Prof Nathan Lawrentschuk (Urologist, Urologic Oncologist and Robotic Surgeon)

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Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk MBBS, FRACS PhD, is a urologist and urologic-oncologist who graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1996 and trained in Urology in Victoria. He furthered his training with both research and clinical fellowships in Uro-oncology including robotic surgery for two years at the University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada- the world’s 5th largest cancer centre where he obtained a Society of Urologic Oncology Fellowship. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2010 for research into advanced oncology and PET-CT imaging at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.

He is Director of Urology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Urology and Director of the EJ Whitten Prostate Cancer Research Centre at Epworth Hospital as well as being a Urologic Oncologist in the Division of Cancer Surgery at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Nathan’s chief research and clinical interests are in the biology and clinical management of urologic tumours. He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed articles, eighteen book chapters and is frequently invited to speak nationally and internationally. He has served as the Vice-Chairman of the World Urologic Oncology Federation and is a member of the Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) Young Innovators Committee. He co-founded the Bladder Cancer Australia Charity Foundation (Bladdercancer.org.au) and serves on a number of national cancer and tumour professional and patient groups including the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

Nathan has a special interest in cancer undertaking high-risk surgery of the prostate, kidney, bladder and testis including retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) as well as being comfortable with active surveillance of many cancers where appropriate. He has also helped develop focal therapy of the prostate over the past decade to minimise treatment harm to men with prostate cancer. He is the Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Supplement for the BJU International and serves on many international journal editorial boards. He founded the young Urologists Research Organisation to foster and develop research by young doctors interested in urology in Australia. He supervises many higher degree students undertaking PhD, Doctorate and Master’s research into areas such as imaging, focal therapy and penile cancer. Profiles:

Google scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cczlnBMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

University of Melbourne https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/18867-nathan-lawrentschuk

Linked In

https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-professor-nathan-lawrentschuk-mb-bs-phd-fracs-urol-069b2a2a/?originalSubdomain=au

Hospital Affiliations
Royal Melbourne Hospital- Melbourne
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - Melbourne
Epworth Healthcare- Melbourne
Affiliated Clinics
Epworth Freemasons
Affiliated Organisations
Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ)
Society of Urologic Oncology
European Association Urology
American Urology Association
Canadian Urology Association
Societie Internationale Urologe
Bladdercancer.org.au
Affiliated Universities
University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery
Medical Conditions
Oncology
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Stones
Medical Interventions
Robotic Surgery
Focal Therapy
Laser Surgery
Populations Treated
Adult
Topics
Cancer and minimising harm via focal therapy and active surveillance
Postal Address
Suite 188, Level 1, 55 Flemington Road
North Melbourne, VIC, 3051
Australia

Practice Locations

Melbourne

Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk
Chelsea zHouse
118 Level 1
55 Flemington Road
North Melbourne VIC 3051 
Australia
Epworth Freemasons - Victoria Parade
Suite 103 1
320 Victoria Parade
East Melbourne 3002 
Australia

Publications