Mr. Peter Mortensen

Consultant Urological Surgeon

FRACS (UROL)

Mr. Mortensen is currently a Consultant Urologist at Goulburn Valley Health and Shepparton Private Hospital. He has held these positions since he relocated from Melbourne to Shepparton in February 2002.
Peter has a large and expansive experience in managing patients with urological conditions over many years both in the city and in the rural community.
Recently he has been re-appointed to St. Vincent’s Hospital as Urologist to the Lithotripsy service.
St. Vincent’s Hospital is already known to care for a large proportion of country patients and along with Lih-Ming Wong and Daniel Lenaghan there continues to be a solid link to this tertiary hospital enabling ease of care for more complex Urological conditions in the one centre.

Current Appointments

• Consultant Urologist (VMO) Goulburn Valley Health 2002 – current
• Consultant Urologist, Shepparton Private Hospital 2002 – current
• Victorian Lithotripsy Service Urologist 1986 – current

Earlier Career

• MBBS Uni of Melb – 1975
• Chief Urology Resident – Univ. of British Columbia Vancouver – 1982 – 1984
• FRACS (UROL) 1986
• St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
  • Urologist 1986 – 1999, 2017 – current
  • Director of Urology 1999 – 2001
  • Clinical Instructor SVH Clinical School 1989 – 2001
• Preston & Northcote Community Hospital
  • Consultant Urologist 1988 – 1993
  • Senior Consultant Urologist 1993 – 1998
• The Northern Hospital
  • Senior Consultant Urologist 1998 – 2001
• Swan Hill Hospital
  • Visiting Consulting Urologist 1989 – 2014
• Clinical Instructor Rural Clinical School Shepparton 2002 – 2016

Appointments

• Victorian Section of Urological Association of Australasia
  • Training, Accreditation and Education Committee 1995 – 1999
  • Executive 2001 – 2010
• Victorian Surgical Consultative Council 2008 – 2016

Clinical Interests


• General Adult Urology, including;
  • Urinary calculi – ESWL, Ureteroscopy
  • Lower urinary tract symptoms – Investigation and management
  • Urological oncology – renal, bladder, prostate and testis cancer surgery
  • Scrotal surgery – hydrocele, epididymal cysts, vasectomy
  • Haematuria, Recurrent urinary tract infections