Dr. Andrew Peter Ballaro
Consultant Urological Surgeon at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Ilford, UK
United Kingdom
About the expert
Dr. Andrew Ballaro is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in Ilford, England, UK, where he has worked as a full-time NHS consultant for over 16 years. He holds an MD in Clinical Science and FRCS (Urol), supported by an MSc in Urology with distinction. He is recognized for high-volume minimally invasive urological surgery and nationally benchmarked outcomes in complex stone procedures and surgery for benign prostatic enlargement.
Dr. Andrew Ballaro graduated with an MBBS from the Royal Hospital School of Medicine, University of London, after completing a BSc (Hons) in Anatomy and Basic Medical Sciences. He undertook basic surgical training in Oxford, completed higher specialist urology training through the North Thames programme, and received advanced training in complex stone surgery and laparoscopic urology. He later completed an MSc in Urology with distinction, an MD in Clinical Science, and FRCS (Urol).
His career progressed through surgical and urological posts across Oxford and London, including a research fellowship at the Institute of Urology and Nephrology and specialist registrar appointments within major NHS hospitals. After receiving CCT in urology, he served as a locum Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital before joining Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in Ilford, England, UK, where he continues to practise.
At BHRUT, he developed a high-volume kidney-stone service and introduced HoLEP for benign prostatic enlargement. His practice includes ureteroscopy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Aquablation, and MRI-fusion transperineal prostate biopsy. A reported 200-case HoLEP series achieved 99% next-day catheter-free discharge. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications on endourology, minimally invasive surgery, and bladder physiology, received a Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and co-authored Lecture Notes in Urology.
His medical leadership has included responsibility for endourology and stone services, urological education, and training supervision within BHRUT and the London Deanery. He has taught urologists at multiple stages of training, reviewed grant applications for Research into Ageing, and served as a manuscript reviewer for the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His professional affiliations include the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the British Association of Urological Surgeons, and the European Association of Urology.
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Consultant Urological Surgeon
2010 - TodayBarking Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust, Ilford
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Consultant Urological Surgeon (locum)
2008 - 2010Royal Free Hospital.
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2008 - 2008Charing Cross Hospital
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2008 - 2008King Georges Hospital, Ilford
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Registrar Urology
2008 - 2008Eastbourne General Hospital
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2007 - 2008King Georges Hospital, Ilford.
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2006 - 2007Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2005 - 2006North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2004 - 2005Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust.
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2003 - 2004Chase Farm Hospital NHS Trust.
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Specialist Registrar Urology
2002 - 2003Whittington Hospital
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Specialist Registrar in Urology
1999 - 1999Barts and The London Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Senior S.H.O in Urology.
1998 - 1999Institute of Urology
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Senior House Officer in general and vascular surgery.
1997 - 1998Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield.
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Senior House Officer in Urology.
1997 - 1997Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield.
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FRCS (Urol.)
Royal College of Surgeons of England
2006
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M.D. in Clinical Science
University of London
2005
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M.Sc. Urology (Distinction)
University of London
2000
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FRCS (Eng.)
UniversityRoyal College of Surgeons of England of London
1997
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Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1997)
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Member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (2000)
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Member of the European Association of Urologists
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