Early in his career, Dr Pras realised that to become the best urologist he could be, he would need to train under the best urologists in the world.
So he decided he would try to earn a place at New York’s famed Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre.
The journey would take five years. Five years of careful planning, hard work and determination.
Pras pushed himself, relearning topics like biochemistry, genetics and psychiatry in order to pass the 3-part US Medical Licencing Exam.
Over time, he steadily built a research portfolio strong enough to compete with applicants from the best US institutions.
This led to multiple offers for interviews around the US, and therefore multiple chances to dazzle his future mentors.
And then, in July 2014, he hopped on a plane again, but this time to take up his role as a Fellow in Urological Oncology at Sloan-Kettering.
At Precision Urology, we understand that success requires hard work.
We understand that excellence must be maintained, not just achieved.
As a patient of this practice, rest assured that you will always receive the highest quality of care.
Dr Pras Sivam
MBBS BMedSci FRACS (Urology)
Dr Pras Sivam (Prassannah Satasivam) has both a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and membership of the Society of Urologic Oncology.
As a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, he supervises research students through the University’s MDRP program. His other roles include serving as the Urological Society representative on the Movember BroSupPORT Steering Committee, and as Urology Training Supervisor at Northern Health.
Pras grew up in Melbourne and graduated from Haileybury College as Dux of the School in 1998. He joined the University of Melbourne Medical School with a tertiary entrance rank of 99.95. After completing his postgraduate surgical training in Victoria, he accepted a prestigious Fellowship in Urologic Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. This gave him formal training in cancer surgery under some of the best urologists in the world.
Pras offers general urologic services with a subspecialty focus in open and robotic surgery for urological cancers. He consults privately in Camberwell, Carlton North, Mount Waverley, and Epping.
