trained in Medicine in South Africa qualifying in 1987

specialised in Urology in South Africa qualifying in 1993

trained as a Senior Registrar in the UK between 1993 and 1995

trained in laparoscopic surgery in Leeds UK and in France at IRCAD Strasbourg

trained in Robotic Surgery in Geneva, France and Sunnyvale, California

received a British Urological Foundation Scholarship to Health Science Centre, San Antonio, Texas in 1997

previously Consultant Urologist & Clinical Director at The Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire Urology Cancer Centre, United Kingdom from 1996 until 2014

Dr Boustead directed the Netcare Da Vinci Robotic Surgery program in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 2014 to 2018.

Dr Boustead led a team at Pretoria Urology Hospital that performed the first Da Vinci robotic prostatectomy in South Africa in October 2013

in 2015 he performed the first Robotic assisted cystectomy and total bladder reconstruction in South Africa.

has trained and accredited  28 surgeons at Netcare Robotic Centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and Pretoria Urology Hospital. 

Principal and or co-investigator in  22 trials.

has published over 45 papers in International Journals, with over 20 about prostate cancer

has lectured in the UK, USA, China, Canada, Europe, Australia and South Africa.

served on the Executive Committees of BAUS Oncology, World Uro-Oncology Federation and NCIN UK