Our doctors – three of Sydney’s leading urogynaecologists

Prof Korda currently performs Urodynamic testing at the Newtown, Bankstown & St Leonards rooms.

Andrew Korda is currently a Conjoint Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Western University, Sydney and Consultant Emeritus at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.

He has in the past been Lecturer in Gynaecology at the University of Sydney, Chairman of the Pelvic Floor Unit at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Senior Gynaecological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

He is a past Chairman of the Urogynaecological Subspecialty Committee of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Associate Editor of the International Urogynaecological Journal, Chief Examiner in Urogynaecology of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Examiner for the Membership in the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Head of the Department of Gynaecology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has been involved in numerous RANZCOG educational activities over the years.

Andrew Korda is a graduate in Medicine from the University of Sydney (MB BS). He is a Fellow of the RANZCOG (FRANZCOG) with Certification in Urogynaecology (CU) and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Legal Medicine (FACLM). He holds Masters’ degrees in Arts and Health Law from the University of Sydney.

Andrew Korda is currently involved in two significant professional activities: running a private general gynaecological and urogynaecological practice at the Royal Prince Alfred Medical Centre, running urodynamic diagnostic services in the Sydney Urodynamic Centres.

He has published extensively in the medical literature on pelvic floor and urinary dysfunction in women, is the author of 106 original articles in refereed journals and chapters in books.

He is a member of the International Urogynaecological Association, International Continence Society, the Urogynaecological Society of Australia, the Australian Medical Association and the Medico legal Society of New South Wales and is an advisor to the Health and Disability Commission in New Zealand.

Andrew Korda has had many years experience in medico-legal work, providing independent medico-legal opinions to plaintiff and defence lawyers and is accredited to give medico-legal opinion in general gynaecology and urogynaecology by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

View Dr Korda’s LinkedIn profile here.
Dr Korda is also has a wikipedia page.

Prof Benness currently performs Urodynamic testing at the Newtown, Chatswood & Liverpool rooms

Christopher Benness is an Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Sydney and is Head of the Urogynaecology Unit at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney where he is a Senior Gynaecological Surgeon. He is also the Clinical Lead for the Pelvic Mesh Service and the Pelvic Fistula Service at RPAH. He is Head of the Department of Gynaecology at The Mater Hospital. Professor Benness is an examiner in Urogynaecology for RANZCOG. He is active in research and teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has multiple scientific publications.

He is a past Chairman of the Medical Board at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and also past Chairman of the NSW Regional Committee of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He has previously been Head of Department of Gynaecology at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Professor Benness was also previously the Australian representative on the Board of the International Urogynaecological Association. He was an inaugural member of the Urogynaecological Society of Australasia and served on its first Board. Professor Benness is a Director of Sydney Urodynamic Centres. He continues to have an active clinical practise in Urogynaecology and general Gynaecology, working in both the public and private health sectors.

Christopher is a graduate of The University of Sydney and is a Fellow of both the Australian and UK Royal Colleges of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He is one of only 41 Certified Urogynaecologists in Australia, having trained in both London and Sydney. His MD Thesis with the University of Sydney was on `Steroid Hormones and Female Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction’.

The use of mesh in pelvic surgery has been a prominent issue in recent years. Professor Benness has made presentations to the National Senate Enquiry regarding this matter, on behalf of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and also to the South Australian Senate Enquiry. He is accredited to both insert and remove mesh and is Head of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Pelvic Mesh Service. He is a member of the NSW Health Department’s, `Transvaginal Mesh Taskforce’.

Professor Benness has a strong interest in training specialists from the developing world in Urogynaecology. To this end there have been gynaecologists from Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, India and Jordan come to train at the Urogynaecology Unit at RPAH. Professor Benness has also operated and taught in Indonesia, the Philippines, Jordan, Nepal, Ghana and Tanzania, including participating in fistula treatment camps in Africa.

Christopher is married to Linda, a family medical practitioner and two of his three sons are doctors.

Prof Dietz currently performs Urodynamic testing at the Penrith & Liverpool rooms

Hans Peter Dietz is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and RANZCOG-certified subspecialist in Urogynaecology. He was born in Germany and graduated from Heidelberg University in 1988, obtaining an MD there in 1989. Between 1999 and 2002, he undertook urogynaecology subspecialty training in Sydney and obtained a PhD with the University of New South Wales. Between 2008 and 2021 he was Professor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney.

In the past he has acted as editor to the Continence Journal, Australian and NZ Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Ultrasund in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He co- foundced the Australasian Birth Trauma Association in 2017. His academic work focuses on childbirth- related maternal pelvic floor trauma as well as antenatal and intrapartum consent. He has authored almost 400 peer-reviewed publications and 23 book chapters. His work has been cited over 24.000 times; his H factor is 84.

He has been a partner in Sydney Urodynamics for Women since 2002 and runs the Online Pelvic Floor Imaging Course of the International Urogynaecology Association. He is very active in teaching internationally and has led about 100 courses and seminars worldwide over the last 20 years.

Dr Shek currently performs Urodynamic testing at the Liverpool & Bankstown rooms

Dr Ka Lai (Clara) Shek is Chinese and born and raised in Hong Kong. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong, she started specialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Tuen Mun Hospital in the New Territories, a tertiary institution serving a population of more than one million. She undertook subspecialty training in Urogynaecology at the same location and became an accredited Urogynaecologist in Hong Kong in 2005. Dr Shek came to Australia in 2006 to undertake a PhD in Medicine with the University of Sydney. The subject of her thesis was the effects of childbirth on the pelvic floor. She completed her thesis and was awarded her PhD in 2010. Her research interests include pelvic floor imaging, the effects of childbirth on pelvic floor structure and function and slings and mesh implants used in pelvic reconstructive surgery. Currently she is Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with the Western Sydney University and Editor of ‘Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology’. She has authored or coauthored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles. She was former member of the Editorial Board of the Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal and former Chair of the International Urogynaecological Association (IUGA) Pelvic Floor Imaging Special Interest Group.