Dr Jason Ooi
MBBS (Hons) FRACS( Urology)
Jason graduated from The University of Melbourne in 1995 with honours. He served his residency and completed 2 years of Advanced General Surgery training at Austin Health. He was awarded his Urology Fellowship in 2004 after 3 years of Advanced Urology training in Melbourne. He worked in Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia and Royal Surrey County hospital, United Kingdom from 2005-2006 to advance his interests in Laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery and Uro-oncology. He undertook Advance Laparoscopy courses in Paris. He has also traveled to USA for Da Vinci Robotic system training in California and Prostate Cancer Brachytherapy treatment in Seattle.
He has been a Consultant Urologist since December 2006, working at Western Health, Epworth Freemasons, St Vincents Private and Western Private hospitals. He has done over 500 laparoscopic prostate and renal tract operations. He participates regularly in multidisciplinary meetings, unit research activities and was a supervisor of urology training at Western Health for 6 years. He is a regular instructor facilitating Minor Surgery courses for General Practitioners and Laparoscopic courses for Urology trainees at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He has presented at local, national and international conferences with numerous research publications.
He is a member of Urological Society of Australia & New Zealand, European Association of Urology and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Publications
Extensive Urinary System Lymphoma Delineated by Coronal Computed Tomography- J Ooi, M Elmes , N Lawrentchuk. The World Scientific Journal (2004)4, 1014-1016.
Training model for open or laparoscopic pyeloplasty. J Ooi, N Lawrentschuk, DL Murphy. J Endourol. 2006 Feb; 20(2): 149-151
Cystoscopy in women with recurrent urinary tract infection. N Lawrentschuk, J Ooi, A Pang, K Naidu, D Bolton. International Journal of Urology. 2006; 13: 348-351
The impact of previous TURP/Bladder neck surgery on Laparaoscopic radical prostatectomy. C Eden, D Moon, J Ooi, A Richards. BJU International. 2006; Accepted for publication
Precise application of fibrin glue into a fistula between the rectal stump and urinary bladder: a new technique. Jason Ooi , John Stanley, Nathan Lawrentschuk. Am J Case Rep 2008; 9 CR178-181
Urinary catheter balloons should only be filled with water: testing the myth. James Huang, Jason Ooi, Lih Ming Wong. BJU international. June 2009.
The Australian Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Learning Curve. M Handmer, J Ooi, M Louie-Johnsun et al. ANZ J Surg 88 (2018) 100. March 2017
Published Abstracts
Investigating young women with recurrent urinary tract infection . BJU supplement. April 2005.
Training model for pyeloplasty and radical prostatectomy . ANZ Journal of Surgery. May 2003.
Laparoscopic surgery, safe for obese men. Renal and Urology News. June 1, 2006
Presentations
Laparoscopic vs Open radical prostatectomy. A review of outcomes at Western Health. USANZ Victoria scientific meeting 2007
Comparison of Transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches in Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for Renal cell Carcinoma. USANZ Victoria Scientific meeting 2011
Comparative outcomes of continuous and interrupted vesico-urethral anastomosis during Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. USANZ Annual scientific meeting Melbourne. April 2013
Duration and impact of delay for patients undergoing ureteroscopic biopsy of upper tract TCC. USANZ Victoria Scientific Meeting 2013
Robotic partial cystectomy for bladder pheochromocytoma. UAA UAE Dubai meeting 2023