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Mr Philip Charlesworth

Mr Philip Charlesworth

Consultant Urological Surgeon

BM DM FRCS (Urol)

Languages spoken: English

Mr Philip Charlesworth

Consultant Urological Surgeon

BM DM FRCS (Urol)

Languages spoken: English

Appointments available at:

Cromwell Hospital

Patient Age Group

Adults

Gender

Male

Specialty

Urology

Subspecialties

Uro-oncology, Robotic surgery

Clinical Interests

Prostate cancer, bladder cancer, prostatitis, robotic surgery, haematuria (blood in urine).

About Mr Philip Charlesworth

Mr Philip Charlesworth is a skilled urologist based in Berkshire & London. He specialises in treating prostate cancer, bladder cancer and prostatitis, among other urological conditions. He is highly trained in robotic-assisted surgery, including robotic prostatectomy with retzius sparing approach, and graduated nerve sparing techniques with frozen section margin status. He is ranked as one of the highest volume pelvic uro-oncology (complex prostate and bladder cancer) surgeons in the UK, according to nationally published statistics.

Mr Charlesworth completed a postgraduate degree at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, studying molecular genetics of urological malignancies in 2004-07. He originally qualified from the University of Southampton before undertaking surgical training in the NHS & military hospitals on the South Coast of the UK. He underwent specialist surgical training in urology and uro-oncology, gaining expertise in robotic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and open surgery for major urological cancers and subsequent surgical reconstruction.

Mr Charlesworth has worked with various robotic surgical teams around the world, including at Regina Elena Hospital, National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy, Harlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, and the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. In 2012 he was awarded The Urology Foundation, TUF Preceptorship, allowing him the opportunity to work with one of USA's leading robotic surgeons Professor Indy Gill and his robotic surgical team at the University of Southern California Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Mr Charlesworth's NHS practice is The Royal Berkshire Hospital, where he leads the Berkshire Cystectomy Robotic Team and is Chairman of the Specialist Uro-Oncology MDT for the South Thames Valley (East Berkshire, West Berkshire and South Oxfordshire) Cancer Centre.

NHS Base (trust)

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Charlesworth is a wonderfully talented surgeon who is at the top of his professional career in urology. Nothing is too much trouble and his focus on patient wellbeing and excellent clinical outcomes is paramount. A very reassuring and caring doctor; as a patient you could not wish for more. Thank you for your skills and dedication.
10/03/2023
By a verified patient
Probably the best in the country. No way of knowing all the others but no one could be better.
09/03/2023
By a verified patient
Mr Charlsworth made me feel that I was in safe hands with him and his team and I had complete confidence that everything would go well. I knew exactly what to expect and I always felt that I was going to be well looked after. He kept in touch post-op with a vist and calls to me and my wife to check that all was ok and to keep us informed.
14/02/2023
By a verified patient
Philip Charlesworth is simply a credit to his profession! He installs confidence and has a great ability to explain quite complicated procedures in a way that are easy to understand. From my first consultation I knew I was in excellent and gifted hands. Thank you doesn’t do justice to the new quality of life he has given me.
13/12/2022
By a verified patient