Clinical Interests
- Minimally invasive removal of advanced tumors/cancers of the prostate
- Minimally invasive removal of bladder cancer
- Minimally invasive removal of kidney tumor/cancer
- Minimally invasive removal of ureteral cancer
- Minimally invasive removal of adrenal tumor/cancer
- Robotic removal of non-cancerous (benign), enlarged prostate (simple prostatectomy)
- Complex minimally invasive robotic reconstruction of the kidney, ureter and bladder
- Patients unwilling to receive blood transfusions or Jehovah’s Witness patients
Research Interests
- Outcomes measurement, robotic guideline development, device and instrument design
- Development of novel techniques for complicated and challenging patient conditions
Education
- MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- BS, Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Training
- Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Urologic Robotic Oncology, Henry Ford Hospital, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI
- Residency, Urology, Henry Ford Hospital, Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI
- Internship, Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital/University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certifications
- American Board of Urology
Memberships
- American Urological Society
- Endourological Society
- Genitourinary Reconstructive Society
- Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Association
- Philadelphia Urologic Society
Awards and Honors
- Appreciation Award, Institute of Nephrology and Urology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Appreciation Award, Korean Prostate Society
- Appreciation Award, Taiwanese urologic Association
- Appreciation Award, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, India
- Top 40 Docs Under 40, Philadelphia magazine, 2009
- Bloodless Medicine Physician Champion Award, Pennsylvania Hospital
- Top 40 Professionals Under 40”, Philadelphia Business Journal 2010
- Top Doc, Castle Connolly
- Top Doc, US News and World report
- Awarded 3 “Best Paper” Awards at 32nd World Congress of Endourology, Taiwan, 2014
- Awarded Honorary Professor of Urology by Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
- Awarded Best Laparoscopy/Robotics Paper “Multi-Institutional Study of Robotic Assisted Buccal Mucosa Graft Ureteroplasty: Initial Results” at 33rd Annual World Congress of Endourology, London, England 2015
- Awarded 1st Prize for Best Video Abstract “Near Infrared Imaging And Indocyanine Green for Complex Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Reconstruction Involving Bowel Based Urinary Diversions” at the annual Societe Internationale D’Urologie (SIU) Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 2015
- Awarded 1st Prize for Best Video in Renal Oncology Video “Technical Considerations for a Horseshoe Kidney and A Posteriorly Occurring Renal Mass: The Use of Intravenous Indocyanine Green and 4th Arm in Robotic-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy.” Video abstract at 112th Annual American Urologic Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2017
- Awarded 1st Prize for Best Poster in Renal Oncology. “Development and Validation of an Objective Scoring Tool for Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy: Scoring for Partial Nephrectomy(SPaN)”, 35th Annual World Congress of Endourology, Vancouver, Canada, 2017
- Top Doctors, Urology, Philadelphia magazine, 2017-2025
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