Dr Anojan Navaratnam
MBBS, BSc (MedSc)(Hons), FRACS (Urol)
Consulting Locations
Operating Locations
Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton
St Andrews War Memorial Hospital
Qualifications
Professional Memberships and Registration
Other Appointments
Special interests
Dr Navaratnam specialises in robotic surgery for kidney cancer (including cancers with extension into the vena cava), bladder cancer (including ileal conduit and neobladder urinary diversion), prostate cancer (including nerve sparing surgery) and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer.
He also performs HoLEP and Rezum for benign prostate enlargment and surgery for complex kidney stone disease.
He is the only surgeon in Queensland to have experience in the use of robotics for complex surgery including vena cava tumour thrombus surgery and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.
Read more about the procedures Dr Navaratnam has a special interest in below.
Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
Training and medical education
After growing up in Brisbane, Dr Navaratnam moved to Sydney to complete medical school where he graduated with honours from the University of New South Wales. He then returned to Brisbane and completed his formal urological training.
Dr Navaratnam has extensive experience in robotic and laparoscopic surgery and endourology. He has obtained extra experience in addition to basic urological surgery, including a Laparoscopic and Robotic Fellowship at Princess Alexandra Hospital and Queensland Robotic Surgery (QRS) unit at Greenslopes Private Hospital, and an Endourology/Minimally Invasive Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Arizona.
Dr Navaratnam is the only Urologist in Queensland and one of few in Australia to have worked at Mayo Clinic. He is the only Urologist in Queensland with training certified by the Endourological Society. He was mentored by world leading surgeons, Dr Erik Castle, Dr Mitchell Humphreys, and Dr Paul Andrews.
He has published in the urologic literature and has presented his research at the American Urological Association annual meeting, World Congress of Endourology, and North American Robotic Urology Symposium.
Dr Navaratnam is a consultant Urologist and robotic surgeon at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. He holds a senior lecturer position with the University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine and mentors future urologists.
Dr Navaratnam is passionate about the health of Queenslanders and ensuring the best outcomes for his patients. He wants to ensure patients in regional Australia have access to state of the art urological care. He has previously spent four years of medical and surgical training in regional towns including Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Hervey Bay, Rockhampton and Mackay.
Outside of work, Dr Navaratnam enjoys spending time with his family and friends and is happy to talk to any patient about any sport.
