Mr Neil Barber

Mr Neil Barber was appointed to Frimley Park Hospital, a hospital consistently ranked as one of the best in England and Wales, in 2005. His remit was to continue enhancing the nationally recognised minimally invasive urological service. Beyond providing core and general urological care, Mr Barber has developed a renowned kidney cancer service, performing open, laparoscopic (keyhole) and robotic-assisted procedures such as pyeloplasty, partial nephrectomy and radical nephrectomy for cancerous and non-cancerous conditions of the kidney, as well as similar surgery for the adrenal gland.

He is one of the largest volume surgeons for such procedures in the UK but almost uniquely performs nearly all of his robotic procedures via an approach that reliably minimises blood loss and in-hospital stay time, in turn affording his patients a very rapid return to normal activities.

For the last 15 years, Mr Barber has also been at the forefront of the management of lower urinary tract symptoms, particularly in men suffering from symptoms from benign growth of the prostate - BPH or BPE. He was the primary driver behind the introduction of the Greenlight Laser to the UK and has performed more than 1500 procedures using this innovative technology.

In the last 10 years, he has lead the UK arm of a trial using the Urolift implants and was the first to offer the Prostatic Urethral Lift procedure using the Urolift implants to patients under the NHS banner. As a result, Mr Barber is not only the highest volume surgeon in the UK and Europe in this field, he also teaches and lectures extensively on the Urolift implants around the globe.

Similarly, Mr Barber has pioneered the introduction of Aquablation of the prostate using the Aquabeam system and iTIND to the NHS in the UK over 10 years ago with unparalleled experience in these procedures. He has the highest volume and most experience in Europe in performing Aquablation, continuing his involvement of over 10 years in the evolution of this exciting technology and this year was the first surgeon outside of the United States to deliver this surgery using the new HYDROS platform and received an award for 1000 patients treated, joining a very small group of Urologists in the world who have done so. This experience in the wide range of surgical options available, including Rezum, affords and informed opportunity to tailor surgery for BPH to the patient rather than the other way round

On a personal level, Mr Barber's free time is spent swimming, cycling, attending the theatre or cinema, and reading. That said, he mostly tries to profit from the time that he has with his three children and his wife.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Endoscopic examination of the bladder
• Circumcision
• Procedure for curvature of the penis/ Peyronies
• Preputioplasty
• Hydrocoele repair
• Vasectomy reversal
• Excision of epididymal cyst
• Orchidectomy
• Varicocoele procedure
• TURP
• TURiS
• Green light laser prostatectomy/ PVP
• Prostatic urethral lift procedure (PUL)
• Urolift procedure for treatment of BPH
• Rezum
• TURBT, endoscopic treatment of bladder tumour
• Endoscopic treatment of bladder stones
• Aquablation for treatment of BPH
• Fusion template biopsies for prostate cancer diagnosis
• Kidney tumour treatment - including robotic assisted nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, nephron-ureterectomy and pyeloplasty
• Laparoscopic procedures ('keyhole surgery')
• Oncology - surgical
• Urinary tract disorders
• Infection control
• Prostate disease including prostate cancer
• Laser surgery
• Kidney disorders
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
• Greenlight laser prostatectomy
• The urolift procedure
• Rezum
• Aquablation of the prostate
• Robotic kidney surgery
• Kidney cancer
• Foreskin problems
• Urethral disease
• PSA
• Template transperineal biopsies of the prostate
• Prostate mapping
• LUTS
• Erectile dysfunction
• Urinary tract stone disease