Mr Joe

Mr Joe Philip is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Bristol Urological Institute, based at Southmead Hospital. He has a broad experience in general and diagnostic urology, which includes helping his patients identify reasons for blood in urine, raised prostate blood test (PSA) levels, recurrent urinary infections and urinary flow problems. Mr Philip’s specialist expertise is in the minimally invasive treatment of kidney stones (endoscopic and percutaneous) and endoscopic upper tract urothelial cancer management. He is the Stone Unit Lead at the European training centre for Stone disease at Southmead Hospital, leading a team of 15 which includes trainee registrars, junior doctors, lithotripsy radiographers and nurses; as well as the only fixed site Lithotriptor in the Southwest England. He has developed the unit into one of the highest volume centres in UK with impressive treatment success rates. Following his higher surgical training in Merseyside (Wirral, Cheshire and Liverpool), he completed a Sub-Specialist Clinical Fellowship in Endourology and Laparoscopic Kidney surgery at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Birmingham, before joining the Consultant faculty at the Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital and University of Bristol in 2011. His research interests are in socio-demographic causes of recurrent stone disease, evaluating risk factors for sepsis, increased hospital stay and morbidity in patients who undergo stone procedures. Other areas of interest include assessing techniques and factors to improve stone treatment success. He has published 92 articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals, and currently serves as a scientific reviewer for 11 indexed journals. He is also the Educational Lead for Urology at the Bristol Urological Institute, maintaining excellence in training and research among the urological trainees.

Broad experience in general and diagnostic urology, which includes helping patients identify reasons for blood in urine, raised prostate blood test (PSA) levels, recurrent urinary infections and urinary flow problems. Specialist expertise in the minimally invasive treatment of kidney stones (endoscopic and percutaneous) and endoscopic upper tract urothelial cancer management.