About Us

Background

I am a urological surgeon in Geelong, specialising in functional urology (incontinence), general urology and neuro-urology. I am passionate about surgical education. I am the PRESET supervisor at Barwon Health and am Chair of the Victorian Regional Training Committee for the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ). I am the also the chair of the education sub-committee for USANZ.

I have completed my Masters in Surgical Education and am currently completing my PhD at University of Melbourne focusing on improving remediation in surgical trainees.

I am a RACS facilitator for the Induction of Surgical Supervisors Course and difficult Conversations Course.  I am faculty for Monash university Fundamentals of Clinical Coaching Short Course.

 

Research Focus

I work primarily with qualitative research. My main areas of interest include overactive bladder, as well as surgical education.

 

Awards & Achievements

• Academy of Surgical Educators Surgical Education Research Scholarship in 2019
• RACS Ian and Ruth Gough Scholarship in 2023.

 

Feature Publications

• Neerhut, T., Ninan, J., Grills, R., & McLeod, K. (2023). Defining the good surgical resident: a resident and registrar perspective. ANZ Journal of Surgery. doi:10.1111/ans.18689

• Holmes, A, Kelsey, E, Wombwell, A, Molesworth, C, McLeod, K. Are we underestimating urinary retention following intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA in women with overactive bladder and a history of prior pelvic surgery? Neurourol Urodyn. 2023; 42: 106-112. doi:10.1002/nau.25054

• McLeod, K., Waller, S., King, D. and Nestel, D. (2020), Struggling urology trainee: a qualitative study into causes of underperformance. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90: 991-996. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.15825

• Kelsey E, Holmes A, Tissot S, Campbell P, McLeod K. Management of recurrent localised bladder amyloid, has methotrexate helped? Urol Case Rep. 2023 Sep 27;51:102577. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102577. PMID: 37811541; PMCID: PMC10551828.

• Grills, R., Holmes, A., Tissot, S. and McLeod, K. (2022), Optimizing surgical training in the time of COVID-19—Victorian regional teaching hospital experience. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92: 336-340. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.17472

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