BENJAMIN THOMAS
MBBS (Melb.), MPhil (Cantab.), PGCert. SQIL (Harvard), FRACS (Urol.), FRCS (Eng.), FACS
Benjamin Thomas is a consultant urological surgeon with appointments at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Epworth Hospitals, St Vincent's Private Hospitals, Melbourne Private Hospital and Peninsula Health and is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He specializes in urological oncology surgery including robotic surgery.
He completed his undergraduate medical degree at the University of Melbourne. His surgical and urological training was completed at The Royal Melbourne Hospital including Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
He then completed urological oncology and robotic surgery fellowships at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge under Professor David Neal and at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm under Professor Peter Wiklund. He has also completed a Master of Philosophy in Medical Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Postgraduate Certificate in Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership from Harvard University.
He was a consultant urological surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals for six years. He performed open and robotic surgery for bladder, prostate, kidney and testis cancer. He was the lead surgeon for complex testicular cancer surgery in the Anglian Germ Cell Cancer Network encompassing East Anglia and North and East London, the lead surgeon for robotic surgery development in Cambridge and was previously Chair of the Urology Cancer Specialist Multidisciplinary Team in Cambridge.
He is actively involved in research studies including being a chief investigator and principal investigator in bladder and prostate cancer studies and was a member of the National Cancer Research Institute Testicular Cancer Clinical Studies Group. He is currently co-chair of the VCCC Penile and Testicular Cancer Multidisciplinary Team. He is actively involved in teaching and was a supervisor at Clare College and Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. He is currently on the Court of Examiners for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Fellowship Examination.
MEDICAL SERVICES
CANCER SURGERY
Benjamin Thomas performs cancer surgery for prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancer. This includes open, laparoscopic and robotic procedures and complex procedures such as prostatectomy, cystectomy, nephrectomy including caval thrombectomy and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. He also performs diagnostic procedures such as prostate biopsies, cystoscopy and orchidectomy.
ROBOTIC SURGERY
Benjamin Thomas performs robotic prostatectomy, cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion, partial and radical nephrectomy and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. He has performed over 1000 robotic procedures. He led the robotic cystectomy and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection service in Cambridge and is the one of the highest volume surgeons in Australia in these procedures. All his results have been submitted to national audits and published.
GENERAL UROLOGY
Benjamin Thomas provides a general urology service that includes
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stone disease
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lower urinary tract symptoms
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infertility
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erectile dysfunction
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elevated PSA
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haematuria
QUALIFICATIONS AND PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, BACHELOR OF SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SURGICAL ANATOMY, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
POSTGRADUATE CERTTIFICATE IN SAFETY, QUALITY, INFORMATICS AND LEADERSHIP
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (UROLOGY)
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND (AD EUNDUM)
FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
FELLOW AND CONSULTANT UROLOGIST, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
FELLOW, KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS
CONSULTANT UROLOGICAL SURGEON, ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL
CONSULTANT UROLOGICAL SURGEON, EPWORTH HOSPITALS
CONSULTANT UROLOGICAL SURGEON, ST VINCENT'S PRIVATE HOSPITAL
CONSULTANT UROLOGICAL SURGEON, MELBOURNE PRIVATE HOSPITAL
CONSULTANT UROLOGICAL SURGEON, PENINSULA HEALTH
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
MEMBER, QUEENS' COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
MEMBER, UROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
MEMBER, EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGY
MEMBER, AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Suite 122, 320 Victoria Parade
East Melbourne
VIC 3002
Phone: (03) 9070 3965
Fax: (03) 9070 3966