Personal Profile
Mr Aniruddha Chakravarti qualified as a medical graduate in 1990 and attained post-graduate training in general surgery before embarking onto extensive training in Urology. Amidst his experience in General Urology, Mr Chakravarti has developed a special interest in Robotic and Laparoscopic surgery of the upper urinary tract, all surgical procedures for benign prostatic enlargement including all types of laser surgery and UROLIFT procedure and stone disease. He has received intensive laparoscopy training from the European Institute of Telesurgery in Strasbourg, France, and has obtained a Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from the Institute.
He works as a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust and regularly performs da Vinci Robot-assisted and pure laparoscopic surgery of the upper urinary tract to provide a service for treating kidney cancers.
He has also been through intensive training and has over four years of experience in using all kinds of lasers for prostatic surgery and is one of the few surgeons experienced in Holmium-YAG laser enucleation and morcellation of the prostate as well as the least invasive UROLIFT procedure in suitable cases.
Mr Chakravarti has a keen interest in clinical research and has been a principal investigator in a number of international clinical trials. He is currently working with the National Institute of Health Research and is also an expert advisor for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
