Academic activities:
Alongside his clinical practice ben has a research interest is multidisciplinary cancer teams (MDTs), and he has written and presented work on decision making, non-technical skills, and leadership in MDTs. Ben was a founding member of BURST Urology– a group for trainee urologists working on collaborative research projects, an is now on their advisory panel. Ben’s other interests include enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and quality in healthcare.
Ben also enjoys teaching medical students, doctors and allied healthcare professionals on a wide range of topics from communication skills to MDT working to Urological Sciences. Ben has previously served as the trainee representative to the BAUS Section of Academic Urology and the North Thames Training Program Management Group.
Publications:
Alderson, Derek; Stone, Nelson; Bolton, Eva M; Lynch, Thomas H; Fletcher, Sean A; Berg, Sebastian; Trinh, Quoc-Dien; Kasivisvanathan, Veeru; Ahmed, Hashim; Cashman, Sophia; NICE Guidance. BJU International. 121:1.2018
Aref-Adib, Mehrnoosh; Vlachodimitropoulou, Evangelia; Khasriya, Rajvinder; Lamb, Benjamin W; Selo-Ojeme, Dan. UK O&G trainees’ attitudes to caesarean delivery for maternal request. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 01-May 2018
Lamb, Benjamin W; Rajan, Prabhakar. The practicing urologists’ guide to clinical research . 2018
Tan, Wei Shen, Lamb, Benjamin W; Sridhar, Ashwin; Briggs, Timothy P; Kelly, John D. A comprehensive guide to perioperative management and operative technique for robotic cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion. Urologia 84(2);71. 2017
Shah TT, O’Keeffe AG, Gao C, Manning T, Peacock A, Cashman S, Nambiar A, Lamb B, Cumberbatch M, Pickard R, Erotocritou P. A Multi-centre cohort study evaluating the role of Inflammatory Markers In patient’s presenting with acute ureteric Colic (MIMIC). International Journal of Surgery Protocols. 2017 Jan 1;6:1-4.
Lamb, Benjamin W; Violet, John; Siva, Shankar; Murphy, Declan G. Re: Radiation With or Without Antiandrogen Therapy in Recurrent Prostate Cancer. European urology. 72(2);320. 2017
Khetrapal, Pramit; Tan, Wei Shen; Lamb, Benjamin; Tan, Melanie; Baker, Hilary; Thompson, James; Sridhar, Ashwin; Kelly, John D; Briggs, Tim. The role of robotics in the invasive management of bladder cancer. Current urology reports. 18(8);57. 2017
Lamb, Benjamin W; Moon, Daniel A. From Novick to the NHS: the evolution of minimally‐invasive nephron‐sparing surgery. BJU international. 120(4); 458-459. 2017
Kasivisvanathan, Veeru; Ahmed, Hashim; Cashman, Sophia; Challacombe, Ben; Emberton, Mark; Gao, Chuanyu; Lamb, Benjamin W; Nambiar, Arjun; Pickard, Robert; Shah, Taimur T. The British Urology Researchers in Surgical Training (BURST) Research Collaborative: an alternative research model for carrying out large scale multi‐centre urological studies. BJU international. 2017
Nair, Rajesh; Lamb, Benjamin W; Geurts, Nicolas; Alghazo, Omar; Lam, Wayne; Lawrentschuk, Nathan; Murphy, Declan G. The Role of Local Therapy for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Should We Expect a Cure? Urologic Clinics 44(4);623-633. 2017
Lamb, Benjamin W; Alghazo, Omar; Murphy, Declan G. Balancing the benefits and harms of radiotherapy post-radical prostatectomy. Translational Andrology and Urology. 2017
Tan, Wei Shen; Tan, Mae‐Yen; Lamb, Benjamin W; Sridhar, Ashwin; Mohammed, Anna; Baker, Hilary; Nathan, Senthil; Briggs, Timothy; Tan, Melanie; Kelly, John D. Intracorporeal robot‐assisted radical cystectomy, together with an enhanced recovery programme, improves postoperative outcomes by aggregating marginal gains. BJU international. 2017
Tayana Soukup, Benjamin W. Lamb, S. Arora, A. Darzi, Nick Sevdalis, James S. A. Green. Successful strategies in implementing multidisciplinary team working in the care of patients with cancer: an overview and synthesis of the available literature. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2017
Wei Shen Tan, Benjamin W. Lamb, Pramit Khetrapal et al. Blood Transfusion Requirement and not Preoperative Anaemia is associated with Perioperative Complications following Intracorporeal Robotic Assisted Radical Cystectomy. Journal of Endourology. In press November 2016.
Tan WS, Lamb BW, Tan MY, Ahmad I, Sridhar A, Nathan S, Hines J, Shaw G, Briggs TP, Kelly JD. In-depth Critical Analysis of Complications Following Robot-assisted Radical Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion. European Urology Focus. 2016 Jun 17.
P Khetrapal, TW Shen, B Lamb, S Nathan, T Briggs, A Shankar, Kelly JD. Port-site metastases following robotic radical cystectomy: A systematic review and management options. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. May 2016
Tayana Soukup, Benjamin W. Lamb, S. Sarkar, S. Arora, S. Shah, A. Darzi, James S. A. Green, Nick Sevdalis. Predictors of treatment decisions in multidisciplinary oncology meetings: a quantitative observational study. Ann Surg Oncol. June 2016.
Tayana Soukup, Benjamin W. Lamb, James S. A. Green, Nick Sevdalis. Undertaking field research. Journal Clin Urol. June 2016.
Wei Shen Tan, Benjamin W Lamb, Simon Rodney, Mark Feneley, John Kelly. Management of Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Comprehensive Analysis of Guidelines from the United States, Europe and Asia. Cancer. June 2016.
Tayana Soukup, Konstantinos V. Petrides, Benjamin W. Lamb, Somita Sarkar, Sonal Arora, Sujay Shah, Ara Darzi, James S. A. Green, Nick Sevdalis. The anatomy of clinical decision-making in multidisciplinary cancer meetings: a cross- sectional observational study of cancer teams. Medicine. May 2016.
James Cook, Benjamin W Lamb, Joanna E Lettin, Stuart J Graham. The epidemiology of urolithiasis in an ethnically diverse population living in the same area. Urology Journal. April 2016.
Lamb BW, Tan WS, Eneje P, Bruce D, Jones A, Ahmad I, Sridhar A, Baker H, Briggs T, Hines JE, Nathan S, Martin D, Stephens R, Kelly JD. Benefits of robotic cystectomy with intracorporeal diversion for patients with low cardiorespiratory fitness: a prospective cohort study. Urolog Oncol. April 2016.
Wei Shen Tan, Ashwin Sridhar, Gidon Ellis, Benjamin Lamb, Miles Goldstraw, Senthil Nathan, John Hines, Paul Cathcart, Tim Briggs, John Kelly. Analysis of open and intracorporeal robotic assisted radical cystectomy shows no significant difference in recurrence patterns and oncological outcomes. Urolog Oncol. March 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2016.02.010
Tan WS, Lamb BW, Kelly JD. Evolution of the neobladder: A critical review of open and intracorporeal neobladder reconstruction techniques. Scan J Uro Neph. Feb 2016
Lamb BW, Rajan P, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the BAUS Section of Academic Urology. Editorial: Clinical Research Toolkit for Urologists. Journal Clin Urol.
Tan WS, Lamb BW, Kelly JD. Complications of Radical Cystectomy and Orthotopic Reconstruction. Adv Urol. 2015;2015:323157. doi: 10.1155/2015/323157. Epub 2015 Nov 30.
Davari M, Lamb BW, Chowdhury S, Jameson C, Kelly JD, Greenwell T. Aggressive Angiomyxoma of the Bladder Neck Requiring Local Excision and Mitrofanoff Formation. Case Rep Urol. 2015;2015:819243. doi: 10.1155/2015/819243. Epub 2015 Oct 28.
Lamb BW, Tan WS, Rehman A, Nessa A, Cohen D, O’Neil J, Green JSA, Hines JEWet al., 2015, Is Prebiopsy MRI Good Enough to Avoid Prostate Biopsy? A Cohort Study Over a 1-Year Period, CLINICAL GENITOURINARY CANCER, Vol: 13, Pages: 512-517, ISSN: 1558-7673
Ola Blach, Benjamin Lamb, Vincent Gnanapragasam, Mark Emberton, Robert Pickard, and for the BAUS Academic Section. Advancing research capacity within British urology – a joint BAUS and RCS England two-day workshop. Journal of Clinical Urology, March 2015; vol. 8, 2: pp. 81-103.
Patel K, Lamb BW, Hawkesford K, Peters JL. Acute scrotal pain and priapism: an early sign of progression in metastatic renal cell carcinoma? BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Feb 18;2015. pii: bcr2014208228. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-208228.
Tan WS, Lamb BW, Payne H, Hughes S, Green JSA, Lane T, Adshead J, Boustead G, Vasdev N. Management of node positive bladder cancer following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy: A survey of current UK practice. Clinical GU Cancer.
Patel K, Lamb B, Pathak S, Peters J. Vasitis: the need for imaging and clinical acumen. BMJ Case Reports 2014; doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-206994
Nick Sevdalis, James SA Green, Sonal Arora, Rozh Jalil, Benjamin Lamb, Somita Sarkar, Sujay Shah, Tajana A Soukup. Cancer care delivery by multidisciplinary teams – driving the evidence base forward. Nat Rev Urol. In Press August 2014.
Benjamin W Lamb, Nikhil Vasdev, Evangelos Mourtzilas, Damian C Hanbury, Tim M Lane, James M Adshead. Robotic pyeloplasty: initial experience of a single UK centre. J Clin Urol. July 2014
Ellis G, Pridgeon S, Lamb BW, Awsare N, Osaghae S, Smith S, McNicholas T, Green JSA. Psychological distress in out-patients being investigated for bladder cancer. J Clin Urol. In press July 2014
Lamb BW, Jalil R, Sevdalis N, Vincent C, Green JSA. Strategies to improve the utility and efficiency of the Urology MDT meeting: a survey study. BMC Health Services Research. In Press July 2014
Somita Sarkar, Sonal Arora, Benjamin W. Lamb, James S. A. Green, Nick Sevdalis, Ara Darzi. Case review in urology multidisciplinary team meetings: what members think of its functioning. J Clin Urol. In press March 2014.
Jalil R, Akhter W, Lamb BW, Taylor C, Harris J, Green JSA, Sevdalis N. Validation of team performance assessment for multidisciplinary tumor boards. J Urol. In press March 2014.
Marzouk S, Lamb BW, Harris A, Mecci AJ, Gan JH, Allchorne P, Green JSA. A retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with bladder cancer referred with visible haematuria: the impact of source of referral on prognostic indicators. JCU. In press January 2014.
Lamb BW, Ghani S, Sherief H, Laniado M, Karim O, Motiwala H. Collision primaries within the prostate: a unique case of adenocarcinoma and synchronous basaloid carcinoma. Hertfordshire Journal of Medicine. October 2013. In press.
Vasdev N, Lamb B, Lane T, Boustead G, Adshead J. Robotic Cystectomy: Important considerations before commencing the procedure independently. Int J Cancer Ther Oncol 2013;1(1):01017
Aref-Adib M, Lee HB, Akinnawo E, Raza MMA, Hughes A, Mehta VS, Odonde IR, Lamb BW, Yoong W. Stem cell therapy for stress urinary incontinence – a systematic review in human subjects. Archives of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. September 2013
Lamb BW, Vasdev N, Jalil R, McMenemin R, Hughes S, Payne H, Green JSA. Second line chemotherapy for advanced bladder cancer: a survey of current UK practice. Urologi Onc. In press August 2013.
Lamb BW, Jalil R, Shah S, Brown K, Allchorne P, Vincent C, Sevdalis N, Green JSA. Cancer patients’ perspectives on multidisciplinary team working: An exploratory focus group study. Urologic Nursing. August 2013.
Allchorne P, Lamb BW, Ndirika SC, Shamash J, Green JSA. Initial experience of intravesical gemcitabine for patients with high-risk superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder following BCG Failure. Urologic Nursing. In Press June 2013.
Lamb BW, Green JSA, Benn J, Brown KF, Vincent C, Sevdalis N. Improving decision-making in multidisciplinary tumor boards: Prospective longitudinal evaluation of a multi-component intervention over 1421 patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Sep;217(3):412-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.04.035.
Lamb BW, Sevdalis N. Re: Papanikolaou P, Palfreyman S, The contribution of the discrete choice experiment to our understanding of nurse decision making: Response to Lamb and Sevdalis (2011). Int. J. Nurs. Stud. (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.08.022
Jalil R, Lamb BW, Russ S, Sevdalis N, Green JSA. The cancer multi-disciplinary team from the co-ordinators’ prospective: Results from a 2010 national survey in the UK. BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:457 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-457
Lamb BW, Taylor C, Lamb JN, Strickland S, Vincent C, Green JSA, Sevdalis N. Facilitators, barriers and patient-centeredness in cancer multidisciplinary care teams: Perceptions of MDT members from a UK national survey. Annals of Surgical Oncology. Volume 20, Issue 5 , pp 1408-1416. DOI 10.1245/s10434-012-2676-9
Lamb BW, Sevdalis N, Benn J, Vincent C, Green JSA. An investigation of the effect of organizational factors on treatment decisions in cancer multidisciplinary team meetings. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Mar;20(3):715-22. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2691-x.
Taylor C, Brown K, Lamb BW, Harris J, Sevdalis N, Green JSA. Developing and testing TEAM (Team Evaluation and Assessment Measure) a self-assessment tool to improve MDT working. Annals of Surgical Oncology. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Dec;19(13):4019-27. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2493-1.
Lamb BW, Sevdalis N, Vincent C, Green JSA. Development and evaluation of a checklist to support decision-making in cancer multidisciplinary team meetings: MDT-QuIC. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Jun;19(6):1759-65. doi: 10.1245/s10434-011-2187-0.
Lamb BW, Sevdalis N, Taylor C, Vincent C, Green JSA. Multidisciplinary team working across different tumour types: analysis of a national survey. Annals of Oncology. Ann Oncol. 2012 May;23(5):1293-300. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdr453.
Lamb BW, Allchorne P, Sevdalis N, Vincent C, Green JSA. The role of the Cancer Nurse Specialist in the Urology multidisciplinary team meeting. Int Jour Urol Nursing. 2011 5:59-64. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-771X.2011.01119.x
Hanief M, Lamb BW, Rajendran I, Balasubramanian R, Wilding L, Aref F, Vashisht R. The role of breast imaging in macrolane injection- a review and report of three cases. European Journal of Radiology Extra. DOI:10.1016/j.ejrex.2011.04.011
Lamb BW, Sevdalis N, Mostafid H, Vincent C, Green JSA, 2011c. Quality improvement in multidisciplinary cancer teams: an investigation of teamwork and clinical decision-making and cross-validation of assessments. Ann Surg Oncol DOI 10.1245/s10434-011-1773-5
Powles L, Rolls AE, Lamb BW, Taylor E, GreenJSA. Can redesigning a laboratory request form reduce the number of inappropriate PSA requests without compromising clinical outcome? British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology. doi:10.1016/j.bjmsu.2011.03.004
Lamb B, Sevdalis N, Arora S, Pinto A, Vincent C, Green JSA. Teamwork and team decision-making in multidisciplinary cancer conferences: Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for improvement. World J Surg. DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1152-1
Lamb B, Wong H, Vincent C, Green JSA, Sevdalis N. Teamwork and team performance in urological multidisciplinary cancer teams: Development and evaluation of an observational assessment tool. BMJ Qual Saf (2011). doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.048660
Lamb B, Brown K, Nagpal K, Vincent C, Green JSA, Sevdalis, N. Quality of care management decisions by multidisciplinary cancer teams: a systematic review. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Aug;18(8):2116-25.
Hanief M, Aref F, Lamb B, Vashisht R. A painful perineal lump: an unusual case of ectopic breast tissue. Annals of Royal College of Surgeons. In press.
Lamb B, Sevdalis N, Green J. Re Improving patient safety in urology: An integrated approach to patient safety. BJU Int. 2010 Dec;106(11):1827. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09928_4.x.
Lamb B, Sevdalis N. How do nurses make decisions? Int J Nurs Stud. 2010 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Arora S, Lamb B, Undre S, Kneebone R, Darzi A, Sevdalis N. Framework for the incorporation of simulation into urological training. BJU Int. 2010 Sep 24. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09563.x.
Lamb B, Green JSA, Vincent C, Sevdalis N. Decision making in surgical oncology, Surgical Oncology (2010), doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2010.07.007
Nagpal K, Vats A, Lamb B, Ashrafian H, Sevdalis N, Vincent C, Moorthy K. Information transfer and Communication in Surgery: A Systematic Review. Annals of Surgery August 2010 252(2), 225-23
Lamb B, Payne H, Vincent C, Sevdalis N, Green JSA. The role of oncologists in multidisciplinary cancer teams in the UK: An untapped resource for team leadership. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01507.x
Lamb B, Vaidyanathan R, Laniado M, Karim O, Motiwala H. Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Urachal Remnant with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. Urology Journal 7(2), 138-139.
Lamb B. Quality improvement for doctors- it’s essential. J R Soc Med 102(8): 310
Lamb B, Nagpal K. Patient safety: Importance of near misses. BMJ 2009;339:b3032
Lamb B, King C, Kerr P, Adshead J. Cement burn causing vesicoarticular fistula. BJMSU (2009) 2, 215—217
Book Chapters
Sarkar S, Lamb BW, Jalil RT, Taylor C, Soukop T, Vincent C, Sevdalis N, Green JSA. Improving multidisciplinary team working in pelvic oncology. In: Pelvic Cancer Surgery: Modern Breakthroughs and Future Advances. Ed’s: Hiten Patel, Tim Mould, Jean Joseph, Conor Delaney. Springer-Verlag, London. In Press August 2014.
Lamb BW, Li CY, Tan WS, Green JSA. Management of haematuria in patients with prostate cancer. In: Haematuria – Etiology, Management and Long term prognosis. Eds: N Vasdev, G Boustead. Nova Books, New York. In press March 2014.
Green JSA, Allchorne P, Lamb BW. BARRIERS TO THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HAEMATURIA IN SECONDARY CARE. In: Haematuria – Etiology, Management and Long term prognosis. Eds: N Vasdev, G Boustead. Nova Books, New York. In press March 2014.
JSA Green, BW Lamb, P Allchorne. BARRIERS TO THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF HAEMATURIA IN PRIMARY CARE. In: Haematuria – Etiology, Management and Long term prognosis. Eds: N Vasdev, G Boustead. Nova Books, New York. In press March 2014.
Vasdev N, Lamb BW, Tadtayev S, Lane T, Boustead G, Adshead J. Nanotechnology in Robotic Urological Surgery. In: Nanotechnology. Studium Press LLC, Houston, Texas. 2013.