Lydia Johns Putra is a general urologist with a subspecialty interest in Female Urology. She has worked in Ballarat since 2009 and has appointments in the private and public sectors.

She chairs the USANZ Victorian Section Training Committee and has previously been chair of the Urology Specialty Specific Examination subcommittee, the urology representative on the RACS Surgical Sciences Examination subcommittee and chair of the Victorian Section of USANZ. She is a RACS ASSET course instructor and participates in outreach work in Madagascar with Australian Doctors for Africa.