About Hide Yamamoto
Current Posts
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Expert committee member for transperineal biopsy devices
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Roles in the NHS Trust
- Lead for urological cancer
- Lead for prostate referrals pathway for West Kent
Qualifications
- University of Cambridge – Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Natural Sciences 1999
- University of Cambridge – Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery 2002
- University of Cambridge – Master of Arts (Cantab) 2003
- University College London – PhD in Urology 2012
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Urology) 2015
Memberships
- British Association of Urological Surgeons
- European Association of Urological Surgeons
Areas of Practice
Prostate cancer
- Prostate cancer diagnosis
- Multiparametric prostate MRI
- MRI-guided transperineal biopsy of prostate under local anaesthetic
- Active surveillance
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy
Benign prostate hyperplasia
- Holmium laser enucleation of prostate
- Transurethral resection of prostate
- Management of lower urinary tract symptoms
Bladder cancer
- Transurethral resection of bladder tumour