Mr Anthony Koupparis

I am a consultant urological surgeon at the Bristol Urological Institute, which is a recognised centre of excellence by the European Association of Urology and the Urology Foundation. I am a national and international trainer for robotic surgery and one of the highest volume robotic surgeons in the UK. I trained and worked as a consultant in the world-renowned Department of Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Hospital, Canada. I am very proud to continue to train the next generation of robotic urological surgeons. With my experience I am able to offer a minimally-invasive robotic approach for procedures and surgeries which are traditionally approached with open surgery, large incisions and longer recovery times. I manage complex urological cancer and non-cancer problems with robotic-assisted surgery. Contrary to the impression that the robot itself performs the surgery, the system relies upon a human operator for all of its actions, which requires very specialist training. Although these procedures remain complex, they are associated with less blood loss, less pain and shorter recovery times.