Denby Steele MBBS FRACS
Training
Denby Steele graduated from Adelaide University in 1982 and commenced surgical training in Adelaide, working in all the teaching hospitals in Adelaide before attaining fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Urology in 1991. He spent a year as a senior registrar at the Repatriation General Hospital and then travelled to London for a year where he worked at Guy's Hospital as a Senior registrar in urology and renal transplantation.
Denby Steele graduated from Adelaide University in 1982 and commenced surgical training in Adelaide, working in all the teaching hospitals in Adelaide before attaining fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Urology in 1991. He spent a year as a senior registrar at the Repatriation General Hospital and then travelled to London for a year where he worked at Guy's Hospital as a Senior registrar in urology and renal transplantation.
Practice
Denby has been in Private Practice in North Adelaide since 1993, operating at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital and consulting and operating at Angaston Hospital fortnightly. He is also a Senior Visiting Specialist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Denby runs a modern fully computerised "paperless" practice, providing a patient focussed flexible and relaxed but professional urological service.
Sub-specialty Interests
Denby has particular subspecialty interest and expertise in the minimally invasive treatment of prostate cancer with LDR (low dose rate) and HDR (high dose rate) brachytherapy and minimally invasive ureteroscopic and percutaneous laser stone surgery. He treats most general urological conditions and has performed thousands of vasectomies under local anaesthetic in his rooms and microscopic vasectomy reversals at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital. He regularly implants penile prostheses for erectile dysfunction not responding to medical management.
Denby has particular subspecialty interest and expertise in the minimally invasive treatment of prostate cancer with LDR (low dose rate) and HDR (high dose rate) brachytherapy and minimally invasive ureteroscopic and percutaneous laser stone surgery. He treats most general urological conditions and has performed thousands of vasectomies under local anaesthetic in his rooms and microscopic vasectomy reversals at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital. He regularly implants penile prostheses for erectile dysfunction not responding to medical management.
Prostate brachytherapy
Denby started the successful prostate brachytherapy seed implantation programs for prostate cancer at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2004. He has attended overseas brachytherapy training courses, presented research papers, helped run training courses, a conference and lectured overseas. He has performed nearly 500 LDR prostate brachytherapy seed implants at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital for low to intermediate risk prostate cancer and HDR brachytherapy at the Royal Adelaide Hospital for high risk prostate cancer.
Denby started the successful prostate brachytherapy seed implantation programs for prostate cancer at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2004. He has attended overseas brachytherapy training courses, presented research papers, helped run training courses, a conference and lectured overseas. He has performed nearly 500 LDR prostate brachytherapy seed implants at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital for low to intermediate risk prostate cancer and HDR brachytherapy at the Royal Adelaide Hospital for high risk prostate cancer.
Percutaneous kidney stone surgery
Denby was the inaugural chairman of the Urological Society of Australasia's Endourology special advisory group for several years and has a particular interest in laser stone surgery. Since 1999 he has been performing percutaneous stone surgery in the supine position. This previously neglected position is a safer and more efficient approach to the kidney and is gaining increasing popularity around the world. Denby has lectured and run training courses around Australia and overseas on this technique and he has the second largest published series of stones treated this way in the world. He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Endourology and British Journal of Urology International on stone surgery.
Computing
Denby has always been interested in the use of computing in clinical practice to increase efficiency, communicate with referring doctors without delay and make secure medical records available remotely. His medical records have been electronic for many years and secure encrypted email allows communication with referring doctors immediately.
Denby has always been interested in the use of computing in clinical practice to increase efficiency, communicate with referring doctors without delay and make secure medical records available remotely. His medical records have been electronic for many years and secure encrypted email allows communication with referring doctors immediately.
Trainee education
Denby is involved in medical student education at Angaston Hospital, has been the urology intern supervisor at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and is involved in training advanced urology trainees at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is an examiner in Urology for the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.
Denby is involved in medical student education at Angaston Hospital, has been the urology intern supervisor at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and is involved in training advanced urology trainees at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is an examiner in Urology for the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.
Community education
Denby has given many public lectures and talks to groups of general practitioners on urological topics such as kidney stone surgery, Men's health, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction and prostate brachytherapy.
Denby has given many public lectures and talks to groups of general practitioners on urological topics such as kidney stone surgery, Men's health, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction and prostate brachytherapy.
Continuing professional development
Denby satisfies the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Professional Development criteria with his involvement in teaching, education, examinations, regular conference attendance, involvement in unit and practice audit, personal reading and research.
Denby satisfies the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Professional Development criteria with his involvement in teaching, education, examinations, regular conference attendance, involvement in unit and practice audit, personal reading and research.
Sporting interests
Away from work Denby has interests in sailing, snowboarding, cycling and coffee making.
Away from work Denby has interests in sailing, snowboarding, cycling and coffee making.
