A/Prof Laurence Harewood

Laurence is a pioneer of Laparoscopic surgery in Urology in Australia, helping Lou Kavoussi carry out the first Laparoscopic Nephrectomy in Australia at the Freemasons Hospital in 1993. He has researched and published on minimally invasive therapy for BPH including TUNA and HIFU. In recent years he has been a well known proponent of Robotic Surgery for the prostate and kidney, commencing with Robotic Radical Prostatectomy for Carcinoma of the Prostate at the Epworth Eastern Hospital in 2005. He has been the Head of Unit of Urology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, President of the World Congress of Endourology and a Board Member of the Freemasons Hospital. He was appointed Clinical Associate Professor in Urology in the Department of Surgery of the University of Melbourne in 2008.

Epworth appointments:

Medical Advisory Committee