporary cohort of patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer. Therefore, radical prostatectomy may be...
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Honoured to be elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering @RAEngNews The first urologist @BAUSurology to be recognised for innovations in healthcare engineering & exploring public perceptions of #roboticsurgery Special thanks to @hashimi_bashir @DrapersHall
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To learn more about the KHP Executive Fellowship in Surgical Leadership course we're holding a series of online information sessions: - 28 October 8pm - 8:30pm - 14 November 1pm - 1:30pm - 14 November 6pm - 6:30pm - 19 November 6pm - 6:30pm Register here https://t.co/5oY3mLP9vs
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@prokarurol giving the fascinating Key note lecture on AI in surgical theatres @SIU in Edinburgh. @BAUSurology and SIU - UK symposium.
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Outstanding talk by the one and only one @Albert0Briganti @EUplatinum Impact Factor ≠ True Journal Impact Remember: ✅ A few popular papers can skew the IF ✅ Reviews & self-citations can inflate it ✅ It reflects short-term (2-year) citations only ✅ It says nothing about
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In this editorial comment, the authors support MRI-visible tumor grade and volume as promising tools for refining intermediate-risk prostate cancer stratification—potentially reducing overtreatment. Broader validation is needed. 🔗 Click to read more: https://t.co/ACY532BRAa
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In this comment, the authors call for urgent, patient-centered approaches to address persistent disparities in prostate cancer outcomes for Black men. Qualitative methods like the World Café offer vital insights to guide more equitable research. 🔗 https://t.co/Brn6ZDUECP
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Pleasure to participate in the opening panel @kingshealth Annual Conference today highlighting how systems thinking & engineering will be a key to deliver the NHS 10Y plan 3 shifts: hospital-2-community, sickness-2-prevention, analog-2-digital @AmandaPritchard
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What a week! ✅Tet Yap @glassmagazine delivers his Professorial lecture ✅@MattBultitude delivers his Presidential lecture at #RSM Urology ✅@benchallacombe delivers his Professorial lecture @GuysUrology @KingsCollegeLon
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What a cutting edge opening panel at the @kingshealth annual conference today! Sir Bashir Al-Hashimi @hashimi_bashir addresses the- ✅Complexities in the NHS 10y plan ✅Clear plans of achievement ✅Tough decisions ahead ✅Improving neighbourhood health ✅Engineering solutions
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Honoured to join forces with Prof. Yap to launch the King’s College London Men’s Health Research Group at @KingsCollegeLon . 26+ projects, clinical trials, AI, 3D training, and our first research fellow soon starting. Grateful to Prof @prokarurol Dasgupta for supporting this!
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Elly Nott delivers a superb Bulkley Barry Cooper Professorial lecture @kingshealth on "Lessons in Surgical Leadership from war zones" Two key elements ✅ The HEST Course @RCSEd @NottFoundation https://t.co/ugieeDrX3a ✅ Local languages to deliver courses
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Happy news! I’m delighted to have been elected an Hon Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. I join 73 other leading figures in the fields of engineering and technology to be elected this year: https://t.co/gqdX4Sz7n1 #RAEngFellows
@RAEngNews Inspired by @hashimi_bashir 🙏🏽
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"Outstanding" Proximie listed in @TIME's first-ever World’s Top HealthTech Companies list ⚡ Proximie has been named in the inaugural TIME & Statista list of the World’s Top HealthTech: a list that rewards companies that are advancing more effective and sustainable healthcare
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Opinion: Universities can’t be expected to absorb escalating financial risk forever. Funders must share the burden, says Stephanie Smith https://t.co/e8poM05F4z
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The hardest lessons after training aren’t always in the OR or clinic. 🙏 I wrote this essay for anyone navigating their first year as an attending. “Unseen Scars” in @JAMA_current 🔗 https://t.co/0e09Zx1nb6
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Applications for the 2026 cohort of the fantastic KHP Executive Fellowship in Surgical Leadership are now open! The course teaches leadership as the process of implementing positive change in dynamic and complex environments. 🗓️ Deadline: 1 December ➡️ https://t.co/i65tCqBjl7
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