Rate My Professor Dennis King

Dennis King serves as an Adjunct Senior Clinical Lecturer at Monash University in the Department of Surgery, Alfred Hospital, within the School of Translational Medicine. As a consultant urologic surgeon, he practices at St John of God Berwick, The Alfred, Cabrini Private, and Epworth Eastern Hospitals in Melbourne, Australia. His academic background includes degrees of BHB and MBChB, a Fellowship in Urology from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2002, and full membership in the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand. King completed his urologic surgery training in New Zealand and Australia, supplemented by specialized post-fellowship training: a urological cancer fellowship in Oxford, England (2000), a laparoscopic surgical fellowship in Basingstoke, England (2001), and robotic surgery training in Los Angeles, USA. He has performed more than 450 robotic prostatectomy procedures since 2004.

King's primary research and clinical interests focus on robotic and laparoscopic surgery for prostate cancer, kidney cancer, and renal transplantation. He has contributed to the field through publications, presentations, and mentoring of fellow surgeons. Notable publications include "68Ga-PSMA-PET screening and transponder-guided salvage radiotherapy to the prostate bed alone for biochemical recurrence following prostatectomy: interim outcomes of a phase II trial" published in the World Journal of Urology (2021), "Struggling urology trainee: a qualitative study into causes of underperformance" in the ANZ Journal of Surgery (2020), "Ductal variant prostate carcinoma is associated with a significantly shorter metastasis-free survival: a matched analysis" in the European Journal of Cancer (2021), and "Focal irreversible electroporation for the treatment of localised prostate cancer: a systematic review" in Translational Andrology and Urology (2025). King is also affiliated with the Alfred Urology Consortium and maintains a private practice at Urology Associates.