Advances in Urology: Understanding Haematuria, PSA Testing, and BPH Management
On-demand recorded 22 Jul 2024
Join our upcoming GP education webinar to gain invaluable insights into key urological topics. Learn to identify potential causes of haematuria, empowering accurate diagnosis and management. Understand PSA test results and guidelines to investigate abnormal results effectively. Explore minimally invasive surgical treatments for BPH and delve into a comprehensive overview of medical and surgical options for this common condition.
Learning outcomes
- Identify the potential causes of haematuria, enabling accurate diagnosis and appropriate management.
- Interpret PSA test results and guidelines and discuss how to investigate an abnormal result.
- Outline minimally invasive surgical treatments for BPH.
- Describe medical and surgical treatments for BPH.
Facilitator
Dr Natasha Feingold
General Practitioner
Dr Natasha Feingold is a GP from Sydney who has recently moved to the Gold
Coast, QLD and works for a specialised women’s health clinic where she has a speciality interest in chronic disease management.
She is committed to the quality medical education of junior doctors and worked for many years as a lecturer at the
University of Notre Dame School of Medicine. Additionally, Dr Feingold is an examiner for RACGP fellowship exams to ensure the next generation of GPs are providing a high standard of care. She also previously held a position on the RACGP faculty for NSW/ACT where she advocated for recently fellowed GPs and
organised wellbeing conferences for doctors and their families. Finally, Dr Feingold is also a wife and mother of two young boys which helps keeps her balanced outside of her clinic.
Speakers
Dr Jinna Yao
Urological and Transplant Surgeon - MBBS(Hons) BSc MS FRACS
Dr Yao obtained a Master of Surgery at the University of Sydney in 2014 and underwent a six-year Advanced Surgical Training for Urology in New South Wales and was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2019.
Dr Yao went on to complete her post-fellowship training in kidney and pancreas transplantation where she gained skills in complex open and laparoscopic kidney surgery. Dr Yao then completed a robotic urological oncology fellowship at Macquarie University Hospital where she underwent rigorous training in robotic surgery for kidney and prostate cancers.
Professor David Gillatt
Professor Gillatt is a specialist surgeon and Director of Medical Services at Macquarie University Hospital. Professor Gillatt is recognised as one of the world’s foremost robotic surgeons in the treatment of both prostate and bladder cancers.
He also has expertise in the discovery and optimisation of biomarkers for early prostate cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and in the effect of ketamine abuse on bladder function. Before joining MQ Health Professor Gillatt was Clinical Director of Urology at Southmead Hospital and Medical Director of the Bristol Urological Institute, where he established the Prostate Cancer Care and Research Centre.