Dr Steven Lun was the first comprehensively trained Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand urologist to commence practice in Townsville, both publicly at the Townsville University Hospital and at the Mater Private Townsville. He is a University of Queensland graduate, and completed post-graduate surgical training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Cairns Base Hospital, Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital and the Royal Brisbane Hospital, along with many overseas study tours. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australiasian College of Surgeons and a member of both the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand and the American Urological Association.
Dr Lun has been instrumental in introducing new technology to revolutionise urological care in North Queensland with ESWL stone treatments, Holmium laser surgery for calculi and urodynamics, and nerve-sparing radical prostatectomies. He founded the Townsville Brachytherapy Institute for prostatic carcinoma, and has been at the forefront of Da Vinci robotically-assisted surgery. He is currently Deputy Chair of the Mater Hospital Robotics Committee. Dr Lun also initiated urological prosthetic surgery in Townsville such as penile prosthesis implantation and placement of artificial urinary sphincters, having received proctoring from Dr David Ralph (London), Dr Dean Knoll (Nashville), Dr Brian Christine (Birmingham, Alabama), and Dr Josh Broghammer (Kansas City). Dr Lun attends robotic operative sessions at the Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis yearly by invitation from Dr Chandru Sundaram, a world leader in Endourology. Dr Lun’s special interests include prostatic, bladder, and renal carcinomas, andrology with the implementation of penile prosthetic devices and artificial urinary sphincters, and microsurgical reconstructions following vasectomy.
