Speciality

Subspeciality

  • Gynaecology
  • Urogynaecology

Areas of interest

Pelvic floor disorders, Urinary Incontinence, Urodynamics

About

Dr Yong is a certified Urogynaecologist offering specialised services to women with pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, bladder pain, genitourinary fistula and pelvic pain or mesh related issues. He is a minimally invasive surgeon with laparoscopic, robotic and vaginal surgery skills. Dr Yong wishes to raise public awareness on pelvic floor issues and develop an individualised care plan to improve patient's quality of life. Dr Yong main clinical and research interest focusing on conservative management and native tissue surgery for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.

Consulting locations

Consulting Location

Epworth Freemasons

Level 6, Suite 6.3
124 Grey Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002

Consulting Location

Epworth Geelong

Sessional Consulting Suites
1 Epworth Place
Waurn Ponds VIC 3216

Epworth locations

Hospital

Epworth Freemasons Albert Street

Hospital

Epworth Geelong

Qualifications

  • MBCHB
  • FRANZCOG
  • CU

Education and training

  • Education of registrars and fellow in Urogynaecology
  • Speaker & preceptor at RWH annual perineal trauma masterclass
  • Preceptor for annual pre UGSA ASM laparoscopic sacral colpopexy workshop
  • Clinical Supervisor for AGES fellow
  • Faculty of education for International Medical Robotics Academy (IMRA)
  • Robotic surgery proctor for Da Vince and Versus

Research

  • Irregular Hexagonal Pessary Versus Portex Pessary For Management of Vaginal Prolapse - A Randomised Controlled Trial
  • Bilateral sacrospinous ligament flap for apical prolapse. A cadaver & MRI study
  • A non-randomised comparison of the expanded autologous Fascia Lata augmented Anterior vagina wall repair versus native tissue anterior colporrhaphy. FLAiR study
  • Minimally Invasive Abdominal Sacral Colpopexy Using Autologous Fascia Lata Compared to Mesh Sacral Colpopexy for Apical Prolapse: The SCUFL Study

Professional Associations

  • RANZCOG
  • UGSA
  • IUGA
  • ICS
  • Continence Foundation Australia (CFA)
  • IMRA