Mr Tim Dudderidge

Consultant Urologist Tim Dudderidge is a highly experienced urologist specialising in prostate health both for benign / enlargement and cancer problems. 

Mr Dudderidge advises men about acccurate prostate cancer diagnosis using MRI and other non-invasive liquid biomarkers. He undertakes image fusion biopsy using to get the most accurate localisation and characterisation of prostate cancer. This information allows Mr Dudderidge to advise men abou the whole range of treatment options including active surveillance, focal therapies - HIFU, Cryotherapy and electroporation (nanoknife). He has been doing robotic prostatectomy since 2009 and has performed more than 1500 proostatectomies in his career. 

He practises at a number of hospitals including the Spire Southampton and BMI Sarum Road Hospital. Mr Dudderidge leads the prostate cancer surgical trials at Southampton University Hospital working with colleagues at Imperial College London and University College London where he undertook specialist training. These trials have led to the innovations in prostate care like MRI diagnosis, focal therapy and improving outcomes from prostate cancer treatment

Mr Dudderidge is part of the Focal Therapy Clinic team who aim to find the right treatment for patients suffering from prostate cancer using HIFU and nanoknife focal therapy as a minimally invasive treatment of the condition.

Mr Dudderidge qualified in 1998 with an MBChB from the University of Bristol before going on to achieve a master's degree MSc and subsequently a Doctorate of Medicine in 2014 for his research work in molecular diagnostic markers in urological cancer. He completed a fellowships in uro-oncology surgery and robotic surgery and worked for 5 years as a consultant delivering kidney, bladder testis and prostate cancer surgery and therefore has a wealth of knowledge in these areas.