DENBY STEELE
MB BS FRACS
Curriculum Vitae
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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name
Denby Steele
Professional Rooms
175 Ward Street
NORTH ADELAIDE 5006
Phone
+61 8 8267 2200
Fax
+ 61 8 8267 5664
Mobile
+61 418 829 207
Web
E-mail
Professional interests
denbysteele.com.au
denby@denbysteele.com.au
Stone surgery – percutaneous & ureteroscopic laser surgery
Prostate brachytherapy – LDR & HDR brachytherapy
General Urology
Clinical computing
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
MBBS
Adelaide University May 1983
FRACS part 1
November 1984
FRACS (Urology)
May 1991
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POST GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT
1983
Internship
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Two-month terms in Urology, Casualty, Orthopaedic
Surgery, General Medicine, Night Cover, General Surgery
1984
Basic Surgical Trainee
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Three-month terms in Urology, Casualty, Neurosurgery,
Cardiothoracic Surgery
1985
Basic Surgical Trainee
Royal Adelaide Hospital/Lyell McEwin Health Service
Three months in Urology and Casualty
Six months General Surgery
1986
Surgical Registrar - Service Post
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Six months Breast, Endocrine and Lymphoma Unit
Six months Professional Surgical Unit
1987
Urology Registrar - Service Post
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Mr J Maddern, Mr J Jose, Mr I M Hamilton, Mr C Switajewski
1988
Urology Registrar - Training Post
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mr P Harbison, Mr G Burfield, Mr K Moretti
1989
Urology Registrar - Training Post
Flinders Medical Centre
Professor V R Marshall, Mr G R Sinclair, Mr A J Porter
1990
Urology Registrar - Training Post
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Mr J S Jose, Mr I M Hamilton, Mr C A Switajewski,
Mr P D Sutherland, Mr J Bolt
1991
Urology Senior Registrar
Repatriation General Hospital
Professor V R Marshall, Mr G R Sinclair, Mr A J Porter
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1992
Urology Senior Registrar/Renal Transplantation Senior Registrar
then
Urology Senior Registrar
Guy's and Lewisham Trust
London
Professor AR Mundy, Mr M Joyce, Mr J Flannery
1993
Private Urology Practice
North Adelaide
and
Locum Visiting Urologist
Lyell McEwin Health Service
Modbury Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
1994/95
Private Urology Practice
North Adelaide, Morphett Vale & Golden Grove
and
Visiting Urologist
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Modbury Public Hospital
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
1996-08
Private Urology Practice
North Adelaide & Angaston
Senior Visiting Urologist
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Modbury Public Hospital
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
2008-2011
Private Urology Practice
North Adelaide & Angaston
Senior Visiting Urologist
Royal Adelaide Hospital
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PUBLICATIONS
"A Case of a Torted Pelvic Spleen"
ANZ I Surg 1988, 58, 157-159
"The Expression of the TN Antigen in Transitional Cell Carcinomas"
Abstract printed in BJU 1991, 67, 401
"How Long Should One Receive Intravenous Fluids After A TURP?"
Abstract Printed in BJU 1993, 71, 74
“Splenic rupture after Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy”
J Urology 1996, 156
“Percutaneous Stone Surgery in the Supine Position – a neglected approach?”
J Endourology Dec 2007
"Management of kidney stone disease in New South Wales: an observational study"
Letter MJA Mar 2008,11454
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CONFERENCES/COURSES ATTENDED
Postgraduate Basic Medical Sciences Course for Pt 1 FRACS, Dunedin, New Zealand 1984
Urological Society of Australasia, 38th Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 1985
Laser Workshop Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1985
Stapling Technique in General Surgery Flinders Medical Centre, 1986
Annual State Urological Society Scientific Meetings, 1987 - 2007
International Congress of Urological Cancer Brisbane, 1987
Urology Registrar Training Course Sydney, 1988
Reconstructive Urology Workshop - Prof A R Mundy, Guy's Hospital, London
Flinders Medical Centre, 1989
The Urological Society of Australasia, 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting Melbourne, 1989
Urology Registrar Training Course, Auckland, New Zealand, 1989
Urology Registrar Training Course Melbourne, 1990
3rd National Conference on Incontinence Adelaide 1991
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Laparoscopy in Urology, Kings College Hospital, London 1992
Bladder, Prostate and Renal Cancer Update Royal Marsden Hospital, London, 1992
British Association of Urological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Bournemouth, UK, 1992
Senior Urology Registrars Group Annual Scientific Meeting, Bath, UK, 1992
International Panel Discussion on Aspects of the Management of Prostate Cancer
Royal Marsden Hospital, London, 1992
The Artificial Urinary Sphincter: Practical Issues Guy's Hospital, London 1992
Edinburgh Urological Festival Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992
Merck, Sharp and Dohme Prostate Teaching Faculty Program, Sydney, September 1993
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Broome 1994
International Society of Urology, 23rd World Congress, Sydney 1994
A Symposium on Prostate Cancer, Sydney 1995
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Canberra 1996
14th World Congress of Endourology, Melbourne 1996
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Australian Society of Impotence Medicine 1st Annual Scientific Meeting Sydney 1997
Hormone Dependent Cancers Research Group 2nd National Scientific Meeting Adel 1997
Collaborative Centre for Prostate Health Annual Meeting Adelaide 1998
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Melbourne 1998
Australasian Society of Impotence Medicine, Melbourne 1998
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Adelaide 1999
Techniques in Ureteroscopy including Percutaneous Approaches, Adelaide 1999
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Sydney 2000
American Urological Association, Annual Meeting, Atlanta Georgia 2000
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Coolum 2001
American Urological Association, Annual Meeting, Orlando Florida 2002
American Urological Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago Illinois 2003
Prostate Brachytherapy Training Course, Guilford UK 2003
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Newcastle 2004
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International Society of Urology, 27rd World Congress, Honolulu Hawaii 2004
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Melbourne 2005
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Alice Springs 2005
6th National Prostate Cancer Symposium, Melbourne 2005
Percutaneous Stone Surgery Workshop, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2005
Malaysian Urology Society Annual Scientific Meeting Johor Bahru 2005
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Brisbane 2006
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Adelaide 2006
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia, Adelaide 2007
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Townsville 2007
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand, Hong Kong 2008
World Congress on Brachytherapy, Boston USA 2008
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Sydney 2008
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand, Gold Coast 2009
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Gold Coast 2009
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons SAT SET Course
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Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Melbourne 2010
American Brachytherapy Society, Prostate Brachytherapy School, Chicago, Illinois 2010
4th Triennial Best Practice Workshop in Urological Oncology, Sydney 2010
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Perth 2011
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Special interests
Percutaneous Stone Surgery in the Supine Position
Second largest published series in the world
Work presented locally, nationally and internationally
Invited Surgeon/Lecturer Malaysian Urological Society 2005
Ran Workshop on Percutaneous Stone Surgery at Annual Scientific Meeting Urological
Society of Australia and New Zealand Adelaide 2006
Article published in J Endourology Dec 2007
Reviewer for the Journal of Endourology
Prostate brachytherapy
Prostate Brachytherapy Training Course, Guilford UK 2003
Adelaide Brachytherapy Group commenced private practice March 2004
Royal Adelaide Hospital commenced treatment September 2004
Organizing committee ASM Australian Brachytherapy Group, Adelaide 2006
Member Database committee, Australian Brachytherapy Group
Regular presentations at the Australian Brachytherapy Group ASM’s 2005 - 2011
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MEMBERSHIPS
Australian Medical Association
Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Endourology Society
Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand
International Urology Society
Continence Foundation of Australia
Australasian Brachytherapy Group
Australian Kidney Foundation
American Brachytherapy Society
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PAPERS PRESENTED
Testicular Tumours
Lyell McEwin Health Service 1985
Management of Abdominal Trauma
St Johns Ambulance Brigade, Elizabeth 1985
The Use of BCG in the Treatment of Superficial Bladder Tumours
Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1987
The Hormonal Management of Metastatic Carcinoma of the Prostate
Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1987
Medical and Surgical Management of Renal Calculi
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nurses Advanced Renal Course, 1988
LHRH Analogues in Carcinoma of the Prostate
Urology Registrar Training Course, Sydney, 1988
Current Immunotherapy in Renal Transplantation
Urology Training Course, Sydney, 1988
The Treatment of Male Infertility
Urology Registrar Training Course, Auckland, New Zealand, 1989
The Expression of the TN Antigen in Transitional Cell Carcinomas of the Bladder The
Urological Society of Australasia, 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, 1990
Recent Advances in Urology
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Surgical Grand Round, 1990
How long should one drip after a TURP?
Annual Scientific Meeting, SA Branch Urological Society of Australasia, Burra, 1991
Cystectomy after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Annual Scientific Meeting, SA Brach Urological Society of Australasia, Burra, 1991
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - Latest Treatment Options and Complications of TURP’s
London Urological Nurses Study Day, London 1992
Urological Problems Specific to the Adult Male
RDNS, May 1993
The Management of Prostate Disease
SAPMEA Adelaide 1994
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The Management of Prostate Problems
SAPMEA Adelaide 1995
Schistosomiasis
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch, Victor Harbor 1996
Urology Mini-Course
Calvary Hospital, Adelaide 1996
Urology Mini-Course
Healthscope Theatre Nurses, Adelaide 1996
Male Genital Pathology
Family Planning Course, Adelaide 1996
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
SAPMEA Adelaide 1997
Intra-Penile injections for Erectile Dysfunction
Northern Suburbs Medical Practitioners Association, Adelaide 1997
Treatment of Urinary Tract Calculi
Peri-Operative Nursing Unit Seminar, Adelaide 1998
The Management of Urinary Tract Calculi
Royal Adelaide Hospital Grand Round 1998
The Management of Urinary Tract Calculi
Modbury Public Hospital Grand Round 1998
Prostate Cancer
Modbury Public Hospital Grand Round 1999
Ca Prostate – An Update on Diagnosis and Management
SAPMEA Adelaide 1999
Prostate Cancer
Barossa Valley Public Seminar, Tanunda 1999
Percutaneous Stone Surgery-The Supine Position
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch Tanunda 1999
Percutaneous Stone Surgery in the Supine Position
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch Clare 2000
The Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi
Modbury Public Hospital Grand Round 2000
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Percutaneous Stone Surgery in the Supine Position – first 120 patients
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia Coolum 2001
Percutaneous Stone Surgery in the Supine Position – 240 patients
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia Newcastle 2004
Percutaneous Stone Surgery in the Supine Position – 261 patients
International Society of Urology, 27th World Congress, Honolulu Hawaii 2004
Men’s Health Issues in Diabetes
Diabetes Centre, September 2004
Prostate Brachytherapy
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch Victor Harbor 2005
Management of Renal and Ureteric Calculi
Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Clinical Update, Adelaide 2005
Prostate Cancer Testing and Diagnosis Programme
General Practitioner Seminar, Adelaide 2005
Prostate Brachytherapy in South Australia
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch Clare 2005
Percutaneous Stone Surgery
Percutaneous Stone Surgery Workshop Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2005
Prostate Brachytherapy
Malaysian Urological Society Annual Scientific Meeting Johor Bahru Malaysia 2005
Bladder Brachytherapy
Malaysian Urological Society Annual Scientific Meeting Johor Bahru Malaysia 2005
Percutaneous stone surgery in the supine position
Malaysian Urological Society Annual Scientific Meeting Johor Bahru Malaysia 2005
Prostate Cancer
Public Meeting Goolwa October 2005
Prostate Cancer
Nuriootpa October 2005
Prostate Brachytherapy in South Australia
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch Victor Harbor 2006
Prostate Brachytherapy in South Australia
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Adelaide 2006
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Interesting Case Presentations
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Adelaide 2006
Prostate Brachytherapy
Prostate Cancer Support Group Adelaide September 2006
Men's Health
Freemason's Dinner October 2006
Prostate Brachytherapy
Grand Round Modbury Hospital 2007
Prostate Brachytherapy
Calvary North Adelaide Hospital Nurses Education Evening 2007
Prostate Brachytherapy
Urology Trainees Education Evening August 2007
Men’s Health Issues in Diabetes
Diabetic Society September 2007
Prostate cancer what’s new?
Barossa & Gawler Prostate Cancer Support Group October 2007
Men’s Health
Public information evening, Eudunda October 2007
Prostate Brachytherapy
General Practitioner Education Evening Calvary North Adelaide Hospital 2007
Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Public Seminar on Prostate Cancer Adelaide May 2008
Prostate Brachytherapy
Mitcham Prostate Cancer Support Group October 2008
Prostate Cancer Update
Barossa & Gawler Prostate Cancer Support Group October 2008
2008 World Congress on Brachytherapy & Local Brachytherapy Update
Annual Scientific Meeting, Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch Barossa Valley 2008
Top-up Seed Implants under Local Anaesthetic
Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian Brachytherapy Group, Gold Coast 2009
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Percutaneous Stone Surgery
Calvary North Adelaide Hospital Nurses Education Evening March 2009
Prostate Brachytherapy in South Australia
General Practitioners Education Evening, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital October 2009
Brachytherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer
Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting September 2009
2010 School of Prostate Brachytherapy
Department of Radiation Oncology Royal Adelaide Hospital July 2010
Percutaneous Stone Surgery in the Supine Position
Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting September 2010
Prostate Brachytherapy SA Update
Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting September 2010
Percutaneous Stone Surgery & Prostate Brachytherapy
Calvary North Adelaide Hospital Nurses Education Evening March 2011
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UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
1986
Clinical Tutor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
1987
Clinical Tutor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
1989
Clinical Tutor
Flinders Medical Centre
1991
Clinical Tutor
Repatriation General Hospital
1992
Clinical Tutor
Guy's Hospital, London
1994
Clinical Tutor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
1995
Clinical Tutor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
1996
Clinical Tutor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
1997
Clinical Tutor
Royal Adelaide Hospital
POSITIONS HELD
Secretary/Treasurer Northern Suburbs Medical Practitioners Association 1994 - 1995
Secretary/Treasurer Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch 1996 - 1997
President Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch 1998
Convener Annual Scientific Meeting Urological Society of Australasia SA Branch
Paradise Wirrina Cove Resort 1998
Urology Intern Term Supervisor Royal Adelaide Hospital 1998 - 2004
South Australian State Committee Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1997 - 1999
Operating Suite Sub-Committee Member Calvary North Adelaide Hospital 1996 - 2011
Chairman Endourology Special Interest Group Urological Society of Australasia 2005 - 2007
Interviewer for Royal Australasian College of Surgeons SET program 2008 - 2009
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Examiner in Urology 2009 - 2011