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
Surgery of Female Incontinence
and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction
The XXIV Biennial Congress of the
Urological Association of South Africa
Sun City, South Africa.
March 22nd 2002.
Live Surgical Workshop
Posterior Intravaginal
Slingplasty
Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Capetown, South Africa.
March 25th 2002.
Live Surgical Workshop
Anterior & Posterior
Intravaginal Slingplasty
Femina Clinic
Pretoria, South Africa.
March 27th 2002.
IVS Tunneler Clinical
Investigator Training
Presentations and Cadaver
Laboratory
University of Miami,
Thursday 16th May 2002
Miami, Florida
United States of America
Presentations and Surgical
Workshop
New Techniques in Pelvic Floor
Repair
John Flynn Hospital Tugan,
Queensland.
Tuesday 21st May 2002.
Presentation: New Techniques in
Incontinence Surgery
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Postgraduate Education Program.
Tuesday 21st May 2002
Presentations and Surgical
Workshop
New Techniques in Pelvic Floor
Repair
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne,
Victoria..
Wednesday 22nd May
2002.
Presentations and Surgical
Workshop
New Techniques in Pelvic Floor
Repair
Flinders Medical Centre,
Adelaide, South Australia.
Thursday 23rd May
2002.
Presentations and Surgical
Workshop
New Techniques in Pelvic Floor
Repair
Sydney Adventist Hospital,
Wahroonga, New South Wales.
Sunday 26th May 2002.
Presentations and Live Operating.
Minimal-invasive
und spannungsfrei rekonstrucktive Beckendodenchirurgie
Symposium
Inkontinenzzentrum Rhein-Main Weisbaden/Rudesheim
Germany. 31st May – 1st
June 2002.
Clinical Presentations and Live
Operating.
Department of Obstetrics &
Gynaecology.
University of Maastricht,
Netherlands.
3rd June 2002.
Live Operating Demonstration
Hvildebord Hospital, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
4th June 2002.
Quality Assurance Meeting: Review
of Posterior IVS in Finland.
University of Helsinki, Finland.
5th June 2002.
Live Operating Session, Posterior
IVS and Prolapse Repair
Angelshohm Hospital, Sweden.
6th June 2002
Presentation: “Prolapse Old and
New”
Three Day Course on the Surgical
Teaching for Pelvic Floor Repair.
Liverpool Health Service and
University of New South Wales.
Carlton Crest Hotel. Sydney. 7th
July 2002
Live Surgical Demonstration:
Posterior Intravaginal Sling Procedure.
Three Day Course on the Surgical
Teaching for Pelvic Floor Repair
Liverpool Hospital, Sydney. 8th
July 2002.
Presentation:Incontinence and
Urodynamics. Pre Congress Workshop.
6th Asian Congress of
Urology. Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
Kuala
Lumpur. Malaysia.
12th-13th
August 2002.
Presentation: Posterior IVS
Update. 4th Annual Scientific Meeting Association of Vaginal and
Incontinence Surgeons. Hilton Hotel and Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
5th-6th October 2002.
Presentation: Midline IVS Update.
4th Annual Scientific Meeting Association of Vaginal and
Incontinence Surgeons. Hilton Hotel and Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney,
Australia. 5th-6th October 2002.
Live Surgery Demonstrations:
Microwave Ablation, Cavaterm Ablation, Midline IVS, Total Vaginal
Reconstruction with Mesh, Posterior Fornix Repair with Free Skin Grafts to the
Pelvic Fascia. 4th Annual Scientific Meeting Association of Vaginal
and Incontinence Surgeons. Hilton Hotel and Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney,
Australia. 5th-6th October 2002.
Live
Operating: Total Pelvic Reconstruction with Posterior IVS and Mesh.
AGES Pelvic
Floor Symposium and Workshop III.
Pelvic
Prolapse for the Generalist – Controversies and Solutions.
Hyatt Regency
and Flinders Private Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
18th
– 19th October 2002.
Presentation:
Posterior IVS. AGES Pelvic Floor Symposium and Workshop III.
Pelvic
Prolapse for the Generalist – Controversies and Solutions.
Hyatt Regency
and Flinders Private Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
18th
– 19th October 2002.
Convener: 3
Day Workshop in Advanced Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
December 3-5,
2002. Centre for Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Sydney Adventist Hospital. Wahroonga,
NSW, AUSTRALIA.
Workshop:
Posterior IVS Techniques.
Albury Private
Hospital, Albury NSW.
December 14th,
2002.
Cadaver
Workshop: Posterior IVS Surgical Training Course
USSurgical,
Norwalk CT, USA.
January 27th
2003.
Two Day
Conference on Pelvic Surgery.
Presentations:
Update in Surgical Technique, Results, Complications of Surgery.
Frankfurt,
Germany.
January 31-
February 1st 2003
Live Surgery
Workshop.
University
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Academic
Hospital - Maastricht, Holland.
February 3rd
, 2003
Live Surgery
Workshop
Department of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dordrecht,
Holland.
February 4th
, 2003
Live Surgery
Workshop.
Department of
Obstetrics & Gynaecology. University of Ljubljana.
Ljubljana,
Slovenia.
February 6th
, 2003
Practical One
Day Workshop: New Approaches to the Repair of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
Presentations and Live Surgery.
Ascot
Hospital. Auckland, New Zealand.
February 17th
2003.
Convener: 3
Day Workshop in Advanced Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
February
18-20, 2003. Centre for Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Sydney Adventist
Hospital. Wahroonga, NSW, AUSTRALIA.
Practical One
Day Workshop: New Approaches to the Repair of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
Presentations and Live Surgery.
Womens and
Childrens Hospital, Adelaide, SA
February 22nd 2003.
Practical One
Day Workshop: New Approaches to the Repair of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
Presentations and Live Surgery.
Sydney
Adventist Hospital, Sydney
February 23rd 2003.
Urodynamics –
is it a prerequisite for Surgery ?
South African
Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 28th Congress
Durban
International Convention Centre
6th April
2003.
Durban, South
Africa
Posterior
Intravaginal Sling Procedure Update
South African
Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists 28th Congress
Durban
International Convention Centre
8th April
2003.
Durban, South
Africa
Practical One
Day Workshop: New Approaches to the Repair of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
Presentations and Live Surgery.
Medica Clinic,
Pietermaritsburg, South Africa
April 11th
2003.
Practical One
Day Workshop: New Approaches to the Repair of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.
Presentations and Live Surgery.
Parklands
Hospital, Durban, South Africa
April 12th 2003.
Presentation:
Microwaves for Menorrhagia
Kuring-gai
District Medical Association 27th Annual Conference,
Shangri La’s
Fijian Resort, Yanuca, Fiji Islands
July 8th,
2003.
Presentation:
Bladder Repair Update
Kuring-gai
District Medical Association 27th Annual Conference,
Shangri La’s
Fijian Resort, Yanuca, Fiji Islands
July 10th,
2003.
Live Surgery
Workshop: Flinders Medical Centre
Adelaide South
Australia
25th
August 2003
Live Surgery
Workshop: Modbury Public Hospital
Adelaide South
Australia
26th
August 2003
Lecture: Anterior
Intravaginal Slingplasty
AGES Pelvic
Floor Conference
Royal North
Shore Hospital and Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney
September 5th-6th
2003
Lecture:
Anterior Intravaginal Slingplasty
AGES Pelvic
Floor Conference
Royal North
Shore Hospital and Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney
September 5th-6th
2003
Lecture: Non
Absorbable Mesh Repair
AGES Pelvic
Floor Conference
Royal North
Shore Hospital and Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney
September 5th-6th
2003
Lecture:
Posterior Intravaginal Slingplasty with Mesh
AGES Pelvic
Floor Conference
Royal North
Shore Hospital and Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney
September 5th-6th
2003
Farnsworth BN. IVS Procedure for
Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. Keynote Lecture 4th Asia-Pacific
Congress on Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and
Taiwan International Convention Center
Taipei, Taiwan. September 26-28,
2003.
Farnsworth BN. IVS Pelvic Floor
Anatomy and Mechanisms of IVS. Lecture -
4th Asia-Pacific
Congress on Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and
Taiwan International Convention Center
Taipei, Taiwan. September 26-28,
2003.
Farnsworth BN. Live Surgery
Workshop - Taipei
4th Asia-Pacific
Congress on Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and
Taiwan International Convention Center
Taipei, Taiwan. September 26-28,
2003.
Farnsworth BN. Live Surgery
Workshop - Kiaoushiang
4th Asia-Pacific
Congress on Advanced Gynaecological Endoscopy
Kioushiang, Taiwan. September 29,
2003.
Live Surgery
Workshop: Anterior IVS, Posterior IVS with Mesh Reconstruction, PIVS with
Single Flap Graft to vaginal Wall.
University
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Academic
Hospital - Maastricht, Holland.
October 3rd
, 2003
Poster:
Posterior Intravaginal Slingplasty - A Review of 93 patients who underwent a
Posterior IVS Procedure between 1998 and 2000. 33rd Annual Meeting
of the International Continence Society. Fortezza di Bassa, Florence, Italy.
October 5th
-9th, 2003
Poster:
Intravaginal Slingplasty - A Survey of Tape Related Complications in Current
Practice. 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Continence
Society. Fortezza di Bassa, Florence, Italy. October 5th -9th,
2003
Farnsworth BN.
Posterior IVS. Integral Theory Workshop. 33rd Annual Meeting of the International
Continence Society. Fortezza di Bassa, Florence, Italy October 5th,
2003
Live Surgery
Workshop: Posterior IVS with Mesh Reconstruction, PIVS and Pelvic
Reconstruction with Uterine Consevation.
Hysteria
Hospital, Modena, Italy October 10th
, 2003
Live Surgery
Workshop: Posterior IVS with Mesh Reconstruction, PIVS and Pelvic
Reconstruction with Uterine Consevation.
University
Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
October 11th
, 2003
December 7th,
2003
Lecture and
Video Demonstration: Midline IVS Techniques. Current Pelvic Floor Surgery and
Hysterectomy Techniques Workshop. John Flynn Gold Coast Private Hospital,
Tugun, Queensland, Australia.
December 7th,
2003
Lecture and
Video Demonstration: Posterior IVS Techniques. Current Pelvic Floor Surgery and
Hysterectomy Techniques Workshop. John Flynn Gold Coast Private Hospital,
Tugun, Queensland, Australia.
March 26th,
2004
Presentation:
Australian Experience with Miniaturo-1 Device.
Satellite
Meeting- European Association of Urology Annual Congress,
Austria
Centre, Vienna, Austria.
March 28th,
2004
Presentation:
Miniaturo-1 Device for Interstitial Cystitis, Preliminary Results
Pelvicare Unit
Meeting, Academic Hospital, Maastricht, Netherlands.
March 28th,
2004
Presentation: Mesh
Reconstruction for Severe Vaginal Prolapse
Pelvicare Unit
Meeting, Academic Hospital, Maastricht, Netherlands.
March 29th,
2004
Live Surgical
Workshop: Mesh Reconstruction for Severe Vaginal Prolapse
Tongeren
Hospital, Belgium.
May 7th
2004. Presentation: A New MIVS Training and Accreditation Program
AAVIS 6th
Annual Scientific Meeting. Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
May 7th
2004. Presentation: Posterior IVS with Mesh – Initial Results
AAVIS 6th
Annual Scientific Meeting. Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
May 9th
2004. Live Surgery Workshop: Mesh Reconstruction and Pelvic Reconstructive
Surgery. AAVIS 6th Annual
Scientific Meeting. Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
May 14th -
15th 2004. Live Surgery Workshop and Demonstration: Mesh
Reconstruction and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery. Bunbury, WA.
November 6th,
2004. Presentation: Update on Prolapse.
Sydney
ColoRectal Society Meeting.
Sydney, NSW
November 13th,
2004. Presentation: Understanding Micturition.
Newcastle
Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society 2004 Scientific Meeting. Newcastle City
Hall, King St, Newcastle.
November 13th,
2004. Presentation: Relationship between Prolapse and Colorectal Problems. Newcastle
Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society 2004 Scientific Meeting. Newcastle City
Hall, King St, Newcastle.
March 14th
2005. Live Surgery Workshop.
Pelvic
Reconstructive Surgery.
Academic
Hospital Maastricht, Netherlands.
May 21st
2005. Training Workshop in Transobturator TVT Procedure.
Sunshine Coast
Private Hospital, Buderim, Queensland.
October 28th,
2005. Presentation
Techniques of
Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
.AAVIS 7th
Annual Scientific Meeting. Sebel Pier 1 Hotel, Sydney
October 29th,
2005. Presentation
Pelvicol
Symposium: Introduction to Pelvicol
.AAVIS 7th
Annual Scientific Meeting. Sebel Pier 1 Hotel, Sydney
October 29th,
2005. Presentation
Pelvicol
Symposium: Pelvicol – the Future
AAVIS 7th
Annual Scientific Meeting. Sebel Pier 1 Hotel, Sydney
April 4th
2006. Lecture: The Role of Hysterectomy in Prolapse Surgery. University of
Maastricht, Academic Hospital, Maastricht. Netherlands.
April 4th
2006. Live surgery Workshop Academic Hospital, University of Maastricht,
Maastricht, Netherlands.
April 6th, 2006.
Analysis of long-term pelvic floor electrostimulation therapy for interstitial
cystitis. Oral poster presentation. 21st Annual Congress European
Association of Urology 5-8 April 2006. Palais de Congres Paris, France.
April 21st,2006.
Presentation of Original Technique. Mesh Reconstruction of Pelvis for Major
Prolapse. Lecture and Video Presentation. 4th Corso Nazionale
Teorico-Pratico Di Chirurgia e Riabilitazione del Pavimento Pelvico.
Mediterranea Hotel, Salerno, Italy 21-22 April 2006
April 21st,2006.Tissue
fixation or Tension free – two modus operandi. Lecture.
4th Corso Nazionale
Teorico-Pratico Di Chirurgia e Riabilitazione del Pavimento Pelvico.
Mediterranea Hotel, Salerno, Italy 21-22 April 2006
April 21st,2006. Complications
of the technique of Repair with Prostheses – Incidence, Prevention and
Treatment. Lecture. 4th Corso Nazionale Teorico-Pratico Di Chirurgia
e Riabilitazione del Pavimento Pelvico. Mediterranea Hotel, Salerno, Italy
21-22 April 2006
April 22nd ,2006.
Uterine Conservation in Surgery for Prolapse. Lecture.
4th Corso Nazionale
Teorico-Pratico Di Chirurgia e Riabilitazione del Pavimento Pelvico.
Mediterranea Hotel, Salerno, Italy 21-22 April 2006
Lecture: A New Method of
Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation. July 28th-31st AAVIS 2006
Annual Scientific Meeting. Hyatt Regency Coolum Resort.
Lecture: Mesh for Primary Repair
of Prolapse. July 28th-31st AAVIS 2006 Annual Scientific
Meeting. Hyatt Regency Coolum Resort.
Lecture: Complications of the
Posterior IVS. Prolapse workshop. 31st
Annual Meeting of the International Urogynaecology Association. Athens Hilton,
Athens, Greece. September 6th, 2006.
AAVIS Pelvic Surgery Workshop
November 13-14, 2006
Launceston General and Calvary Hospital,
Launceston, Tasmania
Mesh – No thanks: Pelvicol.
Lecture: AGES Pelvic Floor
Meeting
November 18-19, 2006
Hilton Hotel, Brisbane
Chairman: Workshop: Practical
Application of the Integral Theory to Prolapse and Incontinence Surgery with
Prostheses. 36th Annual Meeting of the International Continence
Society. 27 November – 1st December 2006, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Urological
Society of Australia and New Zealand Workshop. Lectures and Live Surgery:
Prolapse Surgery with Prostheses.
Concord Hospital, Sydney. 4th December 2006.
Positions Held:
1994 - 1996 Secretary, Medical Staff Council
Lower
North Coast Health Service
1994 - 1996 Medical Staff Council Representative
Board
of Directors
Lower
North Coast Health Service
1993 - 1995 Chairman, Dept of Obstetrics, Gynaecology &
Paediatrics
Cape
Hawke Community Hospital
Forster,
NSW
1995 , 1996 Chairman,
Department
of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Manning
Base Hospital
Taree,
NSW
1996 – 2001 Member of the Board of Directors
Mayo
Private Hospital
1997 Chairman
Credentials
Committee
Southern
Sector, Mid North Coast Health District
May 1997 - Oct
98 Member RACOG IT Committee
1997 - 1998 Chairman
Department
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Manning
Base Hospital
1998 Representative
Medical
Appointments Advisory Committee
Manning
Base Hospital
1999-2000 QA Coordinator
Dept Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Manning base Hospital
2000 - Present Preceptor and Trainer
Association of Ambulatory Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons
2001 – Present Director, Centre for Pelvic
Reconstructive Surgery
Sydney
Adventist Hospital
2004 - Present Member, Research Advisory Committee of
the Australasian Research Institute at Sydney Adventist Hospital
Medical
Consultancies
Dr Farnsworth has acted as a consultant, undertaken company funded research or provided post graduate medical training sessions for the following companies:
BARD Pty Ltd, USA
Johnson & Johnson, USA
Tyco HealthCareLtd, USA
Device Technologies, Sydney Australia
Agency for Medical Innovation,
Feldkrch, Austria
Cook Australia Pty Ltd
American Medical Systems
Uroplasty Netherlands
Endotherapeutics Pty Ltd, Sydney
Australia
Papers have been reviewed for the
following Journals:
Australian and New Zealand Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
International Urogynecology Journal
Pelvi-Perineologia
The Pelvic Floor Digest
www.pelvicfloordigest.com
Pelvi-Perineologia
FRANZCOG Clinical Experience
Present
Positions Held
1989-Present
Visiting Medical Officer, Mayo Private
Hospital Taree
1989-Present
Visiting Medical Officer, Cape Hawke
Community Private Hospital, Forster
1998 - Present
Visiting Medical Officer,
Westmead Private Hospital
Private Gynaecological Practice,
2000 – Present
Visiting Medical Officer, Sydney
Adventist Hospital
Private Gynaecological Practice,
2001 - Present
Visiting Medical Officer, Prince
of Wales Private Hospital
Private Gynaecological Practice,
2005 – Present
Visiting Gynaecologist
Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Italy
2006 Honorary Consultant Gynaecologist
Hornsby Kur-ring-ai Health
Service
Hornsby NSW Australia
Previous
Positions Held
1989-2002
Visiting Medical Officer, Manning Base
Hospital, Taree, NSW
1989-2001
Medical Director, Taree Urodynamic
Centre
Providing Urogynaecology services to
the Mid North Coast Area
Urodynamic investigations and Vaginal
Ultrasound
Visiting Medical Officer Wolper
Hospital, Sydney
Private Gynaecological Practice 1998 - 2002
Visiting Gynaecologist
Kempsey District Hospital 1998 - 2002
Senior Specialist in Obstetrics and
Gynaecology,
Mid North Coast Area Health Service,
1998 - 2002