Treatments carried out:
- Prostate Surgery
- Removal of obstructing prostate tissue with a laser (Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostatic Adenoma (HoLEP))
Biog (general experience):
Mr Rogers works across most aspects of urology specialising in kidney stone disease and other kidney problems. He performs all types of minimally invasive surgery for kidney stones, including laser surgery and has extensive experience of other non-surgical treatments for stones, including shock-wave lithotripsy and drug treatments. He is also a high- volume laparoscopic surgeon performing laparoscopic nephrectomy (kidney removal) for kidney cancer, non-cancer reasons and kidney donation as part of the Newcastle living donor kidney transplant team.
An associate clinical lecturer at Newcastle University, he has an extensive track record in teaching and training other surgeons. He is the lead for endourology – minimally invasive surgical techniques used to see into the urinary tract and perform surgery, at the Freeman Hospital, which is one of the biggest urology departments in the UK.
He also works at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead and provides expertise in treating prostate disorders, bladder symptoms, incontinence, female urology, penile and scrotal problems.
Within the training environment he is the director of several national courses for consultants from around the UK and has a particular interest in simulation training utilising the internationally renowned Newcastle Surgical Training Centre. He completed the post-graduate certificate in medical education and has been the urological lead for education within Newcastle and Northumbria.
Experience/qualifications:
MBBS, B Med Sci, MD, PG Cert Ed, FRCS Urol
Memberships:
- British Association of Urological Surgeons
- Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons England
- British Medical Association
- Member of the senior training committee, which oversees urology registrar training in the North East.
GMC number:
6028085