Richard Gaston is the Head of the Department of Urology at Saint Augustin Hospital, Bordeaux since 1985. In 1991 he started with laparascopic surgery and in 1997, he performed the first radical prostatectomy in Europe. Richard Gaston is active member of various urological societies and on the editorial board of a variety of international journals. In his center in Bordeaux he performs laparoscopic surgery of prostate, kidney, bladder cancer and complex reconstructive prolapse surgery in women.