Dr Roger Watson
MBBS FRACS
Adult Urology, particularly urological oncology

Special Interests

Prostate Cancer (particularly)

  • Radical prostatectomy with nerve sparing and nerve grafting
  • Prostate ultrasound and biopsy
  • Multimodal management of advanced prostate cancer

Bladder Cancer

  • Diagnosis and assessment of suspected bladder cancer
  • Telescopic bladder preserving treatments for early bladder cancer
  • Radical Cystectomy including continent urinary reconstruction
  • Clinical trials in early and advanced bladder cancer

Kidney and Testicular Cancer

Laparoscopic Surgery for Urological Cancers

Appointments/Affiliations

  • Director 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 the United Kingdom 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 phpects 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. At the Mater Hospital, South Brisbane, he has a clinical practice in adult urology, focusing on these phpects of urological cancer.

He is currently a collaborative author for the ‘International Urological Disease Classification Consensus Statement on Bladder Cancer Management.’ Reasearch 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

  • 303 Wickham Tce—Athol Place, patient parking off Birley Street
  • Carindale—Westfield Shopping Centre, Medical Court, Ground Floor
  • Mt Gravatt—1973 Logan Road, Upper Mt Gravatt
  • Everton Park—NorthWest Medical Centre, 135 Flockton Street
  • Annerley—11 Waterton Street (Specialist Centre)

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
  • Brisbane Private Hospital
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