CURRICULUM VITAE
CONSULTANT GYNAECOLOGIST
DIRECTOR
CENTRE FOR PELVIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
WAHROONGA
NEW SOUTH WALES
AUSTRALIA
PERSONAL
DETAILS
NAME: Bruce
Norman Farnsworth
QUALIFICATION: MB BS University of Sydney 1981
MRCOG
Part 1 March 1983
MRACOG March 1987
MRCOG July 1988
FRACOG February 1989
FRANZCOG 1999
FRCOG 2000
NATIONALITY: Australian
EDUCATION:
SECONDARY: Bega High School, 1969
Springwood
High School (1970-1975)
TERTIARY: Medicine
University
of Sydney 1976-1980
Lidcombe
Hospital Clinical School
CREDITS: Chemistry
Physics
Community
Medicine
Psychiatry
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Behavioural
Sciences
Physiology
POST
GRADUATE EXPERIENCE
GENERAL
1981 INTERN Westmead
Hospital
Accident and
Emergency
Professorial
Surgery Unit - Professor Miles Little
Colo-Rectal
Surgery
Plastic
Surgery
Professorial
Medicine Unit - Professor Peter
Castaldi
Paediatrics
1988 SURGICAL RESIDENT
Westmead
Hospital
Gynaecological
Oncology
Professor C
N Hudson
Dr A Crandon
Intensive
Care
General Surgery
Obstetrics
and Gynaecology
SURGERY
1983 Senior Resident in Surgery
General
Surgery and Urology Registrar, Blacktown Hospital
Cardiothoracic
Surgery Registrar, Westmead
ACCREDITED TRAINING IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
1983-1987
Western Metropolitan Training Scheme
Pre-membership
training in obstetrics and gynaecology was undertaken in the
Western
Metropolitan Training Scheme based at Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
1983 July-Dec Blacktown General
O & G
1984 Jan-July Blacktown General
O & G
July-Dec Westmead
Perinatology Ass Prof B Trudinger
Dr
W Giles
1985 Jan-Dec Nepean General
O & G
1986 Jan-April Liverpool General
O & G
1986 April-Jul Westmead General
O & G
1986 Jul-Dec Westmead
Infertility
Unit Dr G Driscoll
Dr
G A Mobbs
Perinatology Ass Prof B Trudinger
Dr
W Giles
Gynae-Urology Dr J Gibson
1987 Jan-Jul Nepean Hospital Senior Registrar
1987 Jul-Dec Westmead Senior
Registrar
Gynaecological
Oncology Prof C R S Houghton
Dr
A Crandon
1988 Registrar/ Senior Registrar
O&G/Urogynaecology
ROYAL UNITED
HOSPITAL, BATH - UNITED KINGDOM
1989-1996 VISITING MEDICAL OFFICER, TAREE, NSW AUSTRALIA
January 1989
- Visiting Medical Officer at Manning
Base Hospital, Taree. Taree is a regional centre on the Mid North Coast of New
South Wales approximately 300 kilometres north of Sydney. The Area Health
Service serves a population of around 80,000 with the hospital providing 174
acute beds.
1989 – PRESENT
VISITING
MEDICAL OFFICER - CAPE HAWKE COMMUNITY
PRIVATE HOSPITAL, FORSTER
1989 – PRESENT
VISITING
MEDICAL OFFICER -MAYO PRIVATE HOSPITAL,
TAREE.
1997 – 2002
VISITING
GYNAECOLOGIST KEMPSEY DISTRICT HOSPITAL
1998 –
2002
VMO, WOLPER
HOSPITAL,
WOOLAHRA,
SYDNEY
1998 – PRESENT
VMO, WESTMEAD
PRIVATE HOSPITAL,
WESTMEAD,
SYDNEY
1999 – PRESENT
VMO,
MINCHINBURY HOSPITAL, SYDNEY
2000 – PRESENT
VMP, SYDNEY
ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
2001 – PRESENT
DIRECTOR,
CENTRE FOR PELVIC RECONSTRUCTION
SAN CLINIC,
SYDNEY ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
2005 –
PRESENT
VISITING
SPECIALIST SURGEON,
DEPARTMENT OF
UROLOGY
HESPERIA
HOSPITAL,
MODENA, ITALY
2006-PRESENT
HONORARY
SPECIALIST GYNAECOLOGIST
HORNSBY-KUR-RING-HAI
HEALTH SERVICE
HORNSBY
HOSPITAL
CENTRE FOR PELVIC RECONSTRUCTION
The Centre for
Pelvic Reconstruction at Sydney Adventist Hospital is a private clinic where
gynaecologists, urologists and colorectal surgeons provide a multidisciplinary
clinical service offering a range of diagnostic and treatment modalities.
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
1. Clinical assessment of patients with
stress incontinence and prolapse
2. Surgery of Stress Incontinence,
prolapse and enterocoele
3. Ambulatory vaginal and incontinence
surgery
4. Post graduate medical education and
clinical research
5. Safe introduction of new medical
technologies
MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES:
Member,
Australian Medical Association 1981
- Present.
Australian
Representative, OBGYN Net, Texas USA
1989 –2001
Member
Fertility Society of Australia
1993 – Present
Member Australian
Gynaecological Endoscopy Society
1993 -Present
Member
National Association Specialist Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
Member South
Pacific Regional Obstetrics & Gynaecology Society
1998 - 2005
Secretary,
Association of Ambulatory Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons
2003 - Present
Member,
Kuring-gai District Medical Association
2005 - Present
Vice-President,
Association of Ambulatory Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons
PUBLICATIONS:
Quinn, M.J., Farnsworth,
B., Pollard, W., Smith, PJB., and Stott, M. (1989)
Vaginal
Ultrasound in the diagnosis of stress incontinence, a prospective comparison to
urodynamic investigations. Neurourol
Urodyn 8, 291.
Farnsworth BN
Re:The sign of Stress
incontinence—should we believe what we see?
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 1997
Nov;37(4):436-9
Farnsworth BN
Posterior IVS (Infracoccygeal
Sacropexy) for Vaginal Vault Prolapse.
A Preliminary Report of Efficacy
and Safety.
Int Urogynecol J (2001)
12:Supplement 3 No 141
Farnsworth BN
Intravaginal Slingplasty. A
Review of Safety after 5000 cases using a postal survey.
Int Urogynecol J (2001)
12:Supplement 3 No 224
Farnsworth BN
A Multicenter trial of the
Intravaginal Slingplasty procedure with critical analysis of results, surgical
methodology and complications therof
Int Urogynecol J (2001)
12:Supplement 3 No 225
Farnsworth BN
Posterior IVS (Infracoccygeal
Sacropexy) for Vaginal Vault Prolapse.
A Preliminary Report of Efficacy
and Safety.
Int Urogynecol J (2002) 13:4-8
Farnsworth, BN. Letter to the
Editor
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2002;
42: 1:99
Farnsworth BN. IVS Procedure for
Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. Proceedings of 4th Asia-Pacific
Congress of Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy 2003. Pp 33-34.
Farnsworth BN. Pelvic Floor
Anatomy and the Mechanisms of IVS. Proceedings of 4th Asia-Pacific
Congress of Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy 2003. P 64.
De Jong P.1,
Radziszewski P.2, Dobronski P.2, Borkowski A.2,
Cervigni M.3, Parsons M.4, Cardozo L.4,
Farnsworth B.5, Nordling J.6, Groen J.7, Bosch
R.8, Nissenkorn I.9
Electrical modulation
of the pelvic floor for the treatment of interstitial cystitis
European Urology. 2005 Supplement.
Farnsworth B.
. Initial results of pelvic floor electrostimulation for symptom relief in
interstitial cystitis using the Miniaturo™-i system.
European
Urology 2005. Supplement.
Awarded Best
Poster for the Session. European Urology Congress. March 18th 2005.
Farnsworth B.
De Vita D. Nuovo approccio protestico nella churigia ricostruttiva vaginale per
il prolasso genitale. Pelvi-Perineologia revista Italiana di Colon-Proctologia,
24, 42-43, 2005.
Farnsworth B. Clinical update: Initial results of pelvic floor electrostimulation for symptom relief in interstitial cystitis.
Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal. 11(2) 38-40.
De Jong P,
Radziszewski P, Dobronski P, Borkowski A, Cervigni M, Parsons M, Cardozo L,
Farnsworth B, Nordling J. Pelvic Floor
Electrostimulation in Patients with Interstitial Cystitis: A Multicenter
clinical Investigation.
Int Urogynecol J (2005) 16:
Supplement 2 Number 51
Farnsworth BN, Parodi M. Total
Vaginal Reconstruction with Polypropylene Mesh. Objective and Functional
Outcome Assessment.
Int Urogynecol J (2005) 16:
Supplement 2 Number 55
Farnsworth B, Parsons M, De Jong
P, Radziszewski P, Peter D, Borkowski A, Cervigni M, Cardozo L, Nordling J,
Groen J, Bosch J, Chapple C, O’Connell H, Rosamilia A, Nissenkorn I. Analysis
of long-term pelvic floor electrostimulation therapy for interstitial cystitis.
Eur Urol Suppl 2006; 5(2)193 No
683
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES & PRESENTATIONS
Survey of Post
Operative Complications, 1980.
A total of 201
patients were interviewed to determine the incidence of
common
post-operative complications such as nausea, vomiting and pain. The
efficacy of
various pharmacological agents to control these problems was
compared. Results were presented at a District Hospital
Clinical Meeting.
Farnsworth BN.
Rudimentary Horn Pregnancy
Case report
and literature search presented to the Western Metropolitan
Obstetrics and
Gynaecology Society Annual Meeting, Penrith August 1985.
Farnsworth BN.
Ruptured Enterocele - Case report
Liverpool
Hospital Clinical Meeting,
May 1986.
MJ Quinn, B
Farnsworth ., D Bisson , Par Niven, GM Stirrat.
Vaginal
endosonography: A New method for the Objective Assessment of the Pregnant
Cervix.
Presented at
British Society for Ultrasound in Medicine.
Edinburgh.
1988.
Farnsworth,
BN. Intraabdominal Suture for Cervical Incompetence.
Annual
Scientific Meeting. Newcastle O&G Society.
November 1992.
Farnsworth,
BN. Stemming the Tide .... The
Importance of Urodynamic Investigations. Continence Foundation Seminar. Coffs
Harbour.
20th
November 1993.
Farnsworth
BN. Cancer Management.
Hunter
Postgraduate Medical Institute.
Genital Tract
Malignancy Symposium.
27th
August 1994.
Farnsworth BN.
Introduction to the Internet.
Presented at RACOG
Basic Computer Course.
Melbourne.
November 1995.
Farnsworth,
BN. Surgery for Pulsion Enterocele.
Presented at
Grand Rounds. Manning Base Hospital.
April 1996.
Farnsworth,
BN.
Obstetrics
& Gynaecology on the Internet.
Presented at NOGS
Scientific Meeting. Vineyard Resort.
9th November
1996.
Farnsworth, BN
Manning Valley
CME Program
Lecture:
Update on Incontinence
15th September
1997
Farnsworth BN
Lecture: Cape
Hawke Community Hospital Grand Rounds
A New
Procedure in Incontinence Surgery
20th November
1998
Farnsworth, BN
Presentation: 2nd
Annual Scientific Meeting,
Australasian Association of
Vaginal Incontinence Surgeons
Coolangatta October, 1999
Update in Surgical Technique,
Vaginal Bridge Repair
Farnsworth,BN
Presentation: RANZCOG Provincial
Fellows Meeting
Dubbo Base Hospital, September
2000
Update in Pelvic Surgery.
Farnsworth, BN
Presentation: 3rd Annual
Scientific Meeting,
Australasian Association of
Vaginal Incontinence Surgeons
La Trobe University, Melbourne
October, 2000. Infracoccygeal Sacropexy
Farnsworth, BN
Presentation: 3rd Annual
Scientific Meeting,
Australasian Association of
Vaginal Incontinence Surgeons
La Trobe University, Melbourne
October, 2000.
AAVIS Intravaginal Slingplasty
Multicentre Trial
Farnsworth, BN
Live Operating Demonstration: 2nd
Annual Scientific Meeting,
Australasian Association of
Vaginal Incontinence Surgeons
La Trobe University, Melbourne
October, 2000.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy and
Manchester Repair
Farnsworth B*, secretary
A multicentric experience of the Intravaginal Slingplasty procedure with
critical analysis of results, surgical methodology and complications thereof
by members of the Australasian Association of Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons
Presented at Australian Gynaecological
Endoscopy Society IX Annual Scientific Meeting, 4th May 2001. Perth,
Western Australia.
Presentations at 3rd
Royal Perth Hospital Course in Ambulatory Surgery.
Royal Perth Hospital. 5th
May 2001.
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Gynaecological Symposium. Riks
Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
May 14th, 2001.
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
One Day Workshop in Incontinence Surgery
and Pelvic Reconstruction.
May 15th, 2001.
University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
One Day Workshop in Incontinence
Surgery and Pelvic Reconstruction.
May 16th, 2001.
Eindhoven, Holland
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Scientific Meeting: Department of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bath, England.
May 17th 2001.
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Poole, England.
One Day Workshop in Incontinence
Surgery and Pelvic Reconstruction.
Plummer Manor, Dorset. May 19th
2001.
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.,
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Presentation: Department of
Urology, Middlesex Hospital. London, United Kingdom.
The Institute of Urology. May 21st
2001.
Advances in Pelvic Surgery.
Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Osnabruck, Germany.
Two Day Workshop in Incontinence
Surgery and Pelvic Reconstruction.
May 22nd – 23rd
2001.
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Milan, Italy.
One Day Workshop in Incontinence,
Surgery and Pelvic Reconstruction.
Polymedica Clinic, Milan, Italy.
May 25th 2001
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Introductory
Workshop in Ambulatory Vaginal Surgery.
Sydney
Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, New South Wales
August 31,
2001.
Presentations:
Integral
Theory
Posterior IVS
Live Operating
Demonstrations Intravaginal Slingplasty, Posterior IVS
One Day Workshop in Incontinence,
Surgery and Pelvic Reconstruction.
Durbanville Hospital, Capetown,
South Africa, September 6th, 2001.
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Live Operating
Demonstrations Intravaginal Slingplasty, Anterior Bridge Repair
One Day Workshop in Incontinence,
Surgery and Pelvic Reconstruction.
Pretoria Urology Hospital,
Pretoria, South Africa, September 8th, 2001.
Presentations:
Introduction to the Integral
Theory.
Intravaginal Slingplasty.
Infracoccygeal Sacropexy.
Live Operating
Demonstration - Posterior Intravaginal Slingplasty
Australian
Gynaecological Endoscopy Society
Pelvic Floor
Symposium and Workshop
Preventing and
Managing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Mater
Misericordae Hospital, Sydney.
!4th-15th
September 2001
Live Surgical
Demonstration – Intravaginal Slingplasty
Presentation:
Update in Pelvic Surgery
NSW Day Surgery
Nurses Association Annual Conference 2001.
Sydney.
September 22nd 2001.
Presentation:
Review of Intravaginal Slingplasty
Tyco
Masterclass.
Paris, France.
September 25th 2001
Live Surgery
Workshop.
University of
Helsinki
Helsinki
Finland
October 1st
2001.
Live Surgery
Workshop
Karolinska
Institute
Stockholm,
Sweden
October 2nd
2001.
Presentation:
IUGA Workshop
Introduction
to the Integral Theory, Intravaginal Slingplasty and Posterior IVS.
Melbourne,
Victoria. December 5th 2001.
Presentations:
Update in Pelvic Surgery.
John Flynn Hospital, Tugun.
Queensland
January 17th 2002
Presentation:
Secret Womens Business. Update in
Gynaecology.
Mosman and District GPs
Association.
Crows Nest, Sydney.
February 12th 2002.
Presentation:
Urinary Stress Incontinence –
different approaches to management.
Western Metropolitan Obstetrics
and Gynaecology Society.
Blacktown Hospital, Sydney.
February 17th 2002
Presentation
Functional Anatomy of Female
Pelvic Floor
The XXIV Biennial Congress of the
Urological Association of South Africa
Sun City, South Africa.
March 21st 2002.
Presentation