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Mr Jaspal Virdi is a urologist who provides assessment and treatment for Scrotal swelling, Foreskin problems, Rezūm, Paediatric urology, Prostate cancer and Benign prostate enlargement. During your consultation, you will be informed of the most suitable options following a personalised evaluation.

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Mr Jaspal Virdi has 45 years of professional experience as a consultant urologist, providing specialist assessment and treatment in this medical field.

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Mr Jaspal Virdi

GMC: 2290582

5.03reviewsReview

Expert in:

Prostate cancer

Paediatric urology

Benign prostate enlargement

Rezūm

Foreskin problems

Scrotal swelling

Professional statement

Mr Jaspal Virdi is a leading urological surgeon based in Essex and Hertfordshire with a special interest in prostate cancer detection and treatment. Mr Virdi performs multiparametric MRI scan, fusion prostate biopsy, focal HIFU, cryo-ablation and brachytherapy. He has been practising advanced urology for over 35 years and has vast experience in treating various urological diseases.

Mr Virdi gained his experience in urology through working at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, the Royal Infirmary Cardiff, St Vincent Hospital Dublin and the University College Hospitals London. He was also an associate professor in urology at Sher-E Kashmir Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Kashmir in India. Mr Virdi is listed on The Global Directory of Who’s Who in recognition of dedication to his occupation.

Since 1998, Mr Virdi has been actively involved in charity work and in the development of new innovative treatments for prostate cancer research. He has a close association with the charities HEAL (Hearts, Essex and London) and the Helen Rollason Cancer Appeal. Mr Virdi also works closely with local communities in Essex to raise funds by holding ceremonies such as 'plant a tree'.

Clinics

Rivers Hospital
Sawbridgeworth, High Wych Road, CM21 0HH
Medical insurances accepted
Bupa
AXA
AVIVA
Cigna
WPA
Simply Health
I'm paying for myself
Allianz

Credentials

Professional experience

45 years of experience
Consultant Urological Surgeon, The Holly Hospital, Essex (present)
Consultant Urological Surgeon, Ramsay Rivers Hospital, Essex (2000-present)
Consultant Urological Surgeon, The Princess Alexandra Hospitals NHS Trust, Essex (1992-present)

Subspecialties

Prostate diseases
Prostate cancer
Paediatric urology
Bladder dysfunction
Kidney stones (urolithiasis)
Male genital surgery

Professional memberships

British Association Urological Surgeon
American Urological Association
European Association of Urology
Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Education

Fellow of European Board Of Urology (1992)
FRCS(Urology) Intercollegiate Board of Urology, Royal Colleges England, Edinburg, Glasgow, Dublin (1988)
FRCS(England) Royal College of Surgeons of England (1981)
MCh (Urology) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (1976)
MS (Surgery) Kanpur University, India (1973)
MB BS Kanpur University, India (1969)

Positions in organisations

Actively involved in charity work for Prostate Cancer Research and developing new innovative treatments, since 1998.

Publications and conferences

Hold lectures both nationally and internationally at conferences.
Watson G M., Virdi J S. Heat Therapy for the Prostate. Chapter in the Book "Non-Surgical Treatment For Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Editor. Fitzpatrick J M. publisher Churchill Livingstone.
Virdi J S., Kelly D G. Prognostic Value of Renal Venous involvement in Renal carcinoma, Brit J Urol. (1992) 69: 481-485
Mufti G R., Virdi J S., Singh M. 'Solitary' Ta - T1 G1 Bladder Tumour - History and Long-Term Prognosis. European Urology (1990) 18: 101-106
Virdi J S., Convoy W., Kelly D G. Torsion of Vas Aberrans. Brit J Urol (1990) 66: 435
Mufti G.R. Virdi J.S. Singh M. Reappraisal of Hydrostatic pressure treatment for intractable post-radiotherapy vesical haemorrhage. Urology. (Jan 1990) Vol.35 No.1 page 9 - 11
Mufti G.R. Virdi J.S. Hall M.H. Long-term follow-up of intravesical epodyl therapy for superficial bladder tumour. Brit.Urol (1990) 6532
Mufti G.R. Virdi J.S. Diagnosis easily missed - upper urothelial tumours. Postgraduate Medical Journal. (1988) 64: 676 - 677
Virdi J.S. Ansari M.M. Transurethral Prostatectomy: A report of first 200 cases in Kashmir Valley. Ind. J. Urology. (1986) Vol.2 No.2: 58 - 62
Virdi J.S. Wadhwa S.N. Singh S.M. Urological problems in patients with congenital solitary kidney. Ind. J. Surgery. (1979) 41: 632 -638
Virdi J.S. Wadhwa S.N. Secondary Bladder tumour - metastasis from clear cell carcinoma. Ind. J. Surgery. (1978) 40: 273 - 275
Virdi J.S. Wadhwa S.N. Singh S.M. Giant ectopic ureterocele (a case report) Ind. Pediatr. (1977) 14 (7): 569 - 571
Virdi J.S. Singh S.M. Transurethral resection of the prostate in the poor risk patients. Ind. Practitioner (1977) 30: 415 - 422
- Virdi J.S. Bhushan C. Nagar A.M. Primary coetaneous reticulum cell sarcoma Mediscope (1973) 16: 218 -220 Modify Delete
• PROPENSITY SCORE-MATCHED COMPARISON OF FOCAL HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU) TO LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY (LRP) FOR CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT LOCALISED PROSTATE CANCER Nov 2018 European Journal of Surgical Oncology • A MULTICENTRE STUDY OF 5-YEAR OUTCOMES FOLLOWING FOCAL THERAPY IN TREATING CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT NONMETASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER Jun 2018 European Urology • MRI-TARGETED OR STANDARD BIOPSY FOR PROSTATE-CANCER DIAGNOSIS Article May 2018 New England Journal of Medicine • A MULTI-CENTRE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL ASSESSING WHETHER MRI-TARGETED BIOPSY IS NON-INFERIOR TO STANDARD TRANS-RECTAL ULTRASOUND GUIDED BIOPSY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT PROSTATE CANCER IN MEN WITHOUT PRIOR BIOPSY - THE PRECISION STUDY: PROSTATE EVALUATION FOR CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DISEASE, SAMPLING USING IMAGE-GUIDANCE OR NOT? (Nct02380027) Article Apr 2018 The Journal of Urology • HIFU DOSE ESCALATION LEADS TO FEWER RECURRENCES IN FOLLOWING FOCAL HIFU IN PROSTATE CANCER Article Apr 2018 The Journal of Urology Add supplementary resources • PSA FAILS TO PREDICT TREATMENT FAILURE IN FOCAL HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY IN PROSTATE CANCER Apr 2018 The Journal of Urology • PREDICTORS OF POOR FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES AFTER FOCAL HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU) Article Apr 2018 The Journal of Urology • FOCAL HIFU: HIGHER RECURRENCE RATE IN TREATMENT OF ANTERIOR COMPARED TO POSTERIOR LESIONS IN PROSTATE CANCER Mar 2018 European Urology Supplements • PROSTATE EVALUATION FOR CLINICALLY IMPORTANT DISEASE: SAMPLING USING IMAGE-GUIDANCE OR NOT? (THE PRECISION STUDY, NCT02380027) Mar 2018 European Urology Supplements • PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIPARAMETRIC-MRI AT A NON-ACADEMIC HOSPITAL USING TRANSPERINEAL TEMPLATE MAPPING BIOPSY AS A REFERENCE STANDARD Article Jan 2018 International journal of surgery open volume 10, 2018, pages 66-71 • ADULT TYPE GRANULOSA CELL TUMOUR OF THE TESTIS: A CASE REPORT Jan 2017 • FOCAL HIFU FOR TREATMENT OF LOCALISED PROSTATE CANCER: A MULTI-CENTRE REGISTRY EXPERIENCE Apr 2016 The Journal of Urology • MEDIUM TERM OUTCOMES FOLLOWING FOCAL HIFU FOR THE TREATMENT OF NON-METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER: A UK REGISTRY ANALYSIS OF 625 CASES Mar 2016 European Urology Supplement • DOES PROSTATE BIOPSY POSE PROBLEMS IN THE STAGING OF PROSTATE CANCER BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) SCAN? Sep 2011 Urology • A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY BETWEEN TRANSURETHRAL VAPORISATION USING PLASMA KINETIC ENERGY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE: 8 YEARS' FOLLOW-UP Article Sep 2011 Urology and Mar 2011 European Urology Supplements • A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED STUDY BETWEEN TRANSURETHRAL VAPORISATION USING PLASMA KINETIC ENERGY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE: LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP Article Oct 2009 Urology • COMPLICATIONS AND CHANGE IN URINARY SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING PROSTATE BIOPSY Article Oct 2009 Urology • EFFICACY OF MANAGING SMALL RECURRENT BLADDER TUMOURS BY DIATHERMY USING THE CYF-4 OLYMPUS FLEXIBLE CYSTOSCOPE UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHESIA AS AN OFFICE SETUP Article Apr 2009 The Journal of Urology • A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED STUDY BETWEEN TRANSURETHRAL VAPORISATION USING PLASMA KINETIC ENERGY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE: SIX-YEAR RESULTS Article Mar 2009 European Urology Supplements • ANEJACULATION AS AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF PROSTATE CANCER: A CASE REPORT Article Feb 2008 Cases Journal • DOES PROSTATE BIOPSY INFLUENCE URINARY SYMPTOMS AND MORBIDITY IN LARGE VOLUME PROSTATES Article Oct 2007 Journal of Endourology • INTERSTITIAL LASER ABLATION (INDIGO™) OF THE PROSTATE; A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMISED STUDY, SIX YEAR RESULTS Article Apr 2007 The Journal of Urology • DOES INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CORES OF PROSTATE BIOPSY IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY? INDICATIONS AND MORBIDITY Article Apr 2007 The Journal of Urology • INTERSTITIAL LASER ABLATION (INDIGO (TM)) OF THE PROSTATE; A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMISED STUDY, SIX-YEAR RESULTS Article Mar 2007 European Urology Supplements MP01.10 Nov 2006 Urology MP21.12 Nov 2006 Urology MP15.02 Nov 2006 Urology • A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMISED STUDY BETWEEN TRANSURETHRAL VAPORISATION USING PLASMA KINETIC ENERGY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE - FIVE YEAR RESULTS Article Apr 2006 The Journal of Urology, European Urology Supplement • EFFICACY OF MANAGING SMALL RECURRENT BLADDER TUMOURS BY DIATHERMY USING THE CYF-4 OLYMPUS FLEXIBLE CYSTOSCOPE UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHESIA IN DAY SURGERY UNIT Article Apr 2006 European Urology Supplements • FOUR YEAR RESULTS OF A PROPECTIVE RANDOMISED STUDY BETWEEN TRANSUREHTRAL VAPORISATION USING PLASMAKINETIC ENERGY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE Article Apr 2005 The Journal of Urology, European Urology Supplement • A PROPECTIVE RANDOMISED STUDY BETWEEN TRANSUREHTRAL VAPORISATION USING PLASMAKINETIC ENERGY AND TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE: THREE YEAR FOLLOWUP Article Apr 2004 The Journal of Urology, European Urology Supplements • INTERSTITIAL LASER ABLATION (INDIGO TM) OF THE PROSTATE — A RANDOMISED PROSPECTIVE STUDY, FIVE YEAR FOLLOW-UP Article Feb 2003 European Urology Supplements • EFFECT OF THE RATE OF DELIVERY OF LIGNOCAINE GEL ON PATIENT DISCOMFORT PERCEPTION PRIOR TO PERFORMING FLEXIBLE CYSTOSCOPY Article Feb 2002 Urologia Internationalis • ENDOSCOPIC LASER ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY AND 4-YEAR FOLLOW-UP IN 170 PATIENTS Article Jan 1998 The Journal of Urology • A COMPARATIVE PROSPECTIVE STUDY BETWEEN INTERSTITIAL LASER ABLATION (INDIGO), RADIOFREQUENCY INTERSTITIAL NEEDLE ABLATION (TUNA) AND TURP IN THE TREATMENT OF BPH Article Jan 1998 The Journal of Urology • TRANSURETHRAL NEEDLE ABLATION OF THE PROSTATE: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY WITH A 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP Article Jan 1997 The Journal of Urology • PROSTATIC HEAT TREATMENTS FOR URINARY OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION Article Dec 1993 The Journal of Urology • CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF POST-LITHOTRIPSY STONE FRAGMENTS: A CRITICAL EVALUATION Article Nov 1993 British Journal of Urology • PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF RENAL VENOUS INVOLVEMENT IN RENAL CARCINOMA Article Jun 1992 British Journal of Urology • TORSION OF THE VAS ABERRANS Article Nov 1990 British Journal of Urology • 'SOLITARY' TA-T1 G1 BLADDER TUMOUR--HISTORY AND LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS Article Feb 1990 European Urology • REAPPRAISAL OF HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE TREATMENT FOR INTRACTABLE POSTRADIOTHERAPY VESICAL HAEMORRHAGE Article Feb 1990 Urology • LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF INTRAVESICAL EPODYL THERAPY FOR SUPERFICIAL BLADDER CANCER Article Feb 1990 British Journal of Urology • VESICAL ENDOMETRIOSIS – A RARE COMPLICATION OF CAESAREAN SECTION. Article Jan 1989 Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India • DIAGNOSIS EASILY MISSED--UPPER UROTHELIAL TUMOUR Article Oct 1988 Postgraduate Medical Journal • TRANSURETHRAL PROSTATECTOMY: A REPORT OF THE FIRST 200 CASES IN KASHMIR VALLEY. Article Jan 1986 Indian Journal of Urology

Languages spoken

English
Hindi
Punjabi

Registration number: 2290582

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Very efficient
2 May 2024
L.W.
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First class, I was reassured and given all information needed. Booking system very simple
18 August 2023
T.R.
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1 March 2022
G.M.
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Treatments

The doctor is expert in

Benign prostate enlargement

Foreskin problems

Paediatric urology

Prostate cancer

Rezūm

Scrotal swelling

The doctor also specialises in:

Bladder problems

Brachytherapy

Circumcision

Cryosurgery

Haematuria (blood in the urine)

Hydrocele

PSA test

Phimosis

Prostate

Prostate MRI

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Mr Jaspal Virdi

Urology in Sawbridgeworth

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Rivers Hospital

Credentials

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Subspecialties

Professional memberships

Education

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