Prof. Dr. Homi Zargar

Personal information

Name: Homayoun (Homi) Zargar Shoshtari

Date of birth: 5 April 1976

Nationality: Iranian

Registration: MED0001974793

Education

Homi completed his medical training at the University of Otago in Dunedin after which he undertook basic surgical and urology training at various New Zealand centres. Following completion of his specialist training and obtaining FRACS (Urol) from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2011, he spent a year at the Vancouver Prostate Centre completing a fellowship in uro-oncology under the supervision of Professor Martin Gleave and Peter Black with specific focus on prostate and bladder cancer.

Following that Homi moved to Cleveland, Ohio to complete a further two years of fellowship training in advance laparoscopic and robotic surgery at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic under the mentorship of Professor Jihad Kaouk.

This was followed by another year of fellowship in Melbourne Uro-Oncology Training Program (MUTP) for further training in robotic-assisted surgery and other complex urologic oncology surgery mentored by Professor Tony Costello and Associate Professor Declan Murphy as well as others involved in this program. Over the years of training Homi has developed an extensive academic and international profile and has published widely in the fields of minimally-invasive urology and uro-oncology with particular emphasis on kidney, bladder and prostate cancer.

Homi is a member of Kidney Health Australia advisory board and a senior lecturer at the department of Surgery at the University of Melbourne. He is Associate Editor of the Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica and BMC Urology and is a regular reviewer for all major urological journals including European Journal of Urology, Urology, The Journal of Urology and many others. Recently he was awarded the prestigious European urology reviewer of the month prize.

Work

Associate Professor Homi Zargar is a urological surgeon with fellowship training in uro-oncology and advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery. Originally from Iran, Homi is a New Zealand trained urologist practicing in Melbourne, Australia since July 2015.

Homi is a consultant urologist at Western Health and Associate Professor at the department of surgery at the University of Melbourne. He also has private hospital appointment at Epworth Richmond and Western Private Hospital.

Consultant urologist

PGY14 (July2016-July 2018): Uro-Oncology and Robotic Surgeon, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australian Prostate Cancer Centre and Epworth Richmond Hospital.

Fellowship training

PGY13 (July2015-July 2016): Melbourne Uro-Oncology Training Program (MUTP) Fellowship, Royal Melbourne Hospital/Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre;

PGY11 (July2013-July2015): Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Fellowship,Cleveland Clinic;

PGY10 (July2012-July2013): Uro-Oncology Fellowship University of British Colombia/Vancouver Prostate Centre.

Specialist training

• PGY9 (Jan2011-Jan2012): SET V Urology, Auckland Public Hospital, Auckland
• PGY8 (Jan2010-Jan 2011): SET IV Urology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton
• PGY7 (Dec2008-Jan2010): SET III Urology, Palmerston North Hospital, Palmerston North
• PGY6 (Dec2007-Dec2008): SET III general surgery, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch
• PGY5 (Dec2006-Dec2007): SET II general surgery, Hutt Hospital, Wellington
• PGY4 (Dec2005-Dec2006): Basic trainee general surgery, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
• PGY3 (June2005-Dec2005): Basic trainee urology, Auckland public Hospital, Auckland
• PGY3 (Dec2004-June2005): Basic trainee general surgery, North Shore Hospital, Auckland
• PGY2 (June2004-Dec2004): Basic trainee general surgery, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
• PGY2 (Dec2003-June2004):House officer, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
• PGY1 (Dec2002-Dec2003): House officer, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland

Qualifications

• AHPRA Specialist Registration 2015
• Society of Endourology Fellowship 2015
• FRACS (Urol) August 2013
• ECFMG Certificate Sep 2012
• MBCHB Otago University Dec 2002

Academic positions

Editorial Board Memberships:

• World Journal of Urology Editorial Board
• Minerva Urologica e nefrologica Section Editor
• BMC Urology Associate Editor
• SRL Urology Associate Editor
• SM Journal of Urology Section Editor
• The Manual Editorial Board

Other:

• Kidney Health Australia advisory board for kidney cancer

Teaching:

• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
• Australian and New Zealand Surgical Skills Education and Training (ASSET) faculty member and instructor
• Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, Christchurch School of Medicine 2008
• Honorary Clinical lecturer in Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine 2007

Reviewer for:

• European Urology
• Journal of Urology
• World Journal of Urology
• European Urology Focus
• Journal of Endourology
• Urology “GOLD JOURNAL”
• Urology Oncology Journal
• Journal of genitourinary cancer
• Surgical Innovation
• Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
• European Medical Journal-Urology
• International Journal of Urology
• The Scientific World Journal

Society memberships

• Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
• European Association of Urology
• American Urological Association
• Société Internationale d'Urologie
• ANZUP Cancer Trials Group

Awards and grants

• Top 1% reviewer for the most pre-publication peer reviews in medicine in 2017
• Epworth research Institute 2016 Experienced Researcher Poster Award. The impact of United States preventive services task force (USPTSTF)recommendation on PSA testing in Australia
• European Urology reviewer of the month. June 2016
• Best poster in the session: Validation of the novel 5-group Gleason grading system: 3+5 disease risk may be overestimated. EAU 2016 Munich, Germany
• AUA Annual Audio-Visual Award, Honourable Mention. Perineal Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (P-Ralp). AUA 2015 New Orleans, LA
• AUA Annual Audio-Visual Award, Honourable Mention. Management Of Challenging Urethro-Ileal Anastomosis During Robotic Intracorporeal Neobladder Formation. AUA 2015 New Orleans, LA
• Best poster in the session: Final pathologic stage after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: Does pT0 predict better survival than pTa/pTis/pT1?.EAU 2015 Madrid, Spain
• Best poster in the session: The interval between diagnosis and radical cystectomy does not impact the outcomes of patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. EAU 2015 Madrid, Spain
• Canadian Urology Oncology Group (CUOG) Astellas grant recipient 2013
• USANZ Wolf prize for the best trainee presentation 2010
• Midcentral district health board supreme health award 2009
• University of Otago distinction in General Practice 2002
• University of Otago distinction in Medicine 2002
• University of Otago RNZCGP Otago/Southland JAD Iverach prize in General Practice 2002
• University of Otago Marjorie McCallum medal in Medicine 2002
• University of Otago Iverach prize in Clinical Medicine 2002
• The Otago Medical Research Foundation Research Scholarship 2001
• University of Otago distinction in Medical practice 2001
• University of Otago T.H Pullar memorial prize in Pathology 2001
• University of Otago award in Medicine 1999.

In media

Podcasts

Talking Urology - ANZUP 2017 – DR HOMI ZARGAR

Articles

Hospital doctors grow and show for Movember

MRI targeted prostate biopsy: state-of-the-art imaging for the diagnosis of prostate cancer

Urological office procedures: why and how

In office transperineal prostate biopsy with local anaesthesia

Perioperative Outcomes of Robotic and Laparoscopic Simple Prostatectomy: A European–American Multi-institutional Analysis

Impact of Maximal Transurethral Resection on Pathological Outcomes at Cystectomy in a Large, Multi-institutional Cohort

Videos

mpMRI guided biopsy

Invited speaker/Faculty

• Session chair. 71st USANZ ASM. February 2018, Melbourne, Australia
• Invited Faculty. 6th Techno-Urology Meeting (TUM): New technologies for a more precise surgery. January 2018, Turin, Italy
• Invited faculty. Philippines Society of Urology Oncology 6th annual convention
• Invited Speaker. Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference September 2017, Melbourne, Australia
• Invited faculty. ANZUP annual scientific meeting 2017, Melbourne, Australia
• Invited Speaker. Surgical Nutrition Symposium 2017, Melbourne, Australia
• Invited Speaker. Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group Conference 2017, Melbourne, Australia
• Invited Faculty. 5th Techno-Urology Meeting (TUM): tailoring the therapy that fits best. January 2017, Turin, Italy
• Negative messaging is having an impact in Australia – PSA testing and trends. Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference September 2016, Melbourne, Australia
• A prospective comparison of open, laparoscopic and radical prostatectomy, Asia Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference September 2016, Melbourne, Australia 17
• Current guidelines on the management of biochemical recurrence, Asia-Pacific
• Prostate Cancer Conference September 2016, Melbourne, Australia
• Invited faculty and course instructor. The 6 TH Uro Oncology Update. February 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia
• Multi-tumour syndromes – evaluation and management. 4th National Bladder and Kidney Cancer Symposium. February 2016, Melbourne, Australia
• Imaging-based volumetric assessment in nephron sparing surgery: a new paradigm? 4th Techno-Urology Meeting (TUM): from preclinical setting to the operating room. January 2016, Turin Italy
• Invited Faculty. 4th Techno-Urology Meeting (TUM): from preclinical setting to the operating room. January 2016, Turin Italy
• Robotic-Assisted Inguinal Lymphadenectomy. SIU 2015 Melbourne, Australia
• MP-18: Kidney & Ureteral Cancer. SIU 2015 Melbourne, Australia. Session’s chair
• Bladder Cancer Care Pathway. 6th International Symposium on Robotic Urologic Surgery. Cleveland Clinic 2014.

Publications

Book chapters

• Zargar H, Costello AJ (2018), Genitourinary Oncology, Textbook of Surgery 4th edition (in press)
• Sharma P., Zargar-Shoshtari K., Zargar H., Spiess P.E. (2017) Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Penile Cancer: Answering the Conundrum of When and How It Should Be Conducted. In: Spiess P. (eds) Penile Cancer. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, New York, NY
• Krishnan J., Zargar H., Kaouk J. (2017) Renal Reconstruction Techniques for Renal Tumors in Various Locations. In: Rané A., Turna B., Autorino R., Rassweiler J. (eds) Practical Tips in Urology. Springer, London
• Brown R.D., Akca O., Zargar H., Stein R.J. (2017) LESS Ileal Interposition. In: Kaouk J., Stein R., Haber GP. (eds) Atlas of Laparoscopic and Robotic Single Site Surgery. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, New York, NY

Peer reviewed published articles

Zargar MA, Darvishi A, Shadpour P, Shooshtari HZ. Hypoesthesia of the thigh following renal transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2003 Nov;35(7):2672. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.09.040. PubMed PMID: 14612066.

Kamali K, Zargar MA, Zargar H. Early common surgical complications in 1500 kidney transplantations. Transplant Proc. 2003 Nov;35(7):2655-6. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.09.084. PubMed PMID: 14612058.

Zargar MA, Shahrokh H, Mohammadi Fallah MR, Zargar H. Comparing Taguchi and anterior Lich-Gregoir ureterovesical reimplantation techniques for kidney transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2005 Sep;37(7):3077-8. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.08.006. PubMed PMID: 16213310.

Wickremesekera J, Farmillo W, Hawkins S, Zargar H, Choudhary A, Vanniasingham P. Endoluminal repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: the Middlemore Hospital experience. N Z Med J. 2007 Mar 23;120(1251):U2467. PubMed PMID: 17384695.

Omundsen M, Zargar H, Purchas S. Giant cyst: an underreported complication of hernia mesh repairs?. ANZ J Surg. 2008 Sep;78(9):822-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04664.x. PubMed PMID: 18844922.

Zargar H, Anderson W, Koya M. Spontaneous intraperitoneal bladder rupture: a demanding diagnosis. ANZ J Surg. 2012 Jul-Aug;82(7-8):565-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06136.x. PubMed PMID: 22863231.

Zargar H, Stein RJ. Editorial comment for Ghani et al. J Endourol. 2013 Nov;27(11):1399. doi: 10.1089/end.2013.0531. Epub 2013 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 23984678.

Akca O, Zargar H, Stein R. Editorial comment. Urology. 2014 Mar;83(3):639; discussion 639-40. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.09.063. Epub 2014 Jan 1. PubMed PMID: 24387930.

Zargar H, Aning J, Ischia J, So A, Black P. Optimizing intravesical mitomycin C therapy in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Nat Rev Urol. 2014 Apr;11(4):220-30. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2014.52. Epub 2014 Mar 11. Review. PubMed PMID: 24619373.

Brandao LF, Autorino R, Zargar H, Laydner H, Krishnan J, Samarasekera D, Haber GP, Kaouk JH, Chalikonda S, Stein RJ. Robotic ileal ureter: a completely intracorporeal technique. Urology. 2014 Apr;83(4):951-4. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.11.035. Epub 2014 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 24518286.

Zargar H, Aning J, Legiehn G, Black P. Renovascular hypertension after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. J Urol. 2014 May;191(5):1418-20. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.01.103. Epub 2014 Feb 4. PubMed PMID: 24508453.

Zargar H, Kaouk JH, Akca O, Autorino R, Brandao LF, Laydner H, Krishnan J, Samarasekera D, Haber GP, Stein RJ. Step-by-Step robotic heminephrectomy for duplicated renal collecting system. Int Braz J Urol. 2014 Jul-Aug;40(4):578-9. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2014.04.21. PubMed PMID: 25251965.

Zargar H, Kaouk JH. Robot-assisted nephrouretectomy: is LESS more?. BJU Int. 2014 Jul;114(1):7-8. doi: 10.1111/bju.12418. PubMed PMID: 24964185.

Akca O, Zargar H, Autorino R, Brandao LF, Laydner H, Krishnan J, Samarasekera D, Li J, Haber GP, Stein R, Kaouk JH. Robotic partial nephrectomy for cystic renal masses: a comparative analysis of a matched-paired cohort. Urology. 2014 Jul;84(1):93-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.03.017. Epub 2014 May 10. PubMed PMID: 24821467.

Zargar H, Addison B, McCall J, Bartlett A, Buckley B, Rice M. Renal artery embolization prior to nephrectomy for locally advanced renal cell carcinoma. ANZ J Surg. 2014 Jul-Aug;84(7-8):564-7. doi: 10.1111/ans.12545. Epub 2014 Feb 18. PubMed PMID: 24548680.

Akca O, Zargar H, Autorino R, Brandao LF, Laydner H, Samarasekera D, Krishnan J, Noble M, Haber GP, Kaouk JH, Stein RJ. Robotic partial nephrectomy for caliceal diverticulum: a single-center case series. J Endourol. 2014 Aug;28(8):958-61. doi: 10.1089/end.2014.0184. Epub 2014 May 20. PubMed PMID: 24720868.

Brandao LF, Zargar H, Autorino R, Akca O, Laydner H, Samarasekera D, Krishnan J, Haber GP, Stein RJ, Kaouk JH. Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for ≥ 7 cm renal masses: a comparative outcome analysis. Urology. 2014 Sep;84(3):602-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.04.015. Epub 2014 Jun 12. PubMed PMID: 24929947.

Brandao LF, Zargar H, Laydner H, Akca O, Autorino R, Ko O, Samarasekera D, Li J, Rabets J, Krishnan J, Haber GP, Kaouk J, Stein RJ. 30-day hospital readmission after robotic partial nephrectomy--are we prepared for Medicare readmission reduction program?. J Urol. 2014 Sep;192(3):677-81. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.02.009. Epub 2014 Feb 14. PubMed PMID: 24530985.

Kaouk JH, Samarasekera D, Krishnan J, Autorino R, Acka O, Brando LF, Laydner H, Zargar H. Robotic partial nephrectomy with intracorporeal renal hypothermia using ice slush. Urology. 2014 Sep;84(3):712-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.05.008. PubMed PMID: 25168557.

Zargar H, Autorino R, Kaouk JH. Nephron-sparing surgery for tumors in a solitary kidney. Curr Opin Urol. 2014 Sep;24(5):459-65. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000000082. Review. PubMed PMID: 24921907.

Autorino R, Zargar H, White WM, Novara G, Annino F, Perdonà S, De Angelis M, Mottrie A, Porpiglia F, Kaouk JH. Current applications of near-infrared fluorescence imaging in robotic urologic surgery: a systematic review and critical analysis of the literature. Urology. 2014 Oct;84(4):751-9. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.05.059. Review. PubMed PMID: 25260441.

Zargar H, Krishnan J, Autorino R, Akca O, Brandao LF, Laydner H, Samarasekera D, Ko O, Haber GP, Kaouk JH, Stein RJ. Robotic nephroureterectomy: a simplified approach requiring no patient repositioning or robot redocking. Eur Urol. 2014 Oct;66(4):769-77. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.02.060. Epub 2014 Mar 12. PubMed PMID: 24661639.

Autorino R, Zargar H, Kaouk JH. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery: recent advances in urology. Fertil Steril. 2014 Oct;102(4):939-49. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.05.033. Epub 2014 Jun 30. Review. PubMed PMID: 24993800.

Zargar H, Bhayani S, Allaf ME, Stifelman M, Rogers C, Larson J, Ball MW, Marshall S, Kumar R, Fergany A, Campbell S, Kaouk J. Comparison of perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy and open partial nephrectomy in patients with a solitary kidney. J Endourol. 2014 Oct;28(10):1224-30. doi: 10.1089/end.2014.0297. Epub 2014 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 24959704.

Rahbar H, Bhayani S, Stifelman M, Kaouk J, Allaf M, Marshall S, Zargar H, Ball MW, Larson J, Rogers C. Evaluation of renal mass biopsy risk stratification algorithm for robotic partial nephrectomy--could a biopsy have guided management?. J Urol. 2014 Nov;192(5):1337-42. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.06.028. Epub 2014 Jun 14. PubMed PMID: 24936720.

View full list at A/Prof Homi Zargar's Bibliography

Non-peer reviewed articles

Zargar H, Featured New SIU Members. SIU Newsletter. March 2016 Vol.12 No1.

Kaouk JH, Zargar h, Krishnan J. Intracorporeal hypothermia During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Using Ice Slush. Urology & Kidney Disease News Vol. 24 Winter 2015.

Zargar H, Ganesan V, Haber GP. Robotic Radical Cystectomy With Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion: A New Horizon. Urology & Kidney Disease News Vol. 24 Winter 2015.

Zargar h, Kaouk JH. Robotic Partial Nephrectomy:” A New Era Of Trifecta”. European Urology today. Vol. 25 No.5 - October/November 2013.