Stones & Endourology

BIOGRAPHY

CURRENT POSITION:
Consultant Urological Surgeon to the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh and the Borders General Hospital, Melrose. Dr Thomas practices general urology in both hospitals, and his specialist practice of endourology and the management of urinary stone disease, within the Scottish Lithotriptor Centre.

EDUCATION:
Dr Ben Thomas qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1995. Having undertaken two years of research into aspects of the metastatic pathway in prostate cancer, he was awarded his MD thesis. He completed general and specialist Urological training in Sheffield and North Trent, before being appointed Consultant Urological Surgeon to the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh and the Borders General Hospital, Melrose.

SPECIALTIES:
In addition to general urology, Dr Thomas offers the full spectrum of surgical treatments for urinary stone disease, including extra-corporeal lithotripsy, ureteroscopy (semi-rigid and flexible) and lasertripsy, as well as percutaneous surgery.