Skip to menu Skip to content Skip to footer
Professor Eric Chung
Professor

Eric Chung

Email: 

Overview

Background

Professor Eric Chung holds a full professorial academic appointment at the University of Queensland. He has also been appointed Associate Professor of Surgery at Macquarie University Hospital (Sydney) and has a Visiting Professorship at the Hong Kong University-Shenzhen Hospital. He is a certified Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ). He is widely recognized as both Australia's leading surgeon and international expert in the field of male sexual, urinary, and reproductive health.

Professor Chung is the youngest recipient of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Medal for outstanding contribution to the Society and was Past Chair of the male LUTS and Andrology sections. He serves as an Advisor on the Panel of Clinical Experts (PoCE) for the Australian Government Department of Health. Internationally, he sits in executive positions in various organisations such as the President-elect of the International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM), Chair of the Education and Research Office on Sexual Medicine (EROS) at the Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM), and member of the International Research Working Group for the American Urological Association (AUA).

Professor Chung has a public appointment as a consultant urological surgeon at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, in charge of the urinary reconstructive and prosthetic urology program. He is the first urologist in Australia to complete an Andrology Fellowship accredited by the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) in 2010. Andrology is the study of Men’s Health, relating to male urinary, sexual and reproductive functions. He also received formal fellowship training in Urinary Reconstructive and Prosthesis Surgery in 2009 from Dr Ross Cartmill OAM, who is regarded as the father of modern urologic prosthesis in Australia. He is the only urologist in USANZ invited to serve on the recent 5th International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM) and the 7th International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI). He has been invited as a speaker and surgeon mentor at many national and international meetings, and authored more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters (including 10 major international and national guidelines)..

Availability

Professor Eric Chung is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Research interests

  • Urology

    Urinary dysfunction, BPH, urinary incontinence, bladder dysfunction, urinary reconstruction, urinary sling and artificial urinary sphincter, regenerative technology

  • Andrology

    Male sexual and reproductive surgery, penile reconstruction and prosthesis surgery, stem cells, testosterone deficiency

Research impacts

Prof. Chung’s clinical areas of interest include male urinary, sexual and male reproductive dysfunctions, and urological reconstructive and prosthesis surgery. He has been invited to speak at many major international meetings, operate at many hospitals around the world, and mentor surgeons on various surgical techniques pertaining to urinary and penile reconstruction and prosthesis surgery. He runs several active clinical trials and has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Some of his international and national credentials are

1. Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ): Past Chair of the Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Andrology sections

2. Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM): Australia's executive council representative, Past Secretary-General and current Chair of the Education and Research Office on Sexual Medicine (EROS)

3. International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM): President-elect, the Chair of the Surgical Committee, member of the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine Taskforce committee, and ISSM Leadership Committee program

4. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS): Member of the Professional Standards Committee

5. Advisory role in the Australian Government Department of Health, Healthy Males (previously Andrology Australia), Continence Foundation of Australia, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, and Cancer Council

Works

Search Professor Eric Chung’s works on UQ eSpace

236 works between 2007 and 2025

1 - 20 of 236 works

2025

Journal Article

Revisiting experimental models of erectile dysfunction and their value in drug discovery and development

Wang, Hao and Chung, Eric (2025). Revisiting experimental models of erectile dysfunction and their value in drug discovery and development. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 20 (4), 499-516. doi: 10.1080/17460441.2025.2482065

Revisiting experimental models of erectile dysfunction and their value in drug discovery and development

2025

Journal Article

Individualised shockwave therapy for erectile dysfunction: importance of establishing precise therapeutic range

Giezen, Romeq BM, Chung, Eric and Ramasamy, Ranjith (2025). Individualised shockwave therapy for erectile dysfunction: importance of establishing precise therapeutic range. International Journal of Impotence Research 409, 1-2. doi: 10.1038/s41443-025-01028-3

Individualised shockwave therapy for erectile dysfunction: importance of establishing precise therapeutic range

2025

Journal Article

Global practice patterns and variations in the medical and surgical management of non-obstructive azoospermia: results of a world-wide survey, guidelines and expert recommendations

Rambhatla, Amarnath, Shah, Rupin, Ziouziou, Imad, Kothari, Priyank, Salvio, Gianmaria, Gul, Murat, Hamoda, Taha, Kavoussi, Parviz, Atmoko, Widi, Toprak, Tuncay, Birowo, Ponco, Ko, Edmund, Arafa, Mohamed, Ghayda, Ramy Abou, Karthikeyan, Vilvapathy Senguttuvan, Russo, Giorgio Ivan, Pinggera, Germar-Michael, Chung, Eric, Harraz, Ahmed M., Martinez, Marlon, Phuoc, Nguyen Ho Vinh, Tadros, Nicholas, Saleh, Ramadan, Savira, Missy, Colpi, Giovanni M., Zohdy, Wael, Pescatori, Edoardo, Park, Hyun Jun, Fukuhara, Shinichiro ... Global Andrology Forum (2025). Global practice patterns and variations in the medical and surgical management of non-obstructive azoospermia: results of a world-wide survey, guidelines and expert recommendations. The World Journal of Men's Health, 42 (1), 92-122. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.230339

Global practice patterns and variations in the medical and surgical management of non-obstructive azoospermia: results of a world-wide survey, guidelines and expert recommendations

2025

Journal Article

Global Andrology Forum Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Premature Ejaculation

Mostafa, Taymour, Pinggera, Germar-Michael, Al Hashimi, Manaf, Sahin, Bahadır, Çayan, Selahittin, Shah, Rupin, Chung, Eric, Rambhatla, Amarnath, Arafa, Mohamed, Atmoko, Widi, Raheem, Omer, Rashed, Ayman, Le, Tan V., Tadros, Nicholas, Alipour, Hiva, Ko, Edmund, Altay, Baris, Ashour, Shedeed, Moussa, Mohamad, Adriansjah, Ricky, Russo, Giorgio Ivan, Busetto, Gian Maria, Shamohammadi, Iman, Sokolakis, Ioannis, Musa, Muhammad Ujudud, Bahar, Fahmi, Çeker, Gökhan, Toprak, Tuncay, Timpano, Massimiliano ... Agarwal, Ashok (2025). Global Andrology Forum Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Premature Ejaculation. The World Journal of Men's Health, 43 e9. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.240260

Global Andrology Forum Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Premature Ejaculation

2025

Journal Article

Value of prolonged scrotal drainage after penile prosthesis implantation: a multicenter prospective nonrandomized pilot study

Osmonov, D., Ragheb, A. M., Petry, T., Eraky, A., Bettocchi, C., Lamers, K. G., Van Renterghem, K., Tropmann-Frick, M., Chung, E., Jünemann, K. P., Garaffa, G., Porst, H., Mohamed, A. G. and Wilson, S. K. (2025). Value of prolonged scrotal drainage after penile prosthesis implantation: a multicenter prospective nonrandomized pilot study. International Journal of Impotence Research, 37 (1), 87-91. doi: 10.1038/s41443-023-00710-8

Value of prolonged scrotal drainage after penile prosthesis implantation: a multicenter prospective nonrandomized pilot study

2024

Journal Article

Definition of a European pre-vasectomy scoring system to identify patients at risk of vasectomy regret

Degraeve, Amandine, Tosco, Lorenzo, Tombal, Bertrand, Roumeguere, Thierry, Beirnaert, Jeanne, Hamal, Robin, Bugli, Céline, Cosentino, Marco, Gin (Don), Lee Wai, Skrodzka, Marta, Albersen, Maarten, van Renterghem, Koenraad, Sempels, Maxime, Penning, David, Fode, Mikkel, Faix, Antoine, Waterloos, Marjan, Gomez, Borja Garcia, Carnicelli, Damien, Graziana, Jean-Pierre, Morgado, Afonso, D’Hauwers, Kathleen, Serefoglu, Ege, Manfredi, Celeste, Weyne, Emmanuel, Beck, Jack, Osmonov, Daniar, Roller, Chris, Ferreti, Ludovic ... Ward, Sam (2024). Definition of a European pre-vasectomy scoring system to identify patients at risk of vasectomy regret. Sexual Medicine, 12 (6) qfae094, qfae094-6. doi: 10.1093/sexmed/qfae094

Definition of a European pre-vasectomy scoring system to identify patients at risk of vasectomy regret

2024

Journal Article

Voiding sonography: Technical description of a novel ultrasound method for assessment of micturition in women

Dellar, Bernadette, Chung, Eric, Stafford, Ryan and Hodges, Paul W. (2024). Voiding sonography: Technical description of a novel ultrasound method for assessment of micturition in women. Sonography, 12 (1), 70-78. doi: 10.1002/sono.12478

Voiding sonography: Technical description of a novel ultrasound method for assessment of micturition in women

2024

Journal Article

Preface to “50 years anniversary of the modern artificial urinary sphincter”

Chung, Eric (2024). Preface to “50 years anniversary of the modern artificial urinary sphincter”. Translational Andrology and Urology, 13 (10 October), 2166-2167. doi: 10.21037/tau-2024-01

Preface to “50 years anniversary of the modern artificial urinary sphincter”

2024

Journal Article

Pharmacological therapies for male infertility

Rambhatla, Amarnath, Shah, Rupin, Pinggera, Germar M., Mostafa, Taymour, Atmoko, Widi, Saleh, Ramadan, Chung, Eric, Hamoda, Taha, Cayan, Selahittin, Jun Park, Hyun, Kadioglu, Ates, Hubbard, Logan and Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Pharmacological therapies for male infertility. Pharmacological Reviews, 77 (2) 100017, PHARMREV-AR. doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.124.001085

Pharmacological therapies for male infertility

2024

Journal Article

Post-vasectomy semen analysis: what’s all the fuss about?

Khalafalla, Kareim, Ho, Christopher Chee Kong, Chung, Eric, Atmoko, Widi, Shah, Rupin and Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Post-vasectomy semen analysis: what’s all the fuss about?. Diagnostics, 14 (20) 2275. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14202275

Post-vasectomy semen analysis: what’s all the fuss about?

2024

Journal Article

Prostate cancer survivorship of Australian men living with prostate cancer: Patient support programs in Australia

Ng Hung Shin, Brian, Rhee, Handoo and Chung, Eric (2024). Prostate cancer survivorship of Australian men living with prostate cancer: Patient support programs in Australia. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (10), 773-776. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-24-7141

Prostate cancer survivorship of Australian men living with prostate cancer: Patient support programs in Australia

2024

Book Chapter

Sexual function preservation with common minimally invasive surgical treatments (MIST) for benign prostate hyperplasia: A narrative review of minimal invasive benign prostatic hyperplasia technology

Shin, Brian Ng Hung, Rhee, Handoo and Chung, Eric (2024). Sexual function preservation with common minimally invasive surgical treatments (MIST) for benign prostate hyperplasia: A narrative review of minimal invasive benign prostatic hyperplasia technology. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: From Diagnosis to Treatment. (pp. 177-186) Hauppauge, NY United States: Nova Science Publishers.

Sexual function preservation with common minimally invasive surgical treatments (MIST) for benign prostate hyperplasia: A narrative review of minimal invasive benign prostatic hyperplasia technology

2024

Journal Article

A narrative review on synchronous concurrent versus delayed sequential surgery in the artificial urinary sphincter and penile prosthesis implantation

Chung, Eric (2024). A narrative review on synchronous concurrent versus delayed sequential surgery in the artificial urinary sphincter and penile prosthesis implantation. Translational Andrology and Urology, 13 (8), 1650-1656. doi: 10.21037/tau-23-22

A narrative review on synchronous concurrent versus delayed sequential surgery in the artificial urinary sphincter and penile prosthesis implantation

2024

Journal Article

Narrative review: Evolution in device technology and advances in surgical techniques on AMS 800 device in the last 50 years

Chung, Eric (2024). Narrative review: Evolution in device technology and advances in surgical techniques on AMS 800 device in the last 50 years. Translational Andrology and Urology, 13 (8), 1657-1665. doi: 10.21037/tau-23-10

Narrative review: Evolution in device technology and advances in surgical techniques on AMS 800 device in the last 50 years

2024

Journal Article

Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus

Sotelo, René, Sayegh, Aref S., Medina, Luis G., Perez, Laura C., La Riva, Anibal, Eppler, Michael B., Gaona, José, Tobias-Machado, Marcos, Spiess, Philippe E., Pettaway, Curtis A., Lima Pompeo, Antonio Carlos, Lima Mattos, Pablo Aloisio, Wilson, Timothy G., Villoldo, Gustavo M., Chung, Eric, Samaniego, Aldo, Ornellas, Antonio Augusto, Pinheiro, Vladimir, Brazão, Eder S., Subira-Rios, David, Koifman, Leandro, Zequi, Stênio de Cassio, Pontillo Z, Humberto M., Rodrigues Calixto, José de Ribamar, Campos Silva, Rafael, Smithers, B. Mark, Garzon, Simone, Haase, Oliver, Sommariva, Antonio ... Cacciamani, Giovanni E. (2024). Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus. BJS Open, 8 (4) zrae056, 1-8. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae056

Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus

2024

Journal Article

Regenerative therapy in erectile dysfunction: a survey on current global practice trends and GAF expert recommendations

Al Hashimi, Manaf, Pinggera, Germar-M, Mostafa, Taymour, Rambhatla, Amarnath, Hamoda, Taha, Shah, Rupin, Chung, Eric, Harraz, Ahmed, Arafa, Mohamed, Toprak, Tuncay, Raheem, Omer, Giulioni, Carlo, Birowo, Ponco, Boeri, Luca, Jassim, Yassir, Kothari, Priyank, Vishwakarma, Ranjit, Sahin, Bahadir, Atmoko, Widi, Gamidov, Safar, Rojas-Cruz, Cesar, Katz, Darren, Fregonesi, Adriano, Gherabi, Nazim, Zini, Armand, Ho, Christopher Chee Kong, Al-Marhoon, Mohamed S., Martinez, Marlon, Russo, Giorgio Ivan ... Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Regenerative therapy in erectile dysfunction: a survey on current global practice trends and GAF expert recommendations. The World Journal of Men's Health, 42 (2), 359-375. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.240086

Regenerative therapy in erectile dysfunction: a survey on current global practice trends and GAF expert recommendations

2024

Journal Article

Surgery for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence: Update from the 7th ICI

Averbeck, M.A., Chung, E., Collado Serra, A., Comiter, C., Guralnick, M., Herschorn, S., Singla, A. and Goldman, H.B. (2024). Surgery for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence: Update from the 7th ICI. Continence, 10 101225, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cont.2024.101225

Surgery for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence: Update from the 7th ICI

2024

Journal Article

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators, Mamun, Abdullah A., Anderlini, Deanna, Chung, Eric, Ferrari, Alize J., Santomauro, Damian Francesco, Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam, Maravilla, Joemer C., Khan, Asaduzzaman, Moni, Mohammad Ali, McGrath, John J. and Sartorius, Benn (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403 (10440), 2162-2203. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00933-4

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

2024

Journal Article

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators, Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam, Anderlini, Deanna, Chung, Eric, Maravilla, Joemer C., Lalloo, Ratilal, McGrath, John J., Moni, Mohammad Ali and Sartorius, Benn (2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403 (10440), 2204-2256. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8

Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

2024

Journal Article

What to do about recurrent urinary tract infections: A review of evidence behind emerging therapies

Wynn, Jessica, Homewood, David, Tse, Vincent, Fong, Eva, Roberts, Matthew J., Chung, Eric and Dowling, Caroline (2024). What to do about recurrent urinary tract infections: A review of evidence behind emerging therapies. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (5), 265-273. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-23-7004

What to do about recurrent urinary tract infections: A review of evidence behind emerging therapies

Supervision

Availability

Professor Eric Chung is:
Available for supervision

Before you email them, read our advice on how to contact a supervisor.

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Master Philosophy

    Novel and established managements for erectile dysfunction: Revisiting diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

    Immunosuppression and Urinary Tract Infection

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

    Technological Innovations in Addressing Male Sexual and Urinary Dysfunctions

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

    Ultrasonographic study on bladder and pelvic floor muscle tone in voiding dysfunction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges

  • Master Philosophy

    Ultrasonographic study on bladder and pelvic floor muscle tone in voiding dysfunction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges

  • Master Philosophy

    Ultrasonographic study on bladder and pelvic floor muscle tone in voiding dysfunction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges

Media

Enquiries

Contact Professor Eric Chung directly for media enquiries about:

  • andrology
  • artificial urinary sphincter
  • bladder
  • BPH
  • erectile dysfunction
  • male infertility
  • male reproduction
  • male reproductive
  • male sexual dysfunction
  • male sling
  • men's health
  • overactive bladder
  • penile cancer
  • penile disease
  • penile prosthesis
  • Peyronie's disease
  • prostate
  • prostate cancer
  • regenerative technology
  • sexual health
  • sperm
  • testosterone
  • urinary dysfunction
  • urinary incontinence
  • urinary reconstruction
  • urinary stones
  • urology
  • voiding

Need help?

For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team:

communications@uq.edu.au