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Professor Dr. Christopher Eden
Professor of Urology at the University of Surrey and Consultant Urologist at London Bridge Hospital, London,
United Kingdom
As a surgical trainee, Professor Christopher Eden became a pioneer of laparoscopy urological surgery and has not stopped innovating since, performing the UK’s first laparoscopic pyeloplasty in 1994, first laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in 2000, first laparoscopic radical cystectomy in 2001, first robotic Retzius-sparing radical prostatectomy in 2016 and first laparoscopic Retzius-sparing radical prostatectomy in 2016.

Professor Eden attended Guy’s Hospital and King’s College Hospital Medical Schools, achieving an MBBS in 1985 from the University of London after winning Surgery and Paediatric Prizes. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1995 and achieved a Master of Surgery degree from the University of London in 1997. He is currently Professor of Urology at the University of Surrey and Consultant Urologist at London Bridge Hospital, London, UK.

Professor Eden has specialised in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer for more than two decades, has the UK’s largest experience of minimal access radical prostatectomy, one of the world’s largest personal series of minimal access urological operations at over 5,000 cases and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers on laparoscopic urology, 9 book chapters and a book.
  • Day 1, 22 Nov 2024 (1555 - 1610) @ Main Hall
    Predicting Patient Outcomes after Robotic Surgery and Automating Skills Assessment
    Plenary 5 : Prostate Cancer