Dr Roger Watson
MBBS FRACS
Adult Urology, particularly urological oncology

Special Interests

Prostate Cancer (particularly)

  • Radical prostatectomy, robot-assisted and open, including nerve sparing and nerve grafting
  • Prostate ultrasound and biopsy – transrectal and transperineal
  • Prostate Brachytherapy
  • Multimodal management of prostate cancer, including early and advanced disease

Bladder Cancer

  • Diagnosis and assessment of bladder cancer
  • Telescopic bladder preserving treatments for early bladder cancer
  • Surgical management, including radical cystectomy with continent urinary reconstruction
  • Clinical trials in early and advanced bladder cancer

Kidney and Testicular Cancer

Laparoscopic Surgery for Urological Cancers

Appointments/Affiliations

  • Chairman of Urology, Mater Adults Hospital
  • VMO Mater Private Hospital, South Brisbane; Brisbane Private Hospital, Spring Hill.
  • Senior Lecturer (Urology), University of Queensland
  • Consultant Urologist, Mater Prostate Cancer Research Centre

Background

Dr Watson trained in urological surgery in Brisbane, completing the RACS Fellowship in 1993. Following this, he undertook subspecialised training in both London and the USA.

He completed a Reconstructive Urology Fellowship at Guy’s Hospital, London, which focused on bladder reconstruction. In the United States, he completed a Urological Oncology Fellowship at the University of Miami, Florida. This involved clinical and surgical training, as well as laboratory research. He has published extensively on all aspects of urological cancer, particularly bladder and prostate cancer.

Since his return to Brisbane in 1996, he has continued to develop his subspecialty interest in the diagnosis and management of urological cancer, particularly bladder, prostate and kidney cancer.

In 2008, he became involved with the introduction of the first Da Vinci robot in Brisbane, at the Greenslopes Hospital, and as an accredited robot surgeon, has been performing both robot assisted radical prostatectomy, as well as continuing to perform open radical prostatectomy.

At the Mater Hospital, South Brisbane, he has a clinical practice in adult urology, focusing on urological cancer.

He is currently a collaborative author for the ‘International Urological Disease Classification Consensus Statement on Bladder Cancer Management.’ Research interests include clinical and basic science phpects of bladder and prostate cancer.

Practice Contact Details

The main practice office is located at the Mater Medical Centre, 293 Vulture Street, South Brisbane. (Access is from either Vulture Street or Stanley Street; carparking available via Vulture or Water Streets, or Raymond Tce, bus station ‘Mater Hill’).

Satellite Offices for Consultation

  • Carindale—Westfield Shopping Centre, Medical Court, Ground Floor
  • Everton Park—NorthWest Medical Centre, 135 Flockton Street
  • Annerley—11 Waterton Street (Specialist Centre)
  • Holland Park—1173 Logan Rd, Holland Park

Phone Numbers

Phone: (07) 3846 3536 (All administration)
Afterhours: (07) 3835 9481
Fax: (07) 3846 7399

Private inpatient care

  • Mater Private Hospital
  • Mater Adults Hospital
  • Greenslopes Private Hospital, Greenslopes
  • Northwest Private Hospital, Everton Park
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