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Gender: Male
Specialist
Department: Urology
Practice Specialty:
Urology
Academic Title:
Associate Professor of Clinical Urology, Department of Urology
Administrative Title:
Director, Division of Urologic Oncology/Urologic Robotics Program; Director, Prostate Center at Montefiore/Genitourinary Multidisciplinary Clinic
Areas of Expertise:
Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
Open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery for all urologic malignancies
Practice Emphasis:
Currently Dr. Ghavamian is participating in several prostate cancer clinical trials and is investigating how robotic surgery compares to laparoscopic procedures in an effort to advance techniques and therapies for treating urologic diseases.
Biography:
Reza Ghavamian, MD is the Director of the Division of Urologic Oncology and the Urologic Robotics Program and the Director of the Prostate Cancer and Genitourinary Multidisciplinary Clinic at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Having completed his residency at University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Urologic Oncology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, he joined Montefiore Medical Center in 1998 and is now the only board certified urologist in the New York Metropolitan area who conducts every modality of surgery (open, laparoscopic, and robotic) for all urologic malignancies. In 2001, he established the first laparoscopic radical prostatectomy program in New York at Montefiore Medical Center, where he also launched the robotic program in 2005. He has appeared in the Guide to America’s Top Physicians and Best Doctors in America and has been honored with the Outstanding Teacher of the year Award at Montefiore Medical Center three times. He has also contributed to countless publications and textbooks, and serves as a member of the Urology Executive Committee for the New York Academy of Medicine, as well as a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the New York Urological Society.
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Locations:
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MMC Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
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| 3400 Bainbridge Avenue |
| Bronx, NY 10467 |
| Phone: (718) 920-8475 |
| Fax: (718) 547-2902 |
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Montefiore Medical Center
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| 111 East 210th Street |
| Bronx, NY 10467 |
| Phone: (718) 920-4321 |
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| Medical Education: |
M.D., Boston University School of Medicine
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| Residency: |
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
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| Fellowship: |
Mayo Clinic
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| Board Certified: |
Urology |
Publications:
Ghavamian R. The urologic oncologist, robotic and open radical prostatectomy: the need to look through the hype and propaganda and serve our patients, Urological Oncology. 2009 May-June; 27 (3): 233-5
Hakimi AA, Blitstein J, Feder M, Shapiro E, Ghavamian R. Direct comparison of surgical and functional outcomes of robotic-assisted versus pure laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: single-surgeon experience. Urology. 2009 Jan; 73(1): 119-23
Feder MT, Patel MB, Melman A, Ghavamian R, Hoenig DM. Comparison of open and laparoscopic nephrectomy in obese and nonobese patients: outcomes stratified by body mass index. J Urol. 2008 Jul; 180(1): 79-83
Blitstein J, Ghavamian R. Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma: a minimally invasive means to nephron preservation. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2008 Jun; 8(6): 921-7 Review.
Milhoua PM, Koi PT, Lowe D, Ghavamian R. Issue of prostate gland size, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, and continence revisited. Urology. 2008 Mar; 71(3): 417-20
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