Associate Professor Celi Varol

Robotic Prostate & Bladder Cancer Surgery
Laser & Minimally Invasive Urologist

A/Prof Celi Varol is a Urological Oncologist with specialised interest in minimally invasive cancer therapy. He graduated from University of Adelaide Medical School and Specialised in Urology. He undertook 2 further years of sub-specialised training in Urological Oncology in Switzerland and Germany before returning back to Sydney. His clinical practice consists of robotic and minimally invasive bladder and prostate cancer therapy. He has been performing laser surgery for prostate disease since 2003 in Australia and undertook the first minimally invasive Focal LASER therapy trial in the Southern Hemisphere for Prostate Cancer. Even before the success of this trial he was in the development of PROFOCAL-RX as treatment platform. His ambition is to provide a global yet simple platform to effectively treat prostate cancer minimally invasively. PROFOCAL-RX is being designed to treat prostate lesions and at the same time minimising the major side effects that occur with surgery or radiotherapy.

Practice Locations:
Nepean Public & Private Hospital
Macquarie University Hospital

Career Summary

1994 – Internship Westmead Hospital – NSW

1995 – 1998 – Resident in Surgery – NSW

1999 – 2001 – Registrar in Urology NSW
Attained Fellowship Exam in 2001 from Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Urology (RACS)
Fellow of the RACS December of 2002

2002 – 2003 Fellowship in Urology
Inselspital University Clinic
Bern, Switzerland

Position Held:
Consultant (Stv.Oberazt)
Head of Laparoscopic Training
Supervisor: Prof Urs E.Studer

2003 Fellow Advanced Laparoscopy
University of Leipzig, Germany

Position Held:
Advanced Lap. Fellow
Supervisor: Prof Stolzenburg

2004 – 2007 Urologist
Nepean Public Hospital
Nepean Private Hospital
Westmead Private Hospital
Sydney Private Hospital

2011-2014
Department Head Of Urology
Nepean Public Hospital
( Clinical Associate Professor of Urology – University of Sydney )
Macquarie University Hospital
( Clinical Associate Professor of Urology – Macquarie University )

2014 – Current
Nepean Public Hospital
Nepean Private Hospital
Macquarie University Hospital

2018 – Current
CEO and Founder Medlogical Innovations Pty Ltd