Dr. Warren Lo Hwa Loon

About the Doctor / Professional

Dr. Warren Lo Hwa Loon is a Consultant Urologist whose main area of practice covers a broad range of urological issues including urinary stones, urinary tract cancers and recurrent urinary tract infections. He sub-specializes in female urological matters such as overactive bladders and urinary incontinence as well as men’s health problems which include erectile dysfunctions and prostate diseases. He performs urological implant surgeries such as sling and artificial urinary sphincters for patients with urinary incontinence problems and penile implants for patients with erectile dysfunction. He also performs various oncological procedures both open and minimally invasive for kidney, bladder and prostate cancers.

Dr. Lo conducts various neuro-reconstructive procedures for patients, both adult and pediatric, with bladder dysfunction commonly seen in those with spinal injuries or in patients with stroke, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. He has delivered the largest series of Botox injections in patients with overactive bladders in Malaysia and is the only Urologist in Southeast Asia who performs sacral neuromodulation procedures (bladder pacemaker) for bladder dysfunctions and artificial urinary sphincters for female patients with severe urine leaks.

Academic Background & Training

Dr. Lo was trained in Malaysia and overseas. He underwent subspecialty fellowship training in Neuro Reconstructive Urology and Female Urology in the United Kingdom at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow and had a fellowship attachment in functional urology at the University Hospital California Davis in California, United States.

He is also a highly trained and Europe-certified robotics surgeon, specializing in various complicated robotic surgeries for prostate and kidney cancers. He obtained his fellowship training in Robotic uro-oncology at the Peter Mc Callum Cancer Centre in Melbourne and at Guy’s Hospital & St Thomas Hospital, London. He also trained at Pitie Salpetriere Hospital, Paris in robotic functional urology. Dr. Lo is a recipient of the prestigious Tun Suffiah Foundation scholarship which supported his robotics training at Guy’s Hospital in London.

Intellectual Pursuits

He delivers various oral and poster presentations locally and internationally and has published research papers in domestic and international journals. He has chaired various neuro urology and uro-oncology symposiums across Asia Pacific and is a regular speaker at European and American Urological Conferences. He is currently the principal investigator in a few international multi-centric studies and takes part in health awareness programs and workshops in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea and Australia. He is also an examiner for the Malaysian Urological Board Examinations.