Mr Shafi Chowdhury

Mr Shafi Chowdhury is a highly experienced Consultant Urological Surgeon with over 20 years of practice in the UK. He has trained and worked across leading district general and teaching hospitals, including Oxford University Hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare, and University College London Hospitals.

He specialises in general urology, with a particular focus on female, functional, and neuro-urology. His main clinical interests include the assessment and management of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and voiding dysfunction, helping patients regain confidence and improve their quality of life.

Training & Background

Mr Chowdhury completed his surgical training in the UK and has held posts in several prestigious institutions. He served as a SAS Tutor with the Oxford Deanery for three years and was awarded a teaching award from Oxford University in recognition of his contribution to medical education.

He undertook a specialist fellowship at University College London Hospital in female, functional, reconstructive, and neuro-urology, further developing his expertise in complex urological conditions.

He later worked as a Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, before being appointed as a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust, where he currently practises at Whipps Cross and Newham University Hospitals.

Clinical Practice & Expertise

Since joining Barts Health NHS Trust, Mr Chowdhury has played a leading role in developing services for patients with benign (non-cancerous) urological conditions. He:

• Established a videourodynamics service at Whipps Cross University Hospital
• Developed the Trust’s Female and Functional Urology service
• Serves as lead for benign urology services across the Trust

His work is focused on patients with:

• Urinary incontinence
• Overactive bladder
• Lower urinary tract symptoms
• Enlarged prostate (benign prostate enlargement/BPH)

He also maintains strong links with University College London Hospital, ensuring patients have access to specialist care for more complex conditions.

Areas of Interest & Treatments

Mr Chowdhury offers a broad range of diagnostic and treatment services, with an emphasis on modern, minimally invasive techniques.

Specialist areas include:

• Benign prostate conditions
• Functional urology and continence care
• Female urology
• Neuro-urology
• General urology

Common conditions treated:

• Urinary incontinence and overactive bladder
• Voiding difficulties and lower urinary tract symptoms
• Prostate conditions (including BPH and prostatitis)
• Bladder pain and pelvic pain syndromes
• Scrotal conditions (including hydrocoele and epididymal cysts)
• Urological cancers (prostate, bladder, and testicular)

Procedures and treatments include:

• Urodynamic and videourodynamic testing
• Prostate procedures (Rezum, TURP, UroLift, GreenLight laser surgery, BNI)
• Botox injections for bladder symptoms
• Urethral bulking injections for stress incontinence
• Circumcision and frenuloplasty
• Vasectomy (male sterilisation)
• Optical urethrotomy and urethral dilatation
• Treatment of hydrocoele and other scrotal conditions