Medical School: Indiana University of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Genitourinary trauma and reconstructive urology, Detroit Receiving Hospital

Clinical Interests:

Genitourinary trauma
Reconstructive urology/urethroplasty
Fournier's wound management
Male incontinence
Voiding dysfunction
General urology

Certification: Urology

Brett Lebed, MD

Assistant Professor, Urology

Email: blebed@temple.edu

Educational Background

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Female Urology, Medical University of South Carolina Hospital

Clinical Interests:

Female urology
Pelvic reconstruction
Male incontinence
Female incontinence

Certification: Board Eligible

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Fox Chase Cancer Center

Richard E. Greenberg, MD, F.A.C.S.

Chief, Urologic Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Education:

Medical School: Cornell University Medical College
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Clinical Interests

Prostate cancer
Bladder cancer
Robotic surgery
Kidney cancer
Adrenal carcinoma
Penile cancer
Testicular cancer
Ureteral cancer
Urethral cancer

Certification: Urology

Robert G. Uzzo, MD, F.A.C.S.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Chair in Cancer Research

Education:

Medical School: Cornell University Medical College
Residency: New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Renal Transplantation and Renovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Clinical Interests:

Kidney tumors
Prostate cancer
Testicular cancer
Bladder cancer
Adrenal cancer
Urinary diversions, with a major emphasis on minimally invasive surgical techniques including laparoscopic and robotic surgery

Certification: Urology, Surgery

David Y. T. Chen, MD, F.A.C.S.
Attending Surgeon, Urologic Oncology

Education:

Medical School: Cornell University Medical College
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health Research Scholar; Urologic Oncology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Clinical Interests:

Kidney cancer
Prostate cancer
Testicular cancer
Bladder cancer
Adrenal carcinoma
Urinary diversions
Minimally invasive surgical techniques - laparoscopic and robotic surgery, daVinci nerve-sparing
Prostatectomy

Certification: Urology

Rosalia Viterbo, MD
Attending Surgeon, Urologic Oncology

Education:

Medical School: State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Robotic Urologic Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center

Clinical Interests:

Robotic and laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery
Prostate cancer
Bladder cancer
Ureteral cancer
Kidney cancer
Testicular cancer
Adrenal cancer

Certification: Urology

Alexander Kutikov, MD
Attending Surgeon, Urologic Oncology

Education:

Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Clinical Interests:

Prostate Cancer: robotic and open radical nerve-sparing prostatectomy
Bladder Cancer: urinary diversion, orthotopic neobladder reconstruction
Kidney Cancer: kidney-sparing approaches, robotic, laparoscopic, open kidney surgery
Adrenal masses: minimally-invasive adrenal surgery and extensive expertise in treatment of adrenal incidentalomas
Testicular cancer and other genitourinary cancers

Certification: Board Eligible

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Abington Memorial Hospital

Robert S. Charles, MD, F.A.C.S.
Surgeon-in-Chief, Division of Urology
Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology

Education:

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Clinical Interests:

Urinary stone disease
Chronic infections
Benign and malignant diseases of the bladder and prostate
Certified to perform the Greenlight laser procedure for the management of bladder neck obstruction

Certification: Urology

Elizabeth J. Anoia, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology

Education:

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Case Western Reserve University
Fellowship: Reconstructive Urology, Female Urology, and Urodynamics, at Duke University Medical Center

Clinical Interests:

Male and female voiding dysfunction

Certification: Urology

Larry A. Cutler, MD, F.A.C.S.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology

Education:

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Clinical Interests:

Prostate cancer
Bladder cancer
Kidney stones
Performed over 5,000 no-scalpel vasectomies

Certification: Urology

Steven J. Hirshberg, MD, F.A.C.S.
Chief, Male Reproductive Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology

Education:

Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine

Clinical Interests:

Male reproductive medicine
Erectile dysfunction
Male infertility
Varicocele repair
Reproductive microsurgery

Certification: Urology

A. Michael Samaha, Jr., MD, F.A.C.S.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology

Education:

Medical School: Boston University
Residency: Temple University Hospital

Clinical Interests

Endoscopic stone surgery
Laparoscopic kidney surgery
Female and male incontinence surgery
All treatments for ED

Certification: Urology

Lee R. Schachter, MD
Director of Robotic Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology

Education:

Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency: SUNY Downstate medical Center
Fellowship: Laparoscopy/Robotics/Endourology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Clinical Interests

Robotic and laparoscopic urologic surgery
Endourology
General urology

Certification: Urology

Yan F. Shibutani, MD, F.A.C.S.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology

Education:

Medical School: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Clinical Interests

Kidney stone management
Laser prostate surgery

Certification: Urology

Robert Mino, MD

Staff urologist, Abington Memorial Hospital

Education:

Medical School: Georgetown Univ School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University School of Medicine

Clinical Interests

General urology

Certification: Urology

Joanna Chon, MD

Staff urologist, Abington Memorial Hospital

Education:

Medical School: George Washington University School Of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Hospital
Fellowship: Female urology, Cedar Sinai Medical Center

Clinical Interests

Overactive bladder
Female urology
Female incontinence
Pelvic surgery

Certification: Urology

Joseph Izes, MD

Staff urologist, Abington Memorial Hospital

Education:

Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Lahey Clinic Foundation
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, Lahey Clinic Foundation

Clinical Interests

Minimally invasive surgery
General urology

Certification: Urology

Paul R. Gittens, MD

Staff urologist, Abington Memorial Hospital

Education:

Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University
Fellowship: Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine

Clinical Interests: