Mr Abhishek Reekhaye is a Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon specialising in robotic kidney and upper urinary tract surgery, with particular expertise in kidney cancer, kidney-preserving surgery and complex robotic reconstruction.
He graduated from Newcastle University and completed higher specialist training in Urology in South London, alongside a Master of Surgery (MCh) in Minimally Invasive Urology, awarded with Distinction. He subsequently undertook advanced fellowship training in major urological trauma at King’s College Hospital and robotic renal surgery at Frimley Renal Cancer Centre.
He then worked as a Locum Consultant at the Royal Free Hospital Kidney Cancer Centre, one of the UK’s leading centres for complex kidney cancer surgery. During his first year as a consultant, he performed more than 120 robotic kidney operations, gaining extensive experience in both routine and highly complex renal surgery.
Mr Reekhaye is now a substantive Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon at Frimley Renal Cancer Centre, a high-volume specialist centre for kidney cancer and robotic renal surgery. His practice encompasses the full range of robotic upper urinary tract surgery, including partial and radical nephrectomy, nephroureterectomy, pyeloplasty and complex ureteric reconstruction, including robotic buccal mucosal graft ureteroplasty. He has particular expertise in robotic partial nephrectomy and the retroperitoneal approach, providing direct access to the kidney while avoiding the abdominal cavity in appropriately selected patients.
He is actively involved in research, teaching and training in robotic kidney surgery and presents his work internationally, with a clinical focus on kidney preservation, minimally invasive surgery and enhanced recovery.
Conditions Mr Reekhaye treats at St John & St Elizabeth Hospital
- Kidney cancer; small and complex renal masses
- Simple and complex renal cysts
- Upper urinary tract urothelial cancer
- PUJ obstruction; ureteric strictures and obstruction
- Hydronephrosis
- Non-functioning kidneys
- complex upper urinary tract conditions requiring reconstruction
- Patients requiring kidney-preserving or minimally-invasive robotic surgery.
Treatments Mr Reekhaye offers at St John & St Elizabeth Hospital
- Robotic partial nephrectomy (kidney-preserving surgery)
- Robotic radical nephrectomy
- Robotic nephroureterectomy
- Robotic pyeloplasty for PUJ obstruction
- Robotic ureteric reconstruction for complex ureteric strictures, including buccal mucosal graft ureteroplasty
- Robotic renal cyst decortication
- Retroperitoneal robotic kidney surgery
- Ureteroscopy and endoscopic assessment of the upper urinary tract
- Flexible cystoscopy
- Renal and upper urinary tract diagnostic investigations
Additional Information about Mr Abhishek Reekhaye
- French
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) – FRCS (Urol)
- Member, British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)
- Member, European Association of Urology (EAU)
- GMC Specialist Register – Urology
Awards
- Advances in Genitourinary Robotic Reconstruction Scholarship, Northwestern University, Chicago, 2025 – first international recipient
- MCh Minimally Invasive Surgery (Urology) – Distinction
- 1st Prize, South Thames Regional Urology Meeting, 2023
- 3rd Prize, Royal Society of Medicine Urology Winter Meeting,
Selected Publications & Presentations
- Robotic distal ureterectomy and ureteric reimplantation for low-grade distal urothelial carcinoma in a patient with severe CKD – Yao M, Alzahrani H, Basile G, Shoniwa A, Patki P, Mumtaz F, Bex A, Reekhaye A, Barod R. European Urology Open Science, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/S2666-1683(25)00616-0
- Pneumomediastinum as a complication of robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy: a case report – Nafie A, Agag A, Reekhaye A, et al. Bladder, 2025
- Advanced Renal Tumours – Antoniou V, Reekhaye A. Urology News, 2025
- Localised Renal Cancer – Antoniou V, Reekhaye A. Urology News, 2025
- A Review of the Contemporary Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma – Reekhaye A, Sriprasad S, Madaan S. Journal of Clinical Urology, 2018
- Radical Surgery for Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma – Reekhaye A, et al. BJUI Knowledge, 2018
- Laparoscopic-Assisted Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Large Stone in the Pelvic Kidney – Reekhaye A, et al. Videourology, 2017
- Small Renal Masses: Diagnosis and Management – Reekhaye A, Madaan S. Urology News, 2017
- Retroperitoneal robotic partial nephrectomy in patients with severe obesity – accepted for presentation at the European Robotic Urology Symposium (ERUS), 2026
- Surveillance of Bosniak IIF Renal Cysts in the UK: A Multicentre Mapping Study of Real-World Practice – multicentre study, BAUS 2026
Research & Academic Interests
- Research interests in robotic partial nephrectomy, retroperitoneal robotic renal surgery, complex renal tumours, kidney preservation, enhanced recovery and robotic upper urinary tract reconstruction
- Collaborator with the EAU Young Academic Urologists Renal Cell Carcinoma Working Group
- Involved in NIHR kidney cancer clinical research, including the PARTIAL and VISP trials
- Faculty teaching and training surgeons in robotic and retroperitoneal renal surger
- MBBS – Newcastle University;
- MCh (Distinction) – Canterbury Christ Church University
- FRCS (Urol) – Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Substantive Consultant Urological & Robotic Surgeon, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust – Frimley Renal Cancer Centre
My approach is to treat each patient as an individual rather than simply treating a scan or a diagnosis. Being told that you have a kidney tumour, or that you may need surgery, can be frightening, and I think one of the most important parts of my role is to give patients the time to understand what we have found, what it means and what their options genuinely are.
I try to explain things in straightforward language and involve patients closely in decisions about their care. There is rarely a single approach that is right for everyone. Sometimes the best treatment is surgery, but sometimes it is surveillance, a biopsy or another minimally invasive treatment. I want patients to leave a consultation feeling that they have been heard and that we have arrived at a plan together.
When surgery is needed, my philosophy is to achieve the best outcome while doing as little harm as possible. I favour minimally invasive and robotic approaches where appropriate, with a particular emphasis on preserving the kidney whenever it is safe to do so. I also use techniques such as retroperitoneal robotic surgery where they may make the operation and recovery easier for the individual patient.
Ultimately, I try to treat people in the way I would want a member of my own family to be treated: carefully, honestly and with decisions based on what matters to them, not simply what can technically be done.