Kamran Ahmed

Last updated

Kamran Ahmed (MBBS, MRCS, PhD, FRCS Urol) is a Professor and a Urological Surgeon who is affiliated with Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi and King's College London, United Kingdom. [1] [2]

Contents

Career

Kamran has published more than 300 Medline indeed articles and publications of abstracts in medical journals. [3] He is the editor of a number of medical education, simulation, surgical and urological textbooks and has written a number of book chapters. He has served on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Urology International (BJUI). [4] Kamran has a major interest in education, and has been the lead for Surgical Sciences iBSc modules at King's College London, [1] the education lead for EULIS section of European Association of Urology (EAU), [5] board member of Junior ERUS-EAU and tutor on the European Urology Resident Education Programme (EUREP). [6]

He serves on the board of Frontiers in Reproductive Health journal as an Associate Editor for the Andrology section. [7] He is also an associate board member of the European Association of Urology sections of EULIS and ESUT. [8]

Prostate cancer

Kamran is the chief investigator of a first-of-its-kind trial that studies the impact of prostate cancer on men's well-being and mental health i.e. Mental well-being and quality of life in Prostate cancer (MIND-P). [9] The MIND-P study is a multi-institutional collaboration across seven hospitals in London and the South of England. [10] This trial is funded by King's Health Partners. The greatest disease impact on men's well-being has been reported to be at the time of the diagnosis of prostate cancer, with subsequent anxiety and concern about the disease progression. [11] The trial is expected to be completed and disseminated in 2023. [12]

Male infertility

Kamran has contributed significantly to the medical literature on the associations between male subfertility, [13] [14] mental well-being, and various oncological conditions [15] [16] [17]

Medical Education

Kamran has contributed significantly to the medical education literature. Widely used scientifically developed and validated urology surgical curricula include Robot assisted prostatectomy training curriculum for prostate cancer surgery training, [18] Radical nephrectomy curriculum for kidney cancer surgical training, [19] and Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for kidney stone surgery training. [20] He was the leading member of the team that conducted first international randomized controlled trial on association between surgical simulation and patient outcomes. [21] [22] Key areas that have been researched and developed include:

- Ward Round Assessment Tool (surgical ward round assessment tool - SWAT) . SWAT can be used to assess the quality of nontechnical surgical ward round skills of medical students and residents. [23]

- Development and validation of a tool for non-technical skills evaluation in robotic surgery-the ICARS system . ICARS is the first non-technical skills (NTS) evaluation tool developed for the robot assisted surgery. [24]

- Development and content validation of the Urethroplasty Training and Assessment Tool (UTAT) for dorsal onlay buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty . This is the first of its kind technical skills assessment tool for trainee surgeons who are in the phase of learning reconstructive urethral surgery. [25]

Research work

He is one of the key members of the team that introduced the first simulation-based surgical and urology resident education Training Programme at King's College London and Guy's Hospital, London. [26] [27] [28] He was the leading member of the team that set up clinic-based care for urethral stricture patients at a level 1 trauma centre, King's College Hospital, London [29] [30] [31] [32] The services included care of trauma and non-trauma related urethral injuries. He significantly contributed to training and education at the organisations like European Association of Urology (EAU), IRCAD centre (Taiwan), and Karl- Storz training centre, Berlin Germany. [5]

Books

Selected publications

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Urology</span> Medical specialty

Urology, also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive organs. Organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, and the male reproductive organs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Urethral stricture</span> Medical condition

A urethral stricture is a narrowing of the urethra, the tube connected to the bladder that allows the passing of urine. The narrowing reduces the flow of urine and makes it more difficult or even painful to empty the bladder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hypospadias</span> Medical condition

Hypospadias is a common variation in fetal development of the penis in which the urethra does not open from its usual location on the head of the penis. It is the second-most common birth abnormality of the male reproductive system, affecting about one of every 250 males at birth. Roughly 90% of cases are the less serious distal hypospadias, in which the urethral opening is on or near the head of the penis (glans). The remainder have proximal hypospadias, in which the meatus is all the way back on the shaft of the penis, near or within the scrotum. Shiny tissue that typically forms the urethra instead extends from the meatus to the tip of the glans; this tissue is called the urethral plate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prostatectomy</span> Surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland

Prostatectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland. This operation is done for benign conditions that cause urinary retention, as well as for prostate cancer and for other cancers of the pelvis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robot-assisted surgery</span> Surgical procedure

Robot-assisted surgery or robotic surgery are any types of surgical procedures that are performed using robotic systems. Robotically assisted surgery was developed to try to overcome the limitations of pre-existing minimally-invasive surgical procedures and to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery.

A urethrotomy is an operation which involves incision of the urethra, especially for relief of a stricture. It is most often performed in the outpatient setting, with the patient (usually) being discharged from the hospital or surgery center within six hours from the procedure's inception.

Urethroplasty is the surgical repair of an injury or defect within the walls of the urethra. Trauma, iatrogenic injury and infections are the most common causes of urethral injury/defect requiring repair. Urethroplasty is regarded as the gold standard treatment for urethral strictures and offers better outcomes in terms of recurrence rates than dilatations and urethrotomies. It is probably the only useful modality of treatment for long and complex strictures though recurrence rates are higher for this difficult treatment group.

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) refer to a group of clinical symptoms involving the bladder, urinary sphincter, urethra and, in men, the prostate. The term is more commonly applied to men—over 40% of older men are affected—but lower urinary tract symptoms also affect women. The condition is also termed prostatism in men, but LUTS is preferred.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prostate brachytherapy</span> Radiation therapy technique for the treatment of cancer

Brachytherapy is a type of radiotherapy, or radiation treatment, offered to certain cancer patients. There are two types of brachytherapy – high dose-rate (HDR) and low dose-rate (LDR). LDR brachytherapy is the one most commonly used to treat prostate cancer. It may be referred to as 'seed implantation' or it may be called 'pinhole surgery'.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mahendra Bhandari</span> Indian surgeon

Mahendra Bhandari is an Indian surgeon who has made substantial contributions to the specialty of urology, medical training, hospital administration, robotic surgery and medical ethics. For his efforts, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India in 2000. Bhandari is currently Senior Bio-scientist and Director of Robotic Surgery Research & Education at the Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) in Detroit, MI. He was the Symposium coordinator of the International Robotic Urology Symposium. He also has been the CEO of the Vattikuti Foundation since 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Stifelman</span> American physician and urologist

Michael D. Stifelman Michael D. Stifelman, M.D., is Chair of Urology at Hackensack University Medical Center, Director of Robotic Surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health, and Professor and Inaugural Chair of Urology at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prokar Dasgupta</span>

Prokar Dasgupta is an Indian-born British surgeon and academic who is professor of surgery at the surgical academy at King's Health Partners, London, UK. Since 2002, he has been consultant urologist to Guy's Hospital, and in 2009 became the first professor of robotic surgery and urology at King's, and subsequently the chairman of the King's College-Vattikuti Institute of Robotic Surgery.

Touch Surgery is a London, New York City, Sydney and Auckland-based health technology app and trading name for the company Digital Surgery LTD. Digital Surgery is a health tech company shaping the future of surgery through the convergence of surgical expertise and technology. The app was first discussed in 2010. The Touch Surgery mobile app is a mobile surgical training platform designed to simulate surgical procedures. As of October 2019, The Touch Surgery mobile app included surgical instructions for about 200 surgical procedures in 17 different specialties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Wickham (urologist)</span>

John Ewart Alfred Wickham was a British urologist and surgeon, who was a pioneer of keyhole surgery and the autonomous transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) robot, foreseeing the subsequent revolution in robotic surgery.

Rajveer Purohit is an Indian-born American physician, Director of Reconstructive Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and associate professor in its Department of Urology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Urology Foundation</span> Charity organization

The Urology Foundation (TUF) is a charity that works across the UK and Ireland with the aim of improving the knowledge and skills of surgeons who operate on diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs and funds research to improve outcomes of all urological conditions and urological cancers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Challacombe</span> British urological surgeon

Benjamin James Challacombe is a British consultant urological surgeon at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals, and at King’s College London, who specialises in the treatment of kidney and prostatic disease using robotic surgery. In 2005, he was part of the team that published the results of a randomised controlled trial of human versus telerobotics in the field of urology and renal transplant, one of the first of its kind.

Richard Anthony Santucci MD, FACS is an American reconstructive urologist who currently lives and works in Austin, Texas.

Declan G. Murphy, FRACS, FRCS, is a urologist, director of the unit for genitourinary oncology and robotic surgery at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia, professor at the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology at the University of Melbourne, and associate editor of the British Journal of Urology International. In 2010 he introduced robotic surgery for urology to the public sector health services in Victoria, Australia.

Anthony James Costello, FRACS, FRCSI, is an Australian urologist. He served as head of the department of urology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. He established the first robotic prostate cancer surgery programme in Australia and published the first series of men who had laser surgery for benign prostate enlargements.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kamran Ahmed - Biography - Research Portal, King's College, London". King's College, London. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. ↑ "Mr Kamran Ahmed | Consultants | Kings Private Hospital". King's College Hospital. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  3. ↑ Kamran Ahmed; Researchgate Profile - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamran-Ahmed-13
  4. ↑ "Editorial Board". BJU International. 124 (5): iv. November 2019. doi: 10.1111/bju.14913 . S2CID   221531761.
  5. 1 2 "ESU introduces new urolithiasis e-course in collaboration with EULIS - Uroweb". Uroweb - European Association of Urology. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  6. ↑ "Development methodology of the novel Endoscopic Stone Treatment step 2/A (EST s2/A) training/assessment curriculum and a roadmap on developing hands on training curriculums in future: An international collaborative work by EAU sections". www.urotoday.com. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  7. ↑ "Loop | Kamran Ahmed". loop.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  8. ↑ "ESU introduces new urolithiasis e-course in collaboration with EULIS". European Association of Urology.
  9. ↑ "The MIND-P Study – King's MIND-U" . Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  10. ↑ "Reviews – King's MIND-U" . Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  11. ↑ Eymech, Omar; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Fox, Louis; Jawaid, Anam; Van Hemelrijck, Mieke; Stewart, Robert; Dasgupta, Prokar; Ahmed, Kamran (2022-06-01). "An exploration of wellbeing in men diagnosed with prostate cancer undergoing active surveillance: a qualitative study". Supportive Care in Cancer. 30 (6): 5459–5468. doi:10.1007/s00520-022-06976-w. ISSN   1433-7339. PMC   8933126 . PMID   35304633.
  12. ↑ Vyas, Neel; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Fox, Louis; Hemelrijck, Mieke Van; Muir, Gordon; Stewart, Robert; Dasgupta, Prokar; Ahmed, Kamran (2022-12-16). "Undergoing radical treatment for prostate cancer and its impact on wellbeing: A qualitative study exploring men's experiences". PLOS ONE. 17 (12): e0279250. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1779250V. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279250 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   9757548 . PMID   36525457.
  13. ↑ "Mr Kamran Ahmed, Consultant Urological Surgeon". King's Fertility Clinic. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  14. ↑ "Welcoming a new andrology team member". Harley Street Fertility Clinic. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  15. ↑ Peaston, Grace; Subramanian, Venkatesh; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Sarris, Ippokratis; Ahmed, Kamran (2022-05-27). "The impact of emotional health on assisted reproductive technology outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Human Fertility. 25 (3): 410–421. doi:10.1080/14647273.2020.1832262. ISSN   1464-7273. PMID   33050764. S2CID   222353885.
  16. ↑ "Onco-fertility: a review". Urology News. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  17. ↑ Amin, M. S. A.; Brunckhorst, O.; Scott, C.; Wrench, D.; Gleeson, M.; Kazmi, M.; Ahmed, K. (2021-06-01). "ABVD and BEACOPP regimens' effects on fertility in young males with Hodgkin lymphoma". Clinical and Translational Oncology. 23 (6): 1067–1077. doi:10.1007/s12094-020-02483-8. ISSN   1699-3055. PMC   8084804 . PMID   32944834.
  18. ↑ Lovegrove, Catherine; Novara, Giacomo; Mottrie, Alex; Guru, Khurshid A.; Brown, Matthew; Challacombe, Ben; Popert, Richard; Raza, Johar; Van der Poel, Henk; Peabody, James; Dasgupta, Prokar; Ahmed, Kamran (March 2016). "Structured and Modular Training Pathway for Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP): Validation of the RARP Assessment Score and Learning Curve Assessment". European Urology. 69 (3): 526–535. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2015.10.048. ISSN   1873-7560. PMID   26585582.
  19. ↑ Lovegrove, C.; Bruce, E.; Raison, N.; Khan, S.; Brown, C.; Rane, A.; Sheriff, M.; Dasgupta, P.; Ahmed, K. (2018). "Development and validation of a training and assessment tool for laparoscopic radical nephrectomy". Actas Urologicas Espanolas. 42 (6): 396–405. doi:10.1016/j.acuro.2017.10.007. ISSN   2173-5786. PMID   29609827. S2CID   196490100.
  20. ↑ Quirke, Kate; Aydın, Abdullatif; Bultitude, Matthew; Sarıca, Kemal; Glass, Jonathan; Khan, Azhar; Marsh, Howard; Al-Hayek, Samih; Wiseman, Oliver; Patterson, Jake; Makanjuola, Jonathan; Skolarikos, Andreas; Somani, Bhaskar; Khan, Muhammad Shamim; Dasgupta, Prokar (November 2020). "Development and content validation of the percutaneous nephrolithotomy assessment score". International Journal of Urology. 27 (11): 960–964. doi: 10.1111/iju.14332 . ISSN   1442-2042. PMID   32754938. S2CID   220977688.
  21. ↑ Aydın, Abdullatif; Ahmed, Kamran; Abe, Takashige; Raison, Nicholas; Van Hemelrijck, Mieke; Garmo, Hans; Ahmed, Hashim U.; Mukhtar, Furhan; Al-Jabir, Ahmed; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Shinohara, Nobuo; Zhu, Wei; Zeng, Guohua; Sfakianos, John P.; Gupta, Mantu (April 2022). "Effect of Simulation-based Training on Surgical Proficiency and Patient Outcomes: A Randomised Controlled Clinical and Educational Trial". European Urology. 81 (4): 385–393. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2021.10.030. ISSN   1873-7560. PMID   34789393. S2CID   244123772.
  22. ↑ "Simulation training helps hone advanced surgical skills, international trial finds". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  23. ↑ Ahmed, Kamran; Anderson, Oliver; Jawad, Muhammad; Tierney, Tanya; Darzi, Ara; Athanasiou, Thanos; Hanna, George B. (2015). "Design and validation of the surgical ward round assessment tool: a quantitative observational study". American Journal of Surgery. 209 (4): 682–688.e2. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.08.017. ISSN   1879-1883. PMID   25812846.
  24. ↑ Raison, Nicholas; Wood, Thomas; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Abe, Takashige; Ross, Talisa; Challacombe, Ben; Khan, Mohammed Shamim; Novara, Giacomo; Buffi, Nicolo; Van Der Poel, Henk; McIlhenny, Craig; Dasgupta, Prokar; Ahmed, Kamran (2017). "Development and validation of a tool for non-technical skills evaluation in robotic surgery-the ICARS system". Surgical Endoscopy. 31 (12): 5403–5410. doi:10.1007/s00464-017-5622-x. ISSN   1432-2218. PMID   28634630. S2CID   25428910.
  25. ↑ Jasionowska, Sara; Shabbir, Majed; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Khan, Muhammad Shamim; Manzoor, Hussain; Dasgupta, Prokar; Anderson, Paul; Barbagli, Guido; Ahmed, Kamran (2020). "Development and content validation of the Urethroplasty Training and Assessment Tool (UTAT) for dorsal onlay buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty: UTAT for dorsal onlay BMG urethroplasty". BJU International. 125 (5): 725–731. doi:10.1111/bju.14830. PMID   31131961. S2CID   167210971.
  26. ↑ "TUF's ground-breaking project to make UK home of Robotic Training". www.theurologyfoundation.org. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  27. ↑ Shamim Khan, Mohammad; Ahmed, Kamran; Gavazzi, Andrea; Gohil, Rishma; Thomas, Libby; Poulsen, Johan; Ahmed, Munir; Jaye, Peter; Dasgupta, Prokar (March 2013). "Development and implementation of centralized simulation training: evaluation of feasibility, acceptability and construct validity: Centralized simulation training". BJU International. 111 (3): 518–523. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11204.x. PMID   22928639. S2CID   41969390.
  28. ↑ "Buffalo-Based Team Develops, Tests First Simulation-Based Robotic Surgery Training Curriculum". Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  29. ↑ Jasionowska, Sara; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Rees, Rowland W.; Muneer, Asif; Ahmed, Kamran (September 2019). "Redo-urethroplasty for the management of recurrent urethral strictures in males: a systematic review". World Journal of Urology. 37 (9): 1801–1815. doi:10.1007/s00345-019-02709-7. ISSN   1433-8726. PMC   6717180 . PMID   30877359.
  30. ↑ Jasionowska, Sara; Shabbir, Majed; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Khan, Muhammad Shamim; Manzoor, Hussain; Dasgupta, Prokar; Anderson, Paul; Barbagli, Guido; Ahmed, Kamran (May 2020). "Development and content validation of the Urethroplasty Training and Assessment Tool (UTAT) for dorsal onlay buccal mucosa graft urethroplasty: UTAT for dorsal onlay BMG urethroplasty". BJU International. 125 (5): 725–731. doi:10.1111/bju.14830. PMID   31131961. S2CID   167210971.
  31. ↑ Jasionowska, Sara; Bochinski, Antoni; Shiatis, Vishal; Singh, Sobha; Brunckhorst, Oliver; Rees, Rowland W.; Ahmed, Kamran (2022-01-01). "Anterior Urethroplasty for the Management of Urethral Strictures in Males: A Systematic Review". Urology. 159: 222–234. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2021.09.003. ISSN   0090-4295. PMID   34537198. S2CID   237573160.
  32. ↑ "Mr Kamran Ahmed - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust". NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  33. ↑ Abrahamsson, Per-Anders (March 2014). "Surgical Simulation Edited by ProkarDasgupta, KamranAhmed, PeterJaye and Mohammed ShamimKhan. Published by Anthem Press, London, UK, 2014; hardback, 100 pages, £80/US$130. ISBN: 9781783081561: Book Review". BJU International. 113 (3): E11–E12. doi: 10.1111/bju.12614 .
  34. ↑ Brunckhorst, Oliver; Ahmed, Kamran; Muneer, Asif; Alnajjar, Hussain M, eds. (2023). "Penile Cancer – A Practical Guide" . Management of Urology. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-32681-3. ISBN   978-3-031-32680-6. ISSN   2730-6372. S2CID   261495133.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.