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Mr Ben Horsburgh

Consultant Urology Surgeon

BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography 2002, MBBS 2007, MRCS (Eng) 2011, FRCS (Urol) 201

Practises at: The Runnymede Hospital

Mr Ben Horsburgh

Professional Profile

Having started as a health care assistant and then a diagnostic radiographer receiving a 1st class BSc (Hons) from City University London, Mr Horsburgh studied medicine at Queen Mary College of London (Bart's and the London medical school) qualifying in 2007. 

Foundation and core surgical training was in his home in the North East of England. Higher training as a urology registrar was in the Mersey Deanery.
Mr Horsburgh has published and presented internationally. Awards received include; best presentation at British Association of Urological Surgeons Conference Liverpool 2010, Best poster in 
section at European Association of Urology 2016. In 2015 Mr Horsburgh was awarded a place on the BAUS section of Endourology Fellowship course - a chance to study advanced urinary 
tract stone management with a panel of national experts.

Currently Mr Horsburgh is a Consultant Urologist at Epsom and St Helier Hospital with clinics also at Leatherhead Hospital. He is the lead clinical for the regional Lithotripsy unit based at Epsom hospital, is a core member of the Epsom and St Helier Urology cancer and urinary tract stone multidisciplinary team meetings Other interests in medicine include; Radiation protection during urological surgery - international publications on reducing staff and patient radiation doses during ureteroscopic stone surgery.

Medical education - educational supervisor of foundation year doctors, clinical supervision for all grades of junior doctors, participates in teaching rota for foundation doctors, medical students 
from St Georges medical school and the American university of the Caribbean medical school.

Clinical Interests

Urinary tract stone surgery
PSA management and prostate cancer assessment
Haematuria investigations
Male lower urinary tract symptom management
Vasectomy.

Professional Memberships

British Association of Urology Surgeons
European Association of Urology
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