CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Positions

USANZ Representative

Movember and PCOR BroSupPORT Steering Committee

Clinical Senior Lecturer

University of Melbourne, Melbourne Medical School, Department of Surgery, Northern Health

MD Research Project Supervisor

Melbourne Medical School and Northern Clinical School

Consultant Urologist

Urology Research Lead and TA&E Supervisor, Northern Health

Honorary Consultant Urologist

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Consultant Urologist

The Australian Prostate Centre

Education

Member of the Society of Urologic Oncology

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Urology)

Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery

The University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC

Bachelor of Medical Science

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville VIC

Victorian Certificate of Education, Tertiary Entrance Rank 99.95

Haileybury College, Keysborough VIC

 

Academic Awards

2013

Finalist – Keith Kirkland Prize for Clinical Research

“Oral anticoagulation does not affect the prevalence of asymptomatic microscopic haematuria.”
USANZ Annual Meeting, Melbourne VIC

2012

USANZ Prize

“Oral anticoagulation does not affect the prevalence of asymptomatic microscopic haematuria.”
USANZ Annual Meeting, Bendigo VIC

Finalist – Keith Kirkland Prize for Clinical Research

“Fragmentation of TRUS biopsy cores may be influenced by both the presence of malignancy and the method of specimen retrieval.”
USANZ Annual Meeting, Darwin NT

2011

Trophy – Best Research Paper

“Low-complexity lesions on RENAL nephrometry are associated with more indolent pathology.”
USANZ Annual Meeting, Lorne VIC

Certificate – Most Supportive Supervisor to Junior Medical Staff

As voted by the interns of Alfred Hospital

2010

Finalist – Keith Kirkland Prize for Clinical Research

“Quantification of the effect of hypertension and diabetes on the degree of renal function deterioration post unilateral nephrectomy.”
USANZ Annual Meeting, Perth WA

2004

Peter G Jones Elective Essay Prize

“The Gods of Small Things”
Student Elective, Christian Medical College, India

1998

Dux of the School

Haileybury College, VIC Australia
Tertiary Entrance Rank 99.95

1993

Full Academic Scholarship

Haileybury College, Keysborough, VIC Australia

Publications

Mally A, Tin A, Lee J, Satasivam P, Cha E, Donat S, Herr H, Bochner B, Sjoberg D, Dalbagni G. Clinical outcomes of patients with T1 nested variant of urothelial carcinoma compared to pure urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer. July 2017.

Satasivam P, Poon BY, Ehdaie B, Vickers AJ, Eastham JA. Can Confirmatory Biopsy be Omitted in Patients with Prostate Cancer with Favorable Diagnostic Features on Active Surveillance? J Urol. 2016 Jan;195(1):74-9.

Sean Huang, Fairleigh Reeves, Jessica Preece, Prassannah Satasivam, Peter Royce, Jeremy P Grummet. Significant impact of transperineal template biopsy of the prostate at a single tertiary institution. Urol Ann. 2015 Oct-Dec;7(4):428-32.

Satasivam P, et al. Patients with medical risk factors for chronic kidney disease are at increased risk of renal impairment despite the use of nephron-sparing surgery. BJU Int. 2015 Oct;116(4):590-5.

Mow TC, Sunderland P, Satasivam P, Goad J. Massive haemorrhage post-extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy resulting in nephrectomy: a case report. ANZ J Surg. 2014 Nov 26.

Anderson J, Burney S, Brooker JE, Ricciardelli LA, Fletcher JM, Satasivam P, Frydenberg M. Anxiety in the management of localised prostate cancer by active surveillance. BJU Int. 2014 Jul 28. doi: 10.1111/bju.12765.

Satasivam P, Thomas R, Rao K, Jack GS, Lawrentschuk N, Bolton DM. Fragmentation of transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy cores is influenced by the method of specimen retrieval. Urology. 2014 Mar;83(3):622-5.

Satasivam P, et al. “The Dilemma of Distance: Patients with Kidney Cancer from Regional Australia present at a More Advanced Stage”. BJU Int. 2014 Mar;113 Suppl 2:57-63.

Satasivam P, et al. “The effect of oral anticoagulation on the prevalence and management of haematuria in a contemporary Australian patient cohort.” BJU Int. 2012 Dec; 110 Suppl 4:80-4.
Buxey K, Satasivam P. “Pathognomonic radiological findings of chronic urinary schistosomiasis.” ANZ J Surg. 2012 Jul; 82(7-8):560-1.

Satasivam P, et al. “Trends in the use of nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) at an Australian tertiary referral centre: an analysis of surgical decision-making using the R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry scoring system”. BJU Int. 2012 May; 109(9):1341-4.

Satasivam P, et al. “Renal lesions with low R.E.N.A.L nephrometry score are associated with more indolent renal cell carcinomas or benign histology: findings in an Australian cohort.” BJU Int. 2012 Apr; 109 Suppl 3:44-7.

Satasivam P, et al. “Quantification of the effect of hypertension and diabetes on the degree of renal function deterioration post unilateral nephrectomy.” BJU Int. 2011 Nov; 108(9): 1508-12.

Boyce G, Satasivam P, Miller F. “Multinodular goitre complicated by abscess due to E. coli.” ANZ J Surg 79 (2009) 948-949.

Abstracts and Presentations

Satasivam P, Sivarajah G, Goad J, Brennan J. “Patients from regional areas undergoing cystectomy for bladder cancer exhibit more advanced pathological features and have poorer overall survival than their metropolitan counterparts.”
Moderated poster presentation at USANZ National meeting 04/2013

Satasivam P, Sivarajah G, Goad J, Brennan J. “The adoption of routine pelvic lymphadenectomy may be contributing to improved survival outcomes in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.”
Moderated poster presentation at USANZ National meeting 04/2013

Reeves F, Preece J, Satasivam P, Grummet J. “Transperineal Template Biopsy of the Prostate: The Initial Alfred Experience.”
Poster at the 13th Australasian Prostate Cancer Conference, Melbourne 08/2012
USANZ Victorian meeting, Lorne 10/2011.

Satasivam P, Thomas R, Rao K, Jack G, Lawrentschuk N, Bolton D. “Fragmentation of TRUS biopsy cores may be influenced by both the presence of malignancy and the method of specimen retrieval.”
Poster presentation at 12th Australian Prostate Cancer Conference 08/2011
Podium presentation at USANZ/ANZUP meeting 08/2011.
Podium presentation at World Congress of Endourology in Kyoto, 11/2011.

Kerr S, Satasivam P, Roth H, Grummet J. “Indications and pathological outcomes of radical cystectomy: A contemporary Australian series.”
Podium presentation at USANZ National meeting 04/2012.

Kam J, Satasivam P, Royce P. “Multimodal Management of Fournier’s Gangrene in an HIV positive patient.”
Poster presentation at USANZ Victorian meeting, Lorne 10/2011.

Satasivam P, Donlon J, Jancewicz S, Sowter S. “Case Report: Primary Amelanotic Melanoma of the Penis.”
Poster presentation at USANZ National meeting, 02/2010.

Agarwal D, Clarke D, Tong R, Satasivam P (presenter), “Transurethral ligation and detachment of the distal ureter during laparoscopic-assisted nephroureterctomy.”
Poster presentation at USANZ National meeting, Hong Kong 02/2008.