Mr Biral Patel

Professional statement

Mr Biral Patel is a highly respected Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. With over 25 years’ experience, he specialises in all aspects of general urology, robotic surgery and men’s health, with special proficiency in the surgical management of prostate and bladder problems, urinary symptoms, and urological cancers such as prostate, kidney, bladder, testicular and penile cancer. Mr Patel currently sees private patients at Nuffield Health Cheltenham Hospital. He is also part of a regional multidisciplinary cancer team that looks after patients from Gloucestershire, South Worcestershire and Herefordshire, including some of the more complex patients who are referred. He also works frequently with other specialists including Gynae-Oncologists, Colorectal Surgeons and Clinical Oncologists, providing some of the more complex and multi-specialty cancer care.

Mr Patel originally qualified from the University of Bristol and completed his basic surgical training in the Bristol area. During this period, he also worked as a lecturer in clinical anatomy at the University of Bristol. Mr Patel then spent a two-year period in formal research, where as principal investigator, he set up the multi-centre UK PROCESS Study to investigate the epidemiology of prostate cancer. This pioneering work attracted significant grants, including a large grant from the Department of Health, and led to the award of an MD from the University of Bristol in 2007. Following this research, Mr Patel accomplished six years of higher surgical training in urology in the Southwest region before going on to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2006.

With a wealth of expertise in urological conditions, Mr Patel has also held a number of senior positions throughout his prominent professional trajectory. He was previously the Clinical Lead for Urology at Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as well as a member of the medical advisory committee. Notably, Mr Patel was instrumental in the introduction of robotic urological surgery and urological laser surgery in Gloucestershire, and presently, continues to oversee the delivery of quality urological care for the region as the elected southwest regional representative at The British Association of Urological Surgeons. Mr Patel, who is on the GMC’s specialist register for urology, is also passionate about medical education and surgical training.