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HoLEP surgery: A modern solution for enlarged prostates
Mr Harshawardhan Godbole, leading consultant urological and laparoscopic surgeon practisin...
Mr Harshawardhan Godbole is a consultant urological and laparoscopic surgeon in central London, north London and east London, who specialises in haematuria (blood in the urine), benign prostate enlargement and UroLift®, alongside Holmium laser (HoLEP), kidney stones, bladder problems, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal.
Mr Godbole operates at Platinum Medical Centre (HCA), alongside The Cavell Hospital, Kings Oak Hospital, and The London Independent Hospital, all part of the Circle Health Group. His NHS base is the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, where he has served as a consultant at North Middlesex University Hospital since 2004. Here he is cancer lead, MDT lead, clinical services lead for urology, and education lead. He serves as the designated upper tract cancer surgeon for the North London Urological Cancer Centre.
His subspecialty interests extend to laparoscopic urology, benign and malignant diseases of the kidney, bladder, and prostate gland. He also performs stone surgery via ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), alongside paediatric procedures such as circumcision and undescended testes repair. His academic background includes an FRCS (Urol) and an MCh from Queen's University Belfast, supported by training at prestigious institutions including the Bristol Urological Institute, Oxford Churchill Hospital, and Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital.
Beyond clinical practice, Mr Godbole is a committed educator and researcher. He actively mentors medical students and trainees at North Middlesex University Hospital and conducts seminars for GPs. His dedication to global health is evident in his charity work, where he has instrumentalised endoscopic and laparoscopic urological services at The District General Hospital in Thane, India, for the past three years.
Furthermore, Mr Godbole has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and frequently presents his findings at national and international urological conferences. He maintains active memberships in the British Association of Urological Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Royal Society of Medicine, the American Urology Association, and various Indian urological societies.

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