Mr Henry Yao

Henry completed his undergraduate medical degree at The University of Melbourne with first class
honours and undertook urology training in Melbourne. He completed a year of training at Western
Health as the Advanced Laparoscopic and General Urology Fellow followed by fellowship training in
Robotic Surgery and Uro-oncology in the UK, where he worked in a high-volume cancer specialist
referral centre. Henry subsequently completed a Reconstructive and Functional Urology fellowship
at The University of Calgary in Canada.
Henry maintains a strong interest in medical research and has published 36 peer-reviewed journal
articles to date. His main research interest is in the area of cancer survivorship and improving the
quality of life for cancer patients. In addition to his research interests, Henry is actively involved in
the supervision of students completing research degrees.

• Kidney tumours
• Prostate cancer
• Bladder cancer and upper tract urothelial cancer
• Testicular and penile cancers
• Benign prostatic enlargement 
• Kidney stone disease
• Treatments prior to radiation treatment for prostate cancer
• Urethral stricture disease
• Urinary incontinence
• Erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease
• Pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy
• Other reconstructive surgery of the genitourinary tract
• Inguino-scrotal surgery cyst, laparoscopic varicocoelectomy
• Vasectomy reversal