Clinical expertise
Rajesh Nair is a consultant urological surgeon appointed at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in 2017.
He regularly treats patients with conditions such as:
- bladder cancer
- kidney cancer
- prostate cancer
- testis cancer
- benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate)
He performs investigations and treatments such as:
- urinary tract reconstruction
Locations
Our specialist provides care at these locations:
Biography
Mr Rajesh Nair Rajesh cares for patients with all urological malignancies, and has specific expertise in the investigation of bladder, kidney and upper tract urothelial cancer and performs a range of diagnostic and surgical treatments.
He has a specific interest in bladder and kidney preservation in patients with bladder and upper tract urothelial cancers, and has expertise in blue-light (photodynamic) cystoscopy and intravesical (treatment into the bladder) treatment strategies.
He completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University College London in 2006 and went on to achieve higher specialist training in urology at the London Deanery. In 2015 Rajesh underwent his first Fellowship in Robotic Surgery (Prostatectomy) at St George’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust shortly followed by the Guy’s Bladder Cancer Fellowship at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. In 2017 he completed his final fellowship in Robotic Surgery, Uro-Oncology and Reconstructive Urology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
Research
Mr Rajesh Nair has a special interest in cancer care and complex intraabdominal reconstruction in urology and has published on bladder preservation techniques for bladder cancer and outcomes based analysis following minimally invasive radical cystectomy and urinary diversion.
He has participated in research on the detection of upper tract urothelial carcinoma and improving quality metrics of nephroureterectomy in this disease.
