Urology
We provide care for people with conditions of the bladder, kidney and prostate.
What we do
The Urology Unit provides inpatient and outpatient services for patients with bladder, kidney, pelvic and prostate disorders. Services are also provided to patients referred from rural and remote areas.
Procedures and services
- 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
- Statewide Pelvic Mesh Clinic
- Reconstructive urology – transitional, functional
- Urodynamics – video-urodynamics and non-video urodynamics
- Statewide neuro-urology (spinal urology) service
- Endo-urology – stone surgery, Botox injections.
Outpatient clinic schedule at the RAH.
Clinic type
Day
General urology conditions and review
Wednesday AM
Urodynamics
Tuesday AM
Nurse practitioner led clinics
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday PM
Where to find us
Outpatient Department, Level 3F.1 (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Check appointment information and screens on arrival at the RAH, for the specific location.
Who we are
Consultants
- Dr Richard 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.
Nursing team
- Donna Clifford - Nurse Practitioner
- Hayley Molloy - Functional Urology/Urodynamics Nurse
- Sophie Otto - PCFA Prostate Cancer Nurse
- Daniel Medlicott - Urology Ward Nursing Unit Manager.
Administration team
- Olivia Siow - Urology Ward Secretary
- Anna Fantarella - Waitlist Co-ordinator Urology.
You need a referral from a GP or medical practitioner to access this service.
Once your referral has been received it will be triaged according to clinical urgency.
If your referral is accepted, you will either:
- receive a letter, phone call or text message confirming your appointment time, date and location
- receive a letter confirming you have been waitlisted for an appointment.
If the referral is declined, your GP or referring medical practitioner will be notified.
Outpatient services
Find out information about specialist outpatient appointments, how to be referred, plus information when attending an outpatient clinic.
Your outpatient appointment
Contact us to:
- change your appointment time
- cancel your appointment
- find out triage status
- general outpatient enquiries.
If you need to cancel or change your appointment time, let us know as soon as possible.
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We accept GP and specialist referrals to this service.
eReferrals are preferred.
Use the Clinical Prioritisation Criteria (CPC) as a referral guide.
To ensure timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details.
The service triages referrals according to clinical urgency.
Urgent and serious referrals
If you are concerned about the appointment being delayed or if the patient's condition is deteriorating, contact the registrar to discuss.
Registrars are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Patients requiring immediate assessment should be sent directly to the Emergency Department.
Discharge guidelines
Patients whose medical condition has stabilised or resolved, and where no further appointment has been made, will be formally discharged.
If medical assessment is required again, a new referral should be made explaining the reason.