Mr. Pieter J. le Roux FRCS, FCS(SA)UROL, MMed(UCT)
Consultant Urological Surgeon
Appointments
Consultant Urological Surgeon and Lead Clinician
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer St George’s Hospital Medical School
Memberships
British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)
BAUS sections of Endourology and Oncology
Royal Society of Medicine
South African Association of Urological Surgeons
Clinical interests Laparoscopic urological surgery, oncology, stone disease
Pieter le Roux is consultant urological surgeon and lead clinician for urology at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. He joined the trust in 2002 where he set up a laparoscopic urology unit that is performing major laparoscopic surgery on a regular basis. His training in laparoscopic urology included several courses in Europe and attachments with Indirber Gill in Cleveland and Chris Eden in Basingstoke. His other clinical interests include oncology, stone disease and reconstructive surgery.
Mr Le Roux studied medicine at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He completed his basic surgical training in the UK, obtaining the FRCS in London in 1996. He trained in Urology at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town and was appointed consultant urologist and senior lecturer to Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University Medical School in 2000.
Mr Le Roux’s research towards his Master’s degree involved the use of collagen matrix grafts in endoscopic urethral reconstruction. He is a senior lecturer at St George’s hospital medical school and an examiner in the final MBBS. He lectures regularly on laparoscopic training courses in the UK, Europe and South Africa.
In 2002 the South African Urological Association awarded Mr Le Roux with the Storz prize, a traveling fellowship awarded once every two years to the outstanding young urologist in South Africa.
Private Secretary:
Janice Roberts
St Anthony’s Hospital
Tel:020 8335 4676/7
Fax: 020 8335 4637
