Overview
Background
Prof. Eric Chung 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 reproduction. He has been appointed to numerous executive positions in various national and international organizations such as the Leader for the Male LUTS section and Past Chair of the Andrology section for the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ), Past Secretary-General and Australia's representative for the Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM), Chair of the Surgical Committee and Member-at-Large at the International Society of Sexual Medicine (to name a few) as well as invited to serve on both the International Consultation on Sexual Medicine and International Consultation on Incontinence, both respective peak authority body in all matters in sexual medicine and urinary dysfunction.
Apart from being a full Professorship title holder at the University of Queensland, Prof. Chung has been appointed Associate Professor of Surgery at Macquarie University Hospital and has a Visiting Professorship at the Hong Kong University- Shenzhen Hospital. He has a public appointment as a consultant urological surgeon in the Princess Alexandra Hospital in charge of the urinary reconstructive and prosthetic urology program and serves as an Advisor on the Panel of Clinical Experts for the Australian Government Department of Health. 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 a 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 has a strong subspecialty interest in urological reconstructive and prosthetic surgery and runs an active clinical trial unit in Australia. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, is a regular speaker at major international meetings, and is a surgeon mentor for many surgeons worldwide.
Availability
- Professor Eric Chung is:
- Available for supervision
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Fields of research
Research interests
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Urology
Urinary dysfunction, BPH, urinary incontinence, bladder dysfunction, urinary reconstruction, urinary sling and artificial urinary sphincter, regenerative technology
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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 180 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Some of his international and national credentials are
1. Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ): Chair of the Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms section and Past Chair of the Andrology section
2. Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM): Australia's representative and Past Secretary-General
3. International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM): Member-at-Large, 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
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2024
Journal Article
Commentary on “Intermediate-term results of TachoSil grafting to correct residual curvature during inflatable penile prosthesis implantation in patients with Peyronie’s disease.”
Chung, Eric and Gillman, Nicholas (2024). Commentary on “Intermediate-term results of TachoSil grafting to correct residual curvature during inflatable penile prosthesis implantation in patients with Peyronie’s disease.”. International Journal of Impotence Research, 36 (3), 1-2. doi: 10.1038/s41443-024-00858-x
2024
Journal Article
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on delivery of prostate cancer care in Australia: An interrupted time series analysis
Ng Hung Shin, Brian, Tan, Samuel, Rhee, Handoo and Chung, Eric (2024). Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on delivery of prostate cancer care in Australia: An interrupted time series analysis. International Journal of Cancer, 154 (6), 1003-1010. doi: 10.1002/ijc.34759
2024
Journal Article
Recovery of iatrogenic erectile dysfunction with somatic‐to‐autonomic sural nerve graft
Chung, Eric (2024). Recovery of iatrogenic erectile dysfunction with somatic‐to‐autonomic sural nerve graft. BJU International, 133 (3), 231-232. doi: 10.1111/bju.16243
2024
Journal Article
Editorial comment on Differences in overall survival of penile cancer patients vs. population‐based controls
Chung, Eric, Shin, Brian Ng Hung and Wang, Juan (2024). Editorial comment on Differences in overall survival of penile cancer patients vs. population‐based controls. International Journal of Urology, 31 (3), 280-280. doi: 10.1111/iju.15425
2024
Journal Article
Isolated teratozoospermia: revisiting its relevance in male infertility: a narrative review
Atmoko, Widi, Savira, Missy, Shah, Rupin, Chung, Eric and Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Isolated teratozoospermia: revisiting its relevance in male infertility: a narrative review. Translational Andrology and Urology, 13 (2), 260-273. doi: 10.21037/tau-23-397
2024
Journal Article
Safety and efficacy of an α<sub>1</sub>‐blocker plus mirabegron compared with an α<sub>1</sub>‐blocker plus antimuscarinic in men with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis
Herschorn, Sender, Tarcan, Tufan, Jiang, Yuan‐Hong, Chung, Eric, Abdul Hadi, Farid, Steup, Achim and Sumarsono, Budiwan (2024). Safety and efficacy of an α1‐blocker plus mirabegron compared with an α1‐blocker plus antimuscarinic in men with lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 43 (3), 604-619. doi: 10.1002/nau.25399
2024
Journal Article
The male slings: an effective and safe alternative surgical treatment to the artificial urinary sphincter for male stress urinary incontinence?-a narrative review
Chung, Eric, Ng Hung Shin, Brian and Wang, Juan (2024). The male slings: an effective and safe alternative surgical treatment to the artificial urinary sphincter for male stress urinary incontinence?-a narrative review. Translational Andrology and Urology, 13 (8), 1673. doi: 10.21037/tau-23-13
2024
Journal Article
Global practice patterns in the evaluation of non-obstructive azoospermia: results of a world-wide survey and expert recommendations
Shah, Rupin, Rambhatla, Amarnath, Atmoko, Widi, Martinez, Marlon, Ziouziou, Imad, Kothari, Priyank, Tadros, Nicholas, Phuoc, Nguyen Ho Vinh, Kavoussi, Parviz, Harraz, Ahmed, Salvio, Gianmaria, Gul, Murat, Hamoda, Taha, Toprak, Tuncay, Birowo, Ponco, Ko, Edmund, Arafa, Mohamed, Ghayda, Ramy Abou, Karthikeyan, Vilvapathy Senguttuvan, Saleh, Ramadan, Russo, Giorgio Ivan, Pinggera, Germar-Michael, Chung, Eric, Savira, Missy, Colpi, Giovanni M., Zohdy, Wael, Pescatori, Edoardo, Park, Hyun Jun, Fukuhara, Shinichiro ... Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Global practice patterns in the evaluation of non-obstructive azoospermia: results of a world-wide survey and expert recommendations. The World Journal of Men's Health, 42 (4), 727-748. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.230333
2024
Journal Article
Effects of varicocele repair on testicular endocrine function: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Cannarella, Rossella, Shah, Rupin, Ko, Edmund, Kavoussi, Parviz, Rambhatla, Amarnath, Hamoda, Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid, Saleh, Ramadan, Harraz, Ahmed M., Calogero, Aldo E., Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi, Toprak, Tuncay, Calik, Gokhan, Crafa, Andrea, Gunes, Sezgin, Gherabi, Nazim, Kuroda, Shinnosuke, Kandil, Hussein, Gül, Murat, Boitrelle, Florence, Ghayda, Ramy Abou, Kosgi, Raghavender, Karthikeyan, Vilvapathy Senguttuvan, Russo, Giorgio I., Cayan, Selahittin, Singh, Rajender, Chung, Eric, Giulioni, Carlo, Busetto, Gian Maria and Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Effects of varicocele repair on testicular endocrine function: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The World Journal of Men's Health, 42 e92. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.240109
2024
Journal Article
Changes in testosterone levels following surgical sperm retrieval in men with non-obstructive azoospermia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Zohdy, Wael, Shah, Rupin, Ho, Christopher Chee Kong, Calik, Gokhan, Malhotra, Vineet, Erkan, Bircan Kolbaşı, Duran, Mesut Berkan, Tsampoukas, Georgios, Radion, Garaz, Saleh, Ramadan, Harraz, Ahmed M., Kavoussi, Parviz, Chung, Eric, Ko, Edmund, Boeri, Luca, Kumar, Naveen, Çayan, Selahittin, Rambhatla, Amarnath, Rajmil, Osvaldo, Arafa, Mohamed, Cannarella, Rossella, Raheem, Omer, Mostafa, Taymour, Atmoko, Widi, Hamoda, Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid, Zini, Armand and Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Changes in testosterone levels following surgical sperm retrieval in men with non-obstructive azoospermia: systematic review and meta-analysis. The World Journal of Men's Health, 42 e78. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.240129
2024
Journal Article
Rigicon ContiClassic and ContiReflex artificial urinary sphincter devices
Koca, Orhan, Güzel, Rasim, Kırkık, Duygu, İhsan Karaman, M. and Chung, Eric (2024). Rigicon ContiClassic and ContiReflex artificial urinary sphincter devices. Translational Andrology and Urology, 13 (8), 1762-1766. doi: 10.21037/tau-23-464
2024
Journal Article
The effect of three years of vitamin D supplementation on erectile dysfunction: results from the randomized placebo-controlled D-Health Trial
Romero, Briony Duarte, Waterhouse, Mary, Baxter, Catherine, McLeod, Donald S.A., English, Dallas R., Armstrong, Bruce K., Chung, Eric, Ebeling, Peter R., Hartel, Gunter, van der Pols, Jolieke C., Roberts, Matthew, Venn, Alison J., Webb, Penelope M., Whiteman, David C. and Neale, Rachel E. (2024). The effect of three years of vitamin D supplementation on erectile dysfunction: results from the randomized placebo-controlled D-Health Trial. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 60, 109-115. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.01.011
2024
Journal Article
Commentary on “Relationship between dietary niacin intake and erectile dysfunction: a population-based study”
Chung, Eric (2024). Commentary on “Relationship between dietary niacin intake and erectile dysfunction: a population-based study”. Asian Journal of Andrology, 26 (4), 439-439. doi: 10.4103/aja202424
2024
Journal Article
Male infertility: New developments, current challenges, and future directions
Gül, Murat, Russo, Giorgio Ivan, Kandil, Hussein, Boitrelle, Florence, Saleh, Ramadan, Chung, Eric, Kavoussi, Parviz, Mostafa, Taymour, Shah, Rupin and Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Male infertility: New developments, current challenges, and future directions. The World Journal of Men's Health, 42 (3), 502-517. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.230232
2024
Journal Article
Impact of varicocele on testicular oxidative stress and sperm parameters in experimental animals: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Russo, Giorgio Ivan, Saleh, Ramadan, Finocchi, Federica, Juma, Almas Ramadhani, Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi, Kahraman, Oguzhan, Söğütdelen, Emrullah, Sokolakis, Ioannis, Vishwakarma, Ranjit B., Bahar, Fahmi, Harraz, Ahmed M., Kavoussi, Parviz, Atmoko, Widi, Chung, Eric, Kumar, Naveen, Zohdy, Wael, Rambhatla, Amarnath, Arafa, Mohamed, Phuoc, Nguyen Ho Vinh, Salvio, Gianmaria, Calogero, Aldo E., Toprak, Tuncay, Pinggera, Germar-Michael, Cannarella, Rossella, Colpi, Giovanni, Abdel-Meguid Hamoda, Taha Abo-Almagd, Shah, Rupin and Agarwal, Ashok (2024). Impact of varicocele on testicular oxidative stress and sperm parameters in experimental animals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The World Journal of Men's Health, 42 (3), 563-573. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.230260
2024
Journal Article
Predicting anxiety and depression among erectile dysfunction patients: a cross-sectional study
Quang, Nguyen, Van Truong, Le, Chung, Eric, Van Quang, Bui, Long, Luu Quang, Ngoc, Nguyen Thanh, Minh, Nguyen Thanh, Anh, Do Mai, Thanh, Nguyen Dinh and Nam, Nguyen Truong (2024). Predicting anxiety and depression among erectile dysfunction patients: a cross-sectional study. American Journal of Men's Health, 18 (1). doi: 10.1177/15579883231223502
2023
Journal Article
A review of the objective cognitive function measurements in males receiving hormonal therapy for prostate cancer
Neerhut, Thomas, Shin, Brian Ng Hung, Rhee, Handoo and Chung, Eric (2023). A review of the objective cognitive function measurements in males receiving hormonal therapy for prostate cancer. Investigative and Clinical Urology, 64 (6), 521-540. doi: 10.4111/icu.20230103
2023
Journal Article
Perspective: Residual penile curvature correction during penile prosthesis implantation by plication in Peyronie’s patients
Chung, Eric and Blecher, Gideon (2023). Perspective: Residual penile curvature correction during penile prosthesis implantation by plication in Peyronie’s patients. International Journal of Impotence Research, 35 (7), 643-646. doi: 10.1038/s41443-023-00774-6
2023
Journal Article
Management of male infertility with coexisting sexual dysfunction: A consensus statement and clinical recommendations from the Asia-Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM) and the Asian Society of Men’s Health and Aging (ASMHA)
Chung, Eric, Hui, Jiang, Xin, Zhong Cheng, Kim, Sae Woong, Moon, Du Geon, Yuan, Yiming, Nagao, Koichi, Hakim, Lukman, Chang, Hong-Chiang, Mak, Siu King, Duarsa, Gede Wirya Kusuma, Dai, Yutian, Yao, Bing, Son, Hwancheol, Huang, William, Lin, Haocheng, Nguyen, Quang, Mai, Dung Ba Tien, Park, Kwangsung, Lee, Joe, Tantiwongse, Kavirach, Sato, Yoshikazu, Jiann, Bang-Ping, Ho, Christopher and Park, Hyun Jun (2023). Management of male infertility with coexisting sexual dysfunction: A consensus statement and clinical recommendations from the Asia-Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine (APSSM) and the Asian Society of Men’s Health and Aging (ASMHA). The World Journal of Men's Health, 41 (3) 230180, 1-16. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.230180
2023
Journal Article
Controversy and consensus on the management of elevated sperm DNA fragmentation in male infertility: A global survey, current guidelines, and expert recommendations
Farkouh, Ala’a, Agarwal, Ashok, Hamoda, Taha Abo-Almagd Abdel-Meguid, Kavoussi, Parviz, Saleh, Ramadan, Zini, Armand, Arafa, Mohamed, Harraz, Ahmed M., Gul, Murat, Karthikeyan, Vilvapathy Senguttuvan, Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi, Rambhatla, Amarnath, Boitrelle, Florence, Chung, Eric, Birowo, Ponco, Toprak, Tuncay, Ghayda, Ramy Abou, Cannarella, Rossella, Phuoc, Nguyen Ho Vinh, Dimitriadis, Fotios, Russo, Giorgio I., Sokolakis, Ioannis, Mostafa, Taymour, Makarounis, Konstantinos, Ziouziou, Imad, Kuroda, Shinnosuke, Bendayan, Marion, Kaiyal, Raneen Sawaid, Japari, Andrian ... Global Andrology Forum* (2023). Controversy and consensus on the management of elevated sperm DNA fragmentation in male infertility: A global survey, current guidelines, and expert recommendations. The World Journal of Men's Health, 41 (4), 809-847. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.230008
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Eric Chung is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Novel and established managements for erectile dysfunction: Revisiting diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
Immunosuppression and Urinary Tract Infection
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
Technological Innovations in Addressing Male Sexual and Urinary Dysfunctions
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
Ultrasonographic study on bladder and pelvic floor muscle tone in voiding dysfunction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges
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Master Philosophy
Ultrasonographic study on bladder and pelvic floor muscle tone in voiding dysfunction
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Hodges
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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
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