Explore every episode of the podcast BAUS Talks: Beyond the Cystoscope

Welcome to Rendezvous with our hosts  - Ankur Mukherjee and John Hayes - in a series of BAUS podcasts bringing you conversations with leading urologists!

Join us as we dive into the world of urology, bringing you exclusive interviews with the UK’s most eminent and enlightened urologists. 

From groundbreaking research to the latest in surgical innovations, we explore the challenges, advancements, and personal insights shaping the field. 

We also explore their individual and fascinating journeys and find out what motivates and inspires them.

Whether you're a budding urologist, healthcare professional, a medical student, or simply curious about urological health, this podcast offers expert perspectives, fascinating discussions, and valuable knowledge from those at the forefront of urology.

We hope to inspire, motivate and engage you in this unique rendezvous!

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Our sixth guest of the series is Professor Nikhil Vasdev, an internationally recognised expert in robotic urological surgery and oncology, known for combining clinical excellence with innovation and academic leadership. 

He serves as Chair of Robotic Surgery at the University of Hertfordshire and is a Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon, as well as Cancer Lead, at the Lister Hospital in the UK.

With experience spanning more than 1,800 major robotic cancer procedures, Professor Vasdev specialises in advanced techniques such as robotic prostatectomy and cystectomy. Beyond the operating room, he is a global mentor and proctor, helping to establish robotic urology programmes around the world.

A prolific academic, he has authored over 270 peer-reviewed publications and leads research in areas including artificial intelligence in prostate cancer, novel robotic platforms, and surgical innovation. His work continues to shape the future of cancer care and medical education worldwide.

In this episode of the BAUS sustainability series, we explore how the urology community can play a meaningful role in reducing clinical waste, while improving global access to care.

We’re joined by Joanna Cooper from Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, who shares her first-hand experience of working with the Medi Tech Trust to collect, organise and redistribute unused – and often expired – medical equipment to healthcare providers in low-resource settings.

Joanna discusses the practical challenges of coordinating donations across her specific Trust, from identifying surplus stock to ensuring safe and appropriate distribution overseas. She also highlights the significant environmental and ethical benefits of diverting usable equipment from landfill and giving it a second life where it’s urgently needed.

Looking ahead, Joanna makes a compelling case for wider participation across the NHS, encouraging more Trusts to embed sustainable donation pathways into their operations. With the right coordination, she explains, small local efforts can translate into a substantial global impact.

This episode offers valuable insight for clinicians, managers and sustainability leads interested in reducing waste, supporting global health equity, and driving change through simple, scalable initiatives.

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Get involved with the Medi Tech Trust

They accept donations by post, courier and personal delivery.

Members of the public contact them from locations all over the UK mainly with urological and ENT items [catheters, urine bags, stoma bags, bandages, dressings, nebulisers, CPAP machines]. 

www.meditechtrust.org

From Consensus to Clinic: Applying the BAUS Guidance for the Management of Ketamine Uropathy is a three-part podcast series designed to support UK urologists in translating the latest BAUS consensus guidance into everyday clinical practice.

As the prevalence of ketamine misuse continues to rise in the UK, urologists are increasingly encountering patients with complex urinary tract complications linked to recreational drug use. This series brings together leading experts in urology and addiction psychiatry to explore the pharmacology of ketamine, patterns of misuse, assessment strategies, and evidence-based management approaches.

In this episode, Suzanne Biers (Chair), Hashim Hashim, Magda Kujawa, and Nadir Osman discuss management of ketamine uropathy.

The series aims to move clinicians from awareness to confident application of guidance in routine practice.

From Consensus to Clinic: Applying the BAUS Guidance for the Management of Ketamine Uropathy is a three-part podcast series designed to support UK urologists in translating the latest BAUS consensus guidance into everyday clinical practice.

As the prevalence of ketamine misuse continues to rise in the UK, urologists are increasingly encountering patients with complex urinary tract complications linked to recreational drug use. This series brings together leading experts in urology and addiction psychiatry to explore the pharmacology of ketamine, patterns of misuse, assessment strategies, and evidence-based management approaches.

In this episode, Mohammed Belal (Chair), Alison Downey, and Ased Ali discuss the assessment of ketamine users with urinary symptoms.

The series aims to move clinicians from awareness to confident application of guidance in routine practice.

From Consensus to Clinic: Applying the BAUS Guidance for the Management of Ketamine Uropathy is a three-part podcast series designed to support UK urologists in translating the latest BAUS consensus guidance into everyday clinical practice.

As the prevalence of ketamine misuse continues to rise in the UK, urologists are increasingly encountering patients with complex urinary tract complications linked to recreational drug use. This series brings together leading experts in urology and addiction psychiatry to explore the pharmacology of ketamine, patterns of misuse, assessment strategies, and evidence-based management approaches.

In this episode, Arun Sahai (co-chair), Ruth Doherty (co-chair), Owen Bowden-Jones, Carl Hammond, Marita Isaac discuss the background of ketamine in relation to pharmacology, clinical and recreational use and harms.

The series aims to move clinicians from awareness to confident application of guidance in routine practice.

Welcome to Rendezvous with our hosts  - Ankur Mukherjee and John Hayes - in a series of BAUS podcasts bringing you conversations with leading urologists!

Join us as we dive into the world of urology, bringing you exclusive interviews with the UK’s most eminent and enlightened urologists. 

From groundbreaking research to the latest in surgical innovations, we explore the challenges, advancements, and personal insights shaping the field. 

We also explore their individual and fascinating journeys and find out what motivates and inspires them.

Whether you're a budding urologist, healthcare professional, a medical student, or simply curious about urological health, this podcast offers expert perspectives, fascinating discussions, and valuable knowledge from those at the forefront of urology.

We hope to inspire, motivate and engage you in this unique rendezvous!

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Our fifth guest is….Miss Mary Garthwaite; a former Consultant Urological Surgeon and now Chair of The Urology Foundation (TUF).

Having initially trained in London, she moved North to advance her surgical career; undertaking higher surgical training in Urology in Leeds and West Yorkshire. 

She gained a PhD in Molecular Biology, looking at the molecular basis of urothelial function in health and disease, and subsequently developed a career long interest and specialist expertise in the management of benign, chronic disorders of the bladder, including male and female incontinence, bladder pain syndrome and urinary tract infection. 

As a trainee Mary was active in the national urological community through her role as Chair of SURG (the Senior Urological Registrars Group), which was the then independent trainee organisation that has been superseded by BSoT. 

As a consultant she served on the committee of the British Association of Urological Surgeons Section of Female, Functional, Neurological and Urodynamic Urology until stepping back from clinical urology in 2019. 

She became a Trustee of The Urology Foundation in 2021 and was appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees in 2022.

The first episode in our mini-series explores whether a national screening programme is viable, contrasting clinical and public-health perspectives and weighing benefits, harms, and evidence gaps. 

Includes key takeaways from international models and BAUS 2025 screening debates. 

The second episode in our mini-series focuses on genomic testing, personalised medicine, and advanced imaging; reviews how biomarkers are being integrated into diagnostic and treatment pathways; and highlights global evidence and illustrative case studies.

Episode three of the mini-series, brings together frontline diagnostic and management updates, real-world practice variation, and powerful patient testimony to examine the human impact of prostate cancer, survivorship, and shared decision-making.

Sustainability has become a defining priority across the NHS in recent times, and urology has an important role to play in reducing its environmental impact while continuing to deliver the highest standards of patient care. Operating theatres, equipment use, travel, and waste disposal all contribute significantly to the carbon footprint of healthcare, making it vital that the specialty takes proactive steps towards a greener future.

BAUS is committed to supporting its members in embedding sustainable practices at every level of urological care. Our work aligns with the wider NHS ambition to achieve net zero, recognising that change will be driven both by individual action and collective innovation.

BAUS Trustee, BAUS Sustainability Lead and a Urologist at Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Tharani Nitkunan and Joe John, a Urology Registrar at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust discuss all things sustainability in urology and recent updates from across the sector. 

Alongside this, sits discussions around BAUS' recently published 10-point plan - which sets out practical actions to be implemented over the next three years, with the aim of making sustainable practice part of everyday business. 

This includes measuring and reducing our carbon footprint, supporting members to adopt greener models across outpatient, surgical and emergency care, and working with partners to achieve shared goals.

So why not have a listen as Tharani and Joe chat greener urology and how best to reduce our impact on the environment through making more considered and sustainable actions both within the urology field and outside of the theatre on a personal level. 

Welcome to Rendezvous with our hosts  - Ankur Mukherjee and John Hayes - in a first in a series of BAUS podcasts bringing you conversations with leading urologists!

Join us as we dive into the world of urology, bringing you exclusive interviews with the UK’s most eminent and enlightened urologists. 

From groundbreaking research to the latest in surgical innovations, we explore the challenges, advancements, and personal insights shaping the field. 

We also explore their individual and fascinating journeys and find out what motivates and inspires them.

Whether you're a budding urologist, healthcare professional, a medical student, or simply curious about urological health, this podcast offers expert perspectives, fascinating discussions, and valuable knowledge from those at the forefront of urology.

We hope to inspire, motivate and engage you in this unique rendezvous!

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Our fourth guest is….Mr Prashant 'Prash' Patel.  

Associate Professor Prashant Patel, affectionately known as Prash to his colleagues is a Consultant Urological Surgeon with special interest in advanced pelvic and retroperitoneal surgery at UCLH, recently appointed as a joint co-lead for the department.

Prash was initially appointed at the University of Birmingham (UoB) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (QEHB) as a clinical academic after his fellowship in Australia, Perth.

He not only holds an FRCS (Urol) but is also a fully trained general surgeon with FRCS (Gen Surg)…and also has a PhD!

He has published widely including some work in eminent trials such as The BladderPath study, has authored >140 peer reviewed publications and chaptered several books and appeared in a few broadcasts on BBC TV. He has led pioneering work on gene therapy.

He has also completed an executive MBA (health) at UCL.

And if you thought this wasn’t enough, he has summited several high altitude mountain peaks in Europe, Russia, Africa, South America, Nepal and India.

Welcome to Rendezvous with our hosts  - Ankur Mukherjee and Nikita Bhatt - in a first in a series of BAUS podcasts bringing you conversations with leading urologists!

Join us as we dive into the world of urology, bringing you exclusive interviews with the UK’s most eminent and enlightened urologists. 

From groundbreaking research to the latest in surgical innovations, we explore the challenges, advancements, and personal insights shaping the field. 

We also explore their individual and fascinating journeys and find out what motivates and inspires them.

Whether you're a budding urologist, healthcare professional, a medical student, or simply curious about urological health, this podcast offers expert perspectives, fascinating discussions, and valuable knowledge from those at the forefront of urology.

We hope to inspire, motivate and engage you in this unique rendezvous!

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Our third guest is….Miss Jo Cresswell. 

Jo is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesborough, having been previously awarded a PHD in bladder cancer and immunology and her clinical work being very much focused on the management of bladder cancer; as well as being the first female President of BAUS between 2022 and 2024.

During the episode Jo tells us about her reasons for entering the field of urology - including those who have made an impact on her career - along with lessons learned and advice / guidance to hand down to the next generation of consultant urologists coming through. 

Join Ankur, Nikitta and Jo in this lively and intriguing discussion and do watch our for more episodes later in the year! 

Conversations in Championing Change is a series of episodes produced by the Section of SAS and Trust Urologists (SSTU) for the BAUS podcast, BAUS Talks: Beyond the Cystoscope. 

It aims to shine a light on the people behind the profession. Through candid conversations with voices from across British urology, we’ll explore personal journeys, pivotal moments, and the values that shape clinical life. From early inspirations to leadership, innovation, and life beyond the operating theatre, this series is about discovering the stories that make up our urological community – and reflecting on where we’ve been, and where we’re heading.

Led by BAUS Section of SSTU Vice-Chair Adham Ahmed, he chats to our third guest, Mr Khaled Hosny- a respected Consultant Urologist known for his quiet leadership and deep commitment to equity within the profession. 

He has been instrumental in supporting the development of the SSTU and advocating for SAS and Trust Grade doctors nationally. 

His dedication, humility, and mentorship have left a lasting impact on colleagues across the BAUS community.

Conversations in Championing Change is a series of episodes produced by the Section of SAS and Trust Urologists (SSTU) for the new BAUS podcast BAUS Talks: Beyond the Cystoscope . 

It aims to shine a light on the people behind the profession. Through candid conversations with voices from across British urology, we’ll explore personal journeys, pivotal moments, and the values that shape clinical life. From early inspirations to leadership, innovation, and life beyond the operating theatre, this series is about discovering the stories that make up our urological community – and reflecting on where we’ve been, and where we’re heading.

Led by BAUS Section of SSTU Vice-Chair Adham Ahmed, he chats to our fourth guest, Mr Joe Philip - the current President-Elect of BAUS. 

A Consultant Urologist with a strong educational ethos, he has championed career development and inclusion throughout his career. 

Joe’s thoughtful leadership and advocacy for SAS and Trust doctors reflect his belief in a profession where everyone is supported to thrive and lead.

Conversations in Championing Change is a series of episodes produced by the Section of SAS and Trust Urologists (SSTU) for the new BAUS podcast BAUS Talks: Beyond the Cystoscope . 

It aims to shine a light on the people behind the profession. Through candid conversations with voices from across British urology, we’ll explore personal journeys, pivotal moments, and the values that shape clinical life. From early inspirations to leadership, innovation, and life beyond the operating theatre, this series is about discovering the stories that make up our urological community – and reflecting on where we’ve been, and where we’re heading.

Led by BAUS Section of SSTU Vice-Chair Adham Ahmed, he chats to our second guest, is Miss Mehwash Nadeem – a pioneering figure in the push for equality and recognition within British urology. 

As one of the founders of the SAS @ BAUS Working Group, Mehwash was instrumental in establishing a permanent voice for SAS and Trust Urologists through the creation of the SSTU Section. 

In this episode, she shares the personal motivations behind her advocacy, the obstacles she overcame, and what inclusive leadership truly looks like from the inside.

Conversations in Championing Change is a series of episodes produced by the Section of SAS and Trust Urologists (SSTU) for the new BAUS podcast BAUS Talks: Beyond the Cystoscope . 

It aims to shine a light on the people behind the profession. Through candid conversations with voices from across British urology, we’ll explore personal journeys, pivotal moments, and the values that shape clinical life. From early inspirations to leadership, innovation, and life beyond the operating theatre, this series is about discovering the stories that make up our urological community – and reflecting on where we’ve been, and where we’re heading.

Led by BAUS Section of SSTU Vice-Chair Adham Ahmed, he chats to our first guest, Mr Nitin Shrotri – a respected urologist, educator, and mentor whose influence spans decades. 

Known for his calm wisdom, gentle leadership, and unwavering dedication to training, Nitin reflects on his journey through urology, the lessons he’s learned, and the legacy he hopes to leave behind.

Welcome to Rendezvous with our hosts - Ankur Mukherjee and Nikita Bhatt - in the second in a series of BAUS podcasts bringing you conversations with leading urologists!

Join us as we dive into the world of urology, bringing you exclusive interviews with the UK’s most eminent and enlightened urologists. 

From groundbreaking research to the latest in surgical innovations, we explore the challenges, advancements, and personal insights shaping the field. 

We also explore their individual and fascinating journeys and find out what motivates and inspires them.

Whether you're a budding urologist, healthcare professional, a medical student, or simply curious about urological health, this podcast offers expert perspectives, fascinating discussions, and valuable knowledge from those at the forefront of urology.

We hope to inspire, motivate and engage you in this unique rendezvous!

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Our guest today (21/05) is none other than current BAUS President, Professor Ian Pearce - a consultant urologist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. 

Ian, having graduated from the University of Nottingham Medical School, trained in the West Midlands and North West, becoming a Consultant in 2002. 

A special interest in Andrology, Ian has balanced his day-to-day career as a Consultant Urologist with also being the Interim Chief of Urology News and Editor-in-Chief of the JCU in previous roles, to also being rewarded and recognised for his efforts in being awarded the BAUS Golden Telescope in 2012 and the BAUS Silver Cystoscope in 2022. 

Fast forward to now and Ian is currently the President of BAUS until June 2026. 

In this episode, hear directly from Ian around his early life growing up, his inspirations and what drives and motivates him in the field of Andrology to this day.

Essential listening for trainers and trainees alike and anyone with an interest in training in our specialty. 

Join us as Guys and St. Thomas Consultant Urologist Kay Thomas chats to Rashmi Singh, a Urologist at Kingston and St. George's Hospital in South London about her role as a Training Programme Director (TPD) for London South. 

Welcome to Rendezvous with our hosts  - Ankur Mukherjee and Nikita Bhatt - in a first in a series of BAUS podcasts bringing you conversations with leading urologists!

Join us as we dive into the world of urology, bringing you exclusive interviews with the UK’s most eminent and enlightened urologists. 

From groundbreaking research to the latest in surgical innovations, we explore the challenges, advancements, and personal insights shaping the field. 

We also explore their individual and fascinating journeys and find out what motivates and inspires them.

Whether you're a budding urologist, healthcare professional, a medical student, or simply curious about urological health, this podcast offers expert perspectives, fascinating discussions, and valuable knowledge from those at the forefront of urology.

We hope to inspire, motivate and engage you in this unique rendezvous!

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Our first guest is….Professor Chris Harding. 

Chris is a Consultant Urologist at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Urology at Newcastle University. 

During the episode Chris tells us about his reasons for entering the field of urology, his role models (personally and professionally), his love for all-things-darts and his role with the British Horse Racing Authority as a Racecourse Medical Officer.

Join Ankur, Nikitta and Chris in this lively and intriguing discussion and do watch our for more episodes later in the year! 

Kay Thomas, a Consultant Urologist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, chats to Tharani Nitkunan - a Consultant Urologist at Epsom and St. Helier Hospital - about all things HoLEP in the first of a brand-new BAUS South Thames series! 

Tune in to hear more...!