Dr Collins resides on the Sunshine Coast with his main private practice located at Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital and also consults and operates at Noosa Hospital. He manages a wide range of urological disorders and while mainly focusing on prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular cancer, he treats lower urinary tract symptoms and renal stone disease.
Dr Collins is a Queensland trained Urological Surgeon who graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 2001. He underwent basic surgical training and two years of advanced training in general surgery prior to undertaking his urological training. He was awarded the prestigious Neville Davis Prize in Surgery from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons for his research on 3 Dimensional Visualization System for Laparoscopic Surgery. He was a finalist in the Sir Edward Hughes Memorial Clinical Research Prize in Surgery in the same year. Dr Collins has presented research and given education talks at many local, state and national meetings.
After attaining his fellowship in Urology, he underwent significant further training in advanced robotic surgery using the Da Vinci Xi robotic surgical platform. He performs robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy and pyleoplasty at Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital.
Dr Collins is a senior lecturer at the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He represents Urology on the Medical Advisory Committee at Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital and convenes the "Preparation for Private Practice" course for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.