Speciality
Subspeciality
- Gynaecology
- Urogynaecology
Areas of interest
Pelvic floor disorders, Urinary Incontinence, Urodynamics
About
Dr Yong is a certified Urogynaecologist offering specialised services to women with pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, bladder pain, genitourinary fistula and pelvic pain or mesh related issues. He is a minimally invasive surgeon with laparoscopic, robotic and vaginal surgery skills. Dr Yong wishes to raise public awareness on pelvic floor issues and develop an individualised care plan to improve patient's quality of life. Dr Yong main clinical and research interest focusing on conservative management and native tissue surgery for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.
Consulting locations
Consulting Location
Epworth Freemasons
Level 5, Suite 5.2
124 Grey Street
East Melbourne
VIC
3002
Consulting Location
Epworth Geelong
Sessional Consulting Suites
1 Epworth Place
Waurn Ponds
VIC
3216
Epworth locations
Qualifications
- MBCHB
- FRANZCOG
- CU
Education and training
- Education of registrars and fellow in Urogynaecology
- Speaker & preceptor at RWH annual perineal trauma masterclass
- Preceptor for annual pre UGSA ASM laparoscopic sacral colpopexy workshop
- Clinical Supervisor for AGES fellow
- Faculty of education for International Medical Robotics Academy (IMRA)
- Robotic surgery proctor for Da Vince and Versus
Research
- Irregular Hexagonal Pessary Versus Portex Pessary For Management of Vaginal Prolapse - A Randomised Controlled Trial
- Bilateral sacrospinous ligament flap for apical prolapse. A cadaver & MRI study
- A non-randomised comparison of the expanded autologous Fascia Lata augmented Anterior vagina wall repair versus native tissue anterior colporrhaphy. FLAiR study
- Minimally Invasive Abdominal Sacral Colpopexy Using Autologous Fascia Lata Compared to Mesh Sacral Colpopexy for Apical Prolapse: The SCUFL Study
Professional Associations
- RANZCOG
- UGSA
- IUGA
- ICS
- Continence Foundation Australia (CFA)
- IMRA