Professor Francis Chinegwundoh MBE | Consultant Urological Surgeon

Professor Francis Chinegwundoh MBE MBBS MS MML(Medical Law) FRCS(Eng) FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Urol) FEBU has been a Consultant Urologist at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and the London NHS Trust and Newham University Hospital NHS Trust since 1996 (since 1 April 2012 merged as Barts Health NHS Trust). He is a former Clinical Director of Surgery and Anaesthesia at Newham University Hospital NHS Trust. He was awarded an MBE in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours list, for his services to the NHS.

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Specialist procedures offered by Professor Chinegwundoh include:

Prostate low dose rate brachytherapy. He trained in Seattle where this treatment modality for prostate cancer was developed. He introduced it to the North East London Cancer Network. He has a tertiary level referral practice. A day case procedure with a rapid return to work with excellent cancer control.
PSA testing. This is an area of complexity which Professor Chinegwundoh is well placed to guide patients in the merits of screening for prostate cancer. He is a government advisor on prostate cancer (since 2007).
Template transperineal prostate biopsies. A tertiary level referral practice for what is now the gold standard for establishing a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Urolift. A procedure for the enlarged prostate that does not result in sexual problems.