Waverley Private Hospital would like to introduce Associate Professor Weranja Ranasinghe an Australian-trained urologist and uro-oncologic surgeon with a public and private practice in Melbourne, Australia. He is a consultant urologist at Monash Health with joint academic appointments at Monash University and La Trobe Universities.
Weranja treats patients with general urologic conditions including kidney stones and urinary symptoms and has a special interest in urologic cancers, especially prostate cancer. He offers personalised treatment to his patients including advanced robotic, laparoscopic, and open surgery.
Weranja completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) degree at the University of Bristol (UK) in 2006 and received membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS Ed) in Edinburgh (UK) in June 2008. He was awarded his PhD at University of Melbourne for his work in advanced prostate cancers and received Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS Urology) in 2019. He then undertook a 2-year fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center (ranked the number one cancer centre in the US) in advanced oncologic surgery including robotic, laparoscopic, and open surgery through the highly competitive Society of Urological. This helped him consolidate his experience in caring for patients with urologic cancers, including advanced cancer surgery with leaders in the field and build on the emphasis on patient-centred care.
He is a member of several Australian and international societies including the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and international societies Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) (US), American Urology Association (AUA), Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (UK) and the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP).