USANZ

01/06/2026

USANZ Member Sachinka Ranasinghe recently spent a week in Ethiopia with the BAUS Urolink group. Urolink has been part of BAUS since 1988 and has conducted many aid trips in Africa with the focus being on teaching/helping units so they can self sustain.

Sachinka shared the following reflections on his trip.

"We spent a week running two bootcamps to train local trainees and Urologists on emergency situations (torsion, bladder injury, boari flap, pe**le fracture) and 2 days teaching/performing supine PCNLs alongside local surgeons. It was an extremely rewarding experience and will hopefully allow the south of Ethiopia (20 million population) to have access to PCNL rather than requiring open surgery"

Thank you Sachinka for sharing this story about your important contribution to global Urology. Sachinka also supplied the below photos from his trip.

Find out more about Urolink on the BAUS website. https://bit.ly/4dUkSnn

31/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE for USANZ27! 27th February to 2nd March 2027 in Brisbane. More details here: https://asm.usanz.org.au/

28/05/2026

Early Bird Registration ends tomorrow!

Register now for the USANZ Functional Urology Symposium & Pan-Pacific Continence Society Annual Meeting.

Find out more details here:

https://www.usanz.org.au/event/fus-ppcs-2026

25/05/2026

There was strong USANZ representation at the recent National Continence Health Conference (NCHC) in Melbourne.

USANZ Members Aniruddh Deshpande and Caroline Dowling served on the Scientific Committee and presented across the program, with the USANZ Lecture delivered by Marnique Basto.

A number of USANZ members also contributed, including Janice Cheng, Liz Dally, Danielle Delaney, Jyotsna Jayarajan, Claire Pascoe, Helen O’Connell and Henry Yao.

Thank you to the Continence Health Australia team for sharing images of Caroline and Marnique presenting at the conference.

More details on the event and presentations: https://bit.ly/42XO1ce

24/05/2026

USANZ congratulates Member and former President Stephen Ruthven on his retirement from full-time practice.

A special celebration brought together colleagues and the urology community, friends and family to recognise his outstanding career and contribution to the Society.

USANZ CEO Michael Nugara acknowledged Steve’s significant impact and leadership.

We thank Steve for his service and wish him and Robin (pictured below) every happiness in retirement.

22/05/2026

Early Bird Registration ends in 1 week! Register now for the USANZ Functional Urology Symposium & Pan-Pacific Continence Society Annual Meeting.
Early Bird Registration ends on Friday 29th May.
Find out more details here: https://usanz.org.au/event/fus-ppcs-2026

20/05/2026

During Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, media coverage continues to build following USANZ's recent press release.

An article published by Starts At 60 shares a powerful patient story and highlights the importance of early detection.

USANZ thanks A/Prof Weranja Ranasinghe for his advocacy.

Read more:

When 75 year old Phil Neven noticed a rust coloured tinge in his urine, he initially thought it might be kidney stones. It wasn't. It was bladder cancer.

18/05/2026

At the 94th Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) hosted by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, two past USANZ Presidents were recognised for their outstanding contributions to surgery.

Professor Prem Rashid received the Sir Alan Newton Surgical Education Medal, while Professor Helen O’Connell was awarded the ESR Hughes Award, presented by the RACS President at the time of the ceremony, Prof Owen Ung.

USANZ congratulates both on these well-deserved honours and thanks RACS for supplying the photos.

16/05/2026

If you are at , support your USANZ colleagues by attending the BAUS-BJUI-USANZ Joint Session at 1pm TODAY!
More details here: https://usanz.org.au/event/usanz-joint-session-at-aua-2026