Dr. Luke Wang is an Australian-trained and accredited urologist specialising in the management of urological cancers, benign prostate enlargement, and stone disease amongst a wide range of general urological conditions. 

Utilising modern robotic, minimally-invasive and endourology techniques, Luke is committed to helping his patients achieve the best possible outcomes based on the latest scientific research.

Luke obtained his medical degree from the University of Melbourne and completed his residency years at Eastern and Monash Health in Melbourne. Luke then underwent advanced urological training interstate and gained extensive experience in large tertiary centres across a number of states of Australia including NSW, ACT and VIC. In his fellowship year, Luke underwent further training in complex uro-oncology and robotic surgery through St Vincent’s Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Luke is also the primary urologist for the Renal Transplant Service at St Vincent's Hospital.

In addition to clinical work, Luke has a passion for evidence-based medicine and is actively involved in research and teaching. Luke has authored numerous articles in respected medical journals as well as book chapters. He has presented his work at national and international conferences. Luke is well respected as a mentor and clinical supervisor through his involvement in teaching and recruitment of junior doctors. Luke is the Supervisor of Training for next generation of urologists at St Vincent's Hospital.

Luke was nominated for 2023 John Billings Consultant of the Year Award at St Vincent's Hospital.

Outside of work Luke enjoys spending time with his young family and has a keen interest in basketball and golf.

Luke is also fluent in Mandarin (普通话).

Uro-Oncology (Cancer) Treatments

Dr Wang treats patients using an open or minimally invasive (laparoscopic/robotic) approach for:

• Kidney cancer,
• Bladder cancer,
• Prostate cancer, and
• Other cancers (testicular and penile cancer)

Urological Management

Dr Wang also treats other urological conditions that are both non-surgical and minor surgical including the management of 

• Enlarged Prostate,
• Kidney Stone Disease
• General Urology,
• Voiding Dysfunction,
• Men's health (ie scrotal swelling, erectile dysfunction, vasectomy and circumcision)

Qualifications

• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Urology)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy - University of Melbourne
• Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc) – University of Melbourne 
• Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – University of Melbourne

Current Hospital Appointments 

Public Hospitals

• St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
• Box Hill Hospital
• Maroondah Hospital
• Angliss Hospital
• Yarra Ranges Health
• Goulburn Valley Health
  

Private Hospitals

• St Vincent’s Private Hospital (Fitzroy and East Melbourne)
• Epworth Eastern Hospital
• Epworth Freemasons Hospital
• Waverley Private Hospital
• Mulgrave Private Hospital
• Knox Private Hospital
• Shepparton Private Hospital

Teaching Activities

• St Vincent’s Surgical Society – Mentoring program (2022)
• St Vincent’s Hospital Surgical HMO Interviews (2022)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy - Anatomy demonstrator (2014)

Courses/Scientific Meetings 

• International Medical Robotics Academy Da Vinci Robot Training (2022)
• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting (2016-2021)
• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) NSW Section Meeting (2018-2021)
• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Victorian Section Meeting (2014-2016)
• Congress of Société Internationale d’Urologie (2017)
• Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference (2016)

Research

Dr Wang has a strong interest in clinical outcomes research. 

He has presented on numerous occasions at national and international meetings, with many of his studies published in peer-reviewed journals. 

This enables him to keep abreast of the latest knowledge and technique in order to provide optimal patient outcomes.

Publications

Necrotising granulomatous mass of the foreskin with inguinal lymphadenopathy: a rare presentation of syphilis

• C. Pham, LL Wang, P. Rathore
• Manuscript under revision at BMJ Case Reports

Patterns of care and outcomes for men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Victoria: an update

• LL Wang, K. Begashaw, M. Evans, A. Earnest, S. Evans, JL Millar, D. Murphy, D. Moon
• ANZ Journal of Surgery 2018 Oct;88(10):1037-1042.

Survival outcomes of younger men (<55 years) undergoing radical prostatectomy

• L. Tan, LL Wang, W. Ranasinghe, R. Persad, D. Bolton, N. Lawrentschuk, S. Sengupta
• Prostate International 2018 Mar;6(1):31-35.

Survival outcomes in elderly men undergoing radical prostatectomy in Australia

• W. Ranasinghe, LL. Wang, R. Persad, D. Bolton, N. Lawrentschuk, S. Sengupta
• AZN Journal of Surgery 2018 Mar;88(3): E189-E193. 

‘ProtecTion’ from overtreatment: does a randomized trial finally answer the key question in localized prostate cancer?

• LL. Wang, C. Wallis, N. Sathianathen, N. Lawrentschuk, D. Murphy, R. Nam, D. Moon
• BJU International 2017 Apr;119(4):513-514.

Patient participation in the decision-making process of localised prostate cancer treatment - the decision-making role of the patient

• LL Wang, W. Ranasinghe
• Australasian Journal of Information Systems Vol 21 (2017) https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v21i0.1382

Perforation of a Meckel’s diverticulum by a foreign body with diverticulitis

• LL. Wang, Y. Al-Habbal, AS. Hassen
• Medical Research Archives, Vol. 4, Issue 5, September 2016

Metastatic melanoma of the urinary bladder: case report

• LL Wang, M. Hong, S. Appu, J. Huang
• Jacob’s Journal of Clinical Case Reports. 2016, 2(2): 032.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the urinary bladder: A case report

• S. Tanny, LL Wang, H. Liddell, A. Longano, S. Appu, S. Shahbaz
• Urology Case Reports. 2016 May; 6: 58–59

Pulse granuloma mimicking recurrent upper tract urothelial carcinoma

• S. Tanny, LL Wang, H Liddell, B. Norris, S. Appu, J. Huang
• ANZ Journal of Surgery 2016 Mar 16. doi: 10.1111/ans.13462

Incidental finding of a rare urachal pathology:  Urachal mucinious cystic tumour of low malignant potential

• LL. Wang, H. Liddell, S. Tanny, B. Norris, S. Appu, D. Pan
• Case Reports in Urology. 2016; 2016: 5764625

A case of giant prostatic hyperplasia 

• LL Wang, P. Davis, K. McMillan
• Asian Journal of Urology. Volume 3, Issue 1, Jan 2016, Pages 53–55

A rare case of concurrent penile and spinal schwannomas 

• LL. Wang, A. Arachchi, A. Makris
• Urology Annals. 2015 Dec 07. DOI 10.4103/0974-7796.176870

A rare case of spontaneous splenic rupture

• A. Arachchi, L. Van Shoor, LL. Wang, C. Smith, L. Heng
• ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2015 Jun 15. DOI: 10.1111/ans.13192

Three Patterns of Fronto-orbital Remodeling for Metopic Synostosis: Comparison of Cranial Growth Outcomes

• M. Seruya, S. Shen, LL. Wang, A. Penington, A. Wray, A. Greensmith, A. Holmes, D. Chong
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - 2014 Nov;134(5):787e-795e

Two decades of percutaneous transjejunal biliary intervention for benign biliary disease: a review of the intervention nature and complications

• D. Fontein, R. Gibson, N. Collier, G. Tse, LL. Wang, T. Speer, R. Dowling, A. Robertson, B. Thomson and A. de Roos
• Insights into Imaging, 2011, Volume 2, Number 5, Pages 557-565

Presentations

 Comparison of sepsis rates in patients receiving preoperative gentamicin or cefazolin antibiotic prophylaxis undergoing ureteroscopic stone surgery (Nov 2019)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) NSW Section Meeting 2019

An update of patterns of care and outcomes for men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Victoria (Feb 2018)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) 71st Annual Scientific Meeting

Female gender is associated with higher mortality after radical cystectomy for organ-confined bladder cancers in UK: A population-based study (Feb 2017)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) 70th Annual Scientific Meeting

Hospital episode costs: A practical framework in a Victorian public hospital (Feb 2017)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) 70th Annual Scientific Meeting

Survival outcomes in older men undergoing radical prostatectomy in Victoria (Feb 2017))

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) 70th Annual Scientific Meeting

Clinical outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma with venous tumour thrombus: 10-year single centre experience (Feb 2017)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) 70th Annual Scientific Meeting

Clinical outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma with venous tumour thrombus: 10-year single centre experience (Oct 2016)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Victorian Section Meeting

Patient participation in the decision-making process of localised prostate cancer treatment - the decision-making role of the patient (Sep 2016)

• Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference 

Survival outcomes in older men undergoing radical prostatectomy in Victoria (Sep 2016)

• Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference 
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Is CT IVP required to detect upper tract urothelial carcinoma? (Apr 2016)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) 69th Annual Scientific Meeting

The impact of extended thromboprophylaxis on the risk of venous thromboembolism after open radical prostatectomy (Apr 2016)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) 69th Annual Scientific Meeting

Is CT IVP required to detect upper tract urothelial carcinoma? (Nov 2015)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Victorian Section Meeting

The utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of complex renal lesions - poster presentation (Oct 2014)

• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Victorian Section Meeting

Book & Chapter Contributions

Cases in Urology (Book chapter)

• Clinical Integration – Surgery
• Scion Publishing (2020)

Basics of rigid cystoscopy and techniques of suprapubic catheter insertion (Book chapter)

• Surgical Procedures for Core Urology Trainees
• Springer International Publishing 2018 10.1007/978-3-319-57442-4