Meet our Expert Team
A/Prof Kamran Zargar
Assoc. Professor Kamran Zargar is a highly trained and experienced New Zealand urologist committed to delivering exceptional patient care. He specialises in urological oncology and robotic surgery and has extensive expertise in treating general urological conditions, such as renal stones and voiding dysfunction, including Laser prostate surgery and HoLEP. A/Prof Zargar and Mr Pokorny are the sole urologists in New Zealand utilising the ARTEMIS MRI-Ultrasound fusion system for prostate biopsy.
A/Prof Zargar performs numerous radical prostatectomies for prostate cancer, major pelvic and reconstructive surgery for bladder cancer, and complicated renal surgery for kidney cancer. He received his medical degree from the Otago Medical School and completed urological training in New Zealand before spending a year of fellowship in Australia. He obtained two additional years of accredited sub-specialised training at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida.
A/Prof Zargar gained invaluable experience in open and robotic cancer surgery, complex urological malignancies, and the assessment and treatment of urological oncology while at Moffitt. He was awarded the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) certification, making him the only New Zealand surgeon to hold this accreditation from the U.S.A.
Assoc. Professor Zargar established and currently leads Auckland Urology Research, the only active urological research group enrolling post-graduate students in New Zealand. He is the first and only Associate Professor of Urology in Auckland. He has completed research in New Zealand and the United States, working with prominent academics in urologic oncology. Dr Zargar is one of the most published urologists in New Zealand, with over 100 peer-reviewed original articles, review papers, invited commentaries, and book chapters. He is an editorial board member and reviewer for several urological journals, and his published works have been cited in clinical guidelines for managing urological cancers.
A/Prof Zargar is currently the leader of the Urologic Oncology Special Advisory Group to the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ). He holds a public appointment as a consultant urologist at Counties Manukau Health and performs surgery at Auckland City Hospital and Manukau Surgical Centre. Private operations are performed at Brightside, Ormiston, and Mercy hospitals.
Assoc. Professor Zargar consults at Ormiston Urology, MacMurray Clinic in New Market, and Marina Specialist Centre at Half Moon Bay.
A comprehensive list of his qualifications, research, and publications can be found on his website.
Dr Morgan Pokorny
Dr Pokorny is a highly qualified New Zealand-trained urologist. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Cape Town in 1998 and completed his basic Urology training in New Zealand in 2008. He then went to Brisbane to undertake a clinical and research fellowship at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, where he was awarded a PhD in 2013 for his thesis on the molecular biology of prostate cancer. During this time, he gained experience in laparoscopic kidney surgery and general urology and became an expert in stone surgery.
In 2014, in Belgium, Dr Pokorny completed a robotic surgery fellowship under Prof. Alex Mottrie, a world-renowned figure in the field. Here, he received intensive training in robotic radical prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy, pyeloplasty and robotic reconstructive surgery. He has performed over 300 robotic surgery procedures for prostate and kidney cancer.
Dr Pokorny played a crucial role in assisting Dr Les Thompson with the first Australian trial using prostate MRI and MRI-guided biopsy in the diagnosis of prostate cancer between 2011 and 2014. The study was published in European Urology in 2014 and has become a landmark paper. Dr Pokorny is now an expert in prostate MRI and has chaired the USANZ Prostate MRI workshop at the USANZ Annual Scientific meeting. He has been invited to speak on prostate MRI at international meetings on multiple occasions.
Dr Pokorny is involved in active research through Counties Manukau Health and reviews for several prominent urological journals. He is highly skilled in robotic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, stone surgery and general urology.
