About Us

North Tas Urology is a private urological practice which provides urological services to patients across Northern Tasmania including the north-west and north-east coasts. Mr Robert Jensen and Mr Philip Tan consult from their rooms in Canning St, Launceston with Mr Jensen periodically consulting from Devonport, Burnie and St Helens.

Dr Victor Ilie from Urology Care Tasmania based in Rosny Park, consults with his northern patients at our Canning Street rooms on every second Tuesday. Dr Ilie can be contacted via email or via phone on 0468 939 118. Please click on the attached link to be taken on Dr Ilie's Urology Care Tasmania website.

Details of the days Mr Jensen consults at Devonport, Burnie and St Helens are located on the Contact Us & Maps page.

Mr Jensen and Mr Tan all perform surgery at the North Tas Day Hospital, the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) and Calvary St Vincent's Hospital in Launceston. They also each supervise Urology Registrars at the LGH.

Referrals are made to Mr Jensen and Mr Tan from General Practitioners and other Specialists across Northern Tasmania. Where possible, patients are seen, treated and followed up in the location closest to their home.

 

About Urology

Urology is a specialisation which treats a wide range of conditions of the urogenital tract. These may include:

  • malignancy
  • trauma
  • congenital and degenerative conditions affecting the kidneys, renal tract, penis, testicles and urethra

 

Conditions treated include: Common procedures include:
  • kidney stones
  • stress incontinence
  • prostate enlargement
  • pelviureteric junction abnormality
  • trauma
  • renal cancer
  • bladder cancer
  • hernia
  • impotence
  • hydrocoele
  • check/surveillance cystoscopy
  • vasectomy
  • circumcision (for medical or cultural reasons only)
  • radical nephrectomy (laparoscopic and open)
  • open radical prostatectomy
  • transurethral prostatectomy
  • bladder tumour resection
  • ureteroscopy
  • pyeloscopy
  • percutaneous stone extraction
  • extracorporeal shockwave therapy
  • repairs from trauma