Mr Nicholas Raison

Professional statement

Mr Nicholas Raison is a distinguished consultant urological surgeon and associate professor based in London.

His areas of expertise include urinary incontinence, bladder dysfunction, urinary tract infections (UTIs), haematuria, prostate cancer diagnostic investigations, benign prostate enlargement, chronic pelvic and bladder pain, and kidney stone disease. Notably, Mr Raison is also highly proficient in minimally invasive techniques, offering advanced treatments such as laser surgery for the prostate and kidney, Rezūm (water vapour) therapy, incontinence surgery, and bladder Botox®.

Currently, Mr Raison consults privately at The London Clinic and at the Guthrie Clinic (King’s Private). In addition, he holds an honorary consultant urological surgeon position at King’s College Hospital and he is also an associate professor (clinical senior lecturer) at the School of Surgical and Interventional Engineering at King’s College London.

With a demonstrated commitment to clinical excellence, Mr Raison originally qualified from Imperial College London, achieving both an MBBS and an intercalated BSc. His surgical and higher specialist urology training then took place on the prestigious London Deanery, working at renowned institutions such as the Royal Free Hospital.

During his extensive training, Mr Raison was also awarded several prestigious fellowships, including an NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) fellowship, a Vattikuti research fellowship, and a subspecialist fellowship at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. He later went on to obtain a PhD from King’s College London, which was supported by a Wellcome Trust clinical PhD fellowship at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre.

Furthermore, Mr Raison is a prominent clinical researcher, with over 85 publications in international scientific journals, numerous book chapters, and editorial roles in journal special editions and textbooks. He also holds the esteemed MRCS and FRCS (Urol) qualifications from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, as well as fellowship to the Higher Education Academy, and is the lead of the Pan-London Deanery Urology Simulation Training Programme since 2018.