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Urology

 

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Urology Unit Provides inpatient and outpatient services for patients living in the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) area who suffer Urology related conditions.

Services are also provided to patients referred from rural and remote areas. Children are usually managed by paediatricians with referral to Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

For more information please view the Urology outpatient service in CALHN web page.

Appointment location at RAH

Level 3, Outpatient Department, F.1 Wing 3
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Port Road
Adelaide, SA 5000

Clinics at RAH

  • Clinics operate Wednesday mornings for general urology conditions / reviews
  • Urodynamic clinics operate weekly on Tuesday mornings
  • Nurse Practitioner led clinics operate Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons

Consulting specialists at RAH

  • Dr Denby Steele – Head of Unit
  • Dr Ashani Couchman – Deputy Head of Unit
  • Dr John Bolt
  • Dr Rick Catterwell
  • Dr Jonathon Cho
  • Dr Andrew Fuller
  • Dr Diwei Lin
  • Dr Raj Singh-Rai
  • Dr Jehan Titus

Special interests

  • Robot assisted prostatectomy
  • Robot assisted partial nephrectomy
  • Prostate brachytherapy
  • Percutaneous stone surgery
  • Major pelvic cancer surgery
  • Holmium enucleation of the prostate
  • Sacral Nerve Root Stimulation
  • State-wide Pelvic Mesh Clinic
  • Reconstructive urology – Transitional, Functional
  • Urodynamics – Video-urodynamics and non-video urodynamics
  • State-wide Neuro-urology (spinal urology) Service
  • Endo-urology – Stone surgery, Botox injections

Resident staff

  • Fellows
  • Registrars
  • Resident Medical Officers x 4

Nurse Practitioner

  • Donna Clifford

Functional Urology/Urodynamics Nurse

  • Hayley Molloy

PCFA Prostate Cancer Nurse

  • Sophie Otto

Urology Ward NUM

  • Daniel Medlicott

Urology Ward Secretary

  • Olivia Siow

Waitlist Co-ordinator Urology

  • Anna Fantarella

Regular clinical meetings

  • Uro-oncology MDT (fortnightly)
    • Medical Oncologist – Dr Hsiang Tan
    • Radiation Oncologists – Scott Carruthers, Raghu Gowder, Dr Peter Gorayski, Dr Braden Higgs
    • Radiologist – Dr Simon Prowse
    • Pathologist – Dr Penny Cohen
  • Uro-radiology meetings (monthly)
  • Urodynamic MDT (monthly)

Patient referrals

Fax referral to us

We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.

All referrals are triaged by the service according to clinical urgency. Patients who are unstable and requiring immediate assessment should be sent directly to the Emergency and Trauma Centre.

To refer your patient, follow the outpatient service information, triage and referral guidelines, complete and fax a referral to us. For urgent referrals, also contact the registrar to discuss the case.

To ensure appropriate and timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details as well as relevant investigation results.

If you are concerned about any delay of the appointment or if there is any deterioration in your patient’s condition, contact the Registrar/Fellow on-call via the hospital's switchboard telephone: (08) 7074 0000 (RAH).

To make a referral:

Fax: (08) 7074 6247
Telephone: 1300 153 853

Alternate care options

Not all patients with urology problems can be offered appointments in the CALHN urology clinics. In most cases the key to appropriate management is a detailed history and examination. Options for obtaining further information regarding various urology conditions and to provide guidance for assessment, investigations and management can be accessed on health pathways.

Health Pathways

Health Pathways South Australia is an online portal designed to be used by general practice at the point of care to guide best practice assessment, management and referral of common clinical conditions.

Post discharge guidelines and information

Patients whose urology condition has stabilised or resolved and for whom no further appointment has been made will be formally discharged. If an assessment is required again, a new referral, preferably a named referral (see consultant list below) should be faxed through.

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