Welcome to the website of Associate Professor Bernard Haylen, Certified Urogynaecologist.

This website has been designed to provide information to patients and their families as well as medical and allied health professionals about Urogynaecology, that area of gynaecology and female urology that involves the assessment and treatment of Bladder and pelvic floor problems including urinary Incontinence, uterine and vaginal Prolapse .

You will find detailed information on the diagnosis and treatment of all the different diagnoses in Urogynaecology . Included also is a full academic and professional background of Associate Professor Haylen as well as details of his three Clinics.

It is hoped you will find the site informative and easy to use.

This website was launched February 18, 2006.
It was last updated on October, 2010.

N.B. Practice Contact phone numbers: 83826983 (St Vincent's Clinic); 99504610 (Mater Clinic); 96504979 (Randwick Urodynamic Centre - Prince of Wales Private Hospital)

Associate Professor Bernard Haylen is a Certified Urogynaecologist (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists). He accepts referrals of women with symptoms of bladder dysfunction (most commonly urinary incontinence), uterine and vaginal prolapse, other pelvic floor problems as well as general gynaecological issues such as menstrual disorders or uterine fibroids.

Associate Professor Haylen commenced practice at St Vincent's in 1989 following his graduation at the University of Liverpool, U.K. as a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), his thesis entitled "Screening for voiding difficulty in women" having been successful. He has over 21 years subsequent experience in the field of urogynaecology seeing around 850 new referrals per year.

Associate Professor Haylen has full Consulting and Urodynamic Clinics at St Vincent's Clinic (Monday, Tuesday), Prince of Wales Private Consulting Rooms (Thursday) and the Mater Clinic (Friday). He has general consulting at St Vincent's Clinic (Thursday). He operates privately at St Vincent's Clinic, St Vincent's Private and the Mater Hospitals. He also operates at two public Hospitals, St Vincent's and the Royal Hospital for Women. His surgical activity in 2009 (1085 major and 760 minor procedures) is outlined in the section Surgery.

Associate Professor Haylen is Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. He has been Chairman of the Dept of Gynaecology at St Vincent's Private Hospital since 1998. He is a past Chairman of the Medical Staff Council at St Vincent's Private Hospital. He is a Fellow of the RANZCOG and the RCOG. He is a member of International Urogynecological Association (serving on its International Board from 2000-2004 and presiding as current Chairman of the Standardization and Terminology Committee) and the International Continence Society.

Associate Professor Haylen is the author of around 60 articles in peer review journals-as well as numerous other publications. In addition to his presentations at international meetings, he is a regular speaker at RANZCOG , general practice and pelvic floor meetings. He is extensively involved in research and publication. He is most well-known for his many papers on the subject of "Voiding Difficulty in Women and his joint IUGA-ICS Terminology Reports. His Liverpool Nomograms for urine flow rates in men and women are a worldwide standard. His other research interests include ultrasound in urogynaecology, recurrent urinary tract infections and the retroverted uterus.

Under the auspices of the International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) and the International Continence Society(ICS), he is first author (10 international expert co-authors) on the Terminology for Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. He is also first author (15 international expert co-authors) of another joint IUGA/ICS document "A terminology and classification of complications directly related to the insertion of prostheses (meshes, tapes and implants) and grafts in female pelvic floor surgery".

Associate Professor Haylen reviews submitted publications for the International Urogynecology Journal, Neurourology & Urodynamics and the Medical Journal of Australia, the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, European Urology and the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.