Professor Anand Kelkar

About Professor Anand Kelkar

Assoc. Professor Anand Kelkar is a consultant urological surgeon based in London. He specialises in robotic surgical techniques, prostate cancer, benign prostate enlargement, aquablation, prostatectomy, prostatitis, and urinary tract infections. Assoc. Professor Kelkar qualified in 1986 from Bombay University, where he received the J C Lisboa gold medal in Surgery. He undertook a Master's in Surgery at the same institution, completing it in 1990, before coming to the UK to study urological surgery at King Edward Memorial Hospital and Medical School. His postgraduate urological fellowship training was conducted at the Royal Marsden, Charing Cross, Hammersmith, and Royal Free Hospitals, and he received additional advanced training in laparoscopic and robotic surgery at King’s College London and University College London, as well as in Germany and Belgium. Assoc. Professor Kelkar is the lead for urological cancer services and the cancer multidisciplinary teams at the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, collaborating with colorectal surgeons and gynaecologists for complex pelvic procedures. A consultant since 2003, he is highly skilled in a wide range of techniques and procedures. He is a core member of the London Cancer Collaborative, pioneering centralised cancer services for the NHS.