Nathan Lawrentschuk MBBS, PhD, FRACS

Nathan Lawrentschuk is a urological surgeon and oncologist in the Uro-Oncology Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He also hasappointments at The University of Melbourne €“ Department of Surgery and Olivia Newton-John Institute for Cancer Research at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne. In 2008, he completed a Ph.D. in kidney cancer, alsocompleting his training with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and completed two additional years of training in robotic, laparoscopic and open cancer surgery at the University of Toronto, Canada at Princess Margaret Hospital, the worlds 5th largest cancer center. In completing this additional certificate, Associate Professor Lawrentschuk has now been accepted as a member of the Society of Urologic Oncology (the peak North American body for urology cancer surgery).