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20190827_SDP_0321.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Director, UroRenal and Vascular Clinical Institute Associate Professor Laurence Harewood trained in General Surgery and Urology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Webb.David_cropped.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Urologist A/Professor David Webb is a Urologist practising at Epworth Freemasons, Austin Health, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre and is also Urologist, RAAF Specialist Reserve. Lenaghan.dan_cropped.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Urologist Dan’s first experience in PCNL was as a cardiothoracic resident when called to drain a hydrothorax after an upper pole puncture. He went on to urology training in NSW where he learnt prone PCNL. His endourology fellowship was at Stepping Hill, Manchester - a European centre for training in supine PCNL. He returned to St Vincent’s, Melbourne, and assisted with that unit’s transition from prone to supine as the default PCNL approach. He was an early adopter of mini and tubeless PCNL. He has a strong interest in using ultrasound guidance for renal puncture. He is also interested in the use of combination stone treatments techniques (ESWL, retrograde pyeloscopy and PCNL) to improve stone clearance outcomes at a single setting. He has undertaken research in Australian stone epidemiology and the relationship of stone disease with obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Steele.Denby_cropped.jpg Organisation: Royal Adelaide Hospital Position: Urologist Mr Denby Steele trained in Adelaide, South Australia, worked in London for 12 months and has spent 23 years in public and private Urological practice in Adelaide. He developed an early interest in percutaneous stone surgery in the supine position in 1999 and for some years had the second largest published series. He has enthusiastically lectured, taught and performed percutaneous stone surgery in the supine position around Australia and overseas. He is Director of Endourology and Stone Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital where trainees and fellows learn his technique. He established the public and private prostate brachytherapy services in Adelaide. He was the inaugural chairman of the Endourology Specialist Advisory Group, has been Chairman of the South Australian and Northern Territory Branch of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand and is an examiner in Urology for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Denby and his lovely wife Natalie have six children and are keen sailors. Bariols.Simon_Cropped.jpg Organisation: Westmead Public and Private hospitals Position: Urologist Dr Bariol serves as a Consultant urological surgeon at Westmead Public and Private hospitals in Sydney, and is a Senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. Jamie Kearsley photo.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Urologist Mr. Jamie Kearsley graduated M.B., B.S. from The University of Melbourne in 1992, following his resident training at St Vincent’s Hospital he undertook two years of general surgical training before completing his urology training at Geelong, Royal Melbourne and St. Vincent’s Hospitals. Kourambas.John_cropped.jpg Organisation: Monash Hospital Position: Urologist After completing surgical and urological training in Melbourne Mr. John Kourambas completed 2 fellowships overseas, first in Oxford in the UK then as the Endourology Fellow at Duke University Medical Centre in the USA. He is currently a senior consultant at Monash Hospital. He has a sub-specialty interest in endourology and is widely published. He has a particular interest in percutaneous stone surgery and a busy practice involving many tertiary referral cases. He is the current chair of the USANZ Endourology Special Advisory Group and is thus involved in training and education locally, nationally and internationally. CATFORD, John photo 26062014.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Executive Director, Academic and Medical Professor John Catford commenced as Executive Director, Medical Services for the Epworth HealthCare Group in February 2013. He has a broad portfolio of work including: |
