
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
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 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
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2008
Journal Article
Vaginal evisceration: A late complication of multiple vaginal prolapse operations
Chung, Eric (2008). Vaginal evisceration: A late complication of multiple vaginal prolapse operations. Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery, 14 (1), 63-64. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e318165dcdc
2007
Journal Article
Why potential live renal donors prefer laparoscopic nephrectomy: A survey of live donor attitudes
Chung E., Grant A.B.F., Hibberd A.D. and Sprott P. (2007). Why potential live renal donors prefer laparoscopic nephrectomy: A survey of live donor attitudes. BJU International, 100 (6), 1344-1346. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07126.x
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Eric Chung is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Technological Innovations in Addressing Male Sexual and Urinary Dysfunctions
Principal Advisor
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Master Philosophy
Immunosuppression and Urinary Tract Infection
Principal Advisor
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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
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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