Henry Woo
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Academic Urologist. BPH and prostate cancer RACS Fellowship-elected Councillor Head, Dept Urology, Blacktown Hospital. Director, Uro-Oncology, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Conjoint Professor, Western Sydney University Honorary Professor, ANU Opinions my own.
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Another example of the very sad state of affairs when it comes to finding bona fide medical information with current US Govt administration.
#PubMed
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Surgical News congratulates A/Prof Anthony Glover on the 2024 RACS John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship! His work targets gene mutations in advanced thyroid cancer to broaden therapy access. In partnership with the ANZ Registry, his team is advancing equity in surgical oncology. bit.ly/4mF2kdM
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Really proud of our research team at Blacktown Hospital.
Prior to tonight’s deadline, they have submitted close to 15 abstracts to the USANZ Annual Scientific Meeting to be held in Melbourne in February 2026. #USANZ26
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“Justice Abraham found he had engaged in unethical conduct, prioritised money, fame, reputation and numbers over his patients, provided negligent post-operative care, used improper sales tactics and misled his patients, among other sins.”
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Rightsizing the reputations of shonks, shysters and war criminals comes at a cost
This latest win is truly a landmark victory for the media, but if history is a guide lawyers will still line up to indulge wealthy clients trying to save tattered reputations.
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To quote “The positive media coverage his practice had enjoyed needed correcting, and the investigation revealed another side of his practice.”
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Unfortunate that this behaviour still exists and sorry if your own experience hasn’t been ideal.
This type of behaviour is not acceptable and should be stamped out.
That all said, I’m confident that things have changed and that this represents outlier rather than typical surgical behaviour.
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The Epidemic of Men Medically Unfit for Transurethral Resection of the Prostate Has Come to an End.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40586587/
We have previously described when there appeared to be an epidemic of men medically unfit for TURP
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35534997/
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A root cause of these delayed cancer diagnoses is the underfunding of resources for western Sydney hospitals.
Under resourced facilities are not the first choice of a place to work and no wonder there are critical staff shortages.

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‘Not manageable’: Patients waiting up to a year for cancer diagnoses at Sydney hospital
A woman diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer after 363 days is among dozens of cases which have led doctors at one of Sydney’s biggest hospitals to sound the alarm.
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RACS Annual Scientific Congress registrations are open now
#RACS25
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