Midwest Stone InstituteMidwest Stone Institute
This fellowship is one of the original endourology subspecialty programs. It was started by Dr. Ralph Clayman in 1984. The fellowship has always had a very active animate laboratory and has had a focus on developing, evaluating and bringing novel treatments and instrumentation into the clinical realm. Many of Dr. Clayman’s advances were pioneered and tested in this laboratory, including many of the laparoscopic procedures that are commonplace today. Early contribution in the laboratory also came from Dr. Louis Kavoussi and Dr. Elspeth McDougall.
Dr. Clayman left Washington University in 2001, to chair the Department of Urology at the University of California at Irvine. Dr. Chandru Sundaram led the fellowship training program until his departure to Indiana University in 2002.
Dr. Jaime Landman continued as the head of the fellowship training program from 2002 until 2005, when he took a position at Columbia University in New York.
Currently, Dr. Sherb Figenshau is the Clinical Director of the Midwest Stone Institute and serves as fellowship director. Dr. Figenshau began his association with Dr. Clayman in 1982 when he worked as a laboratory technician in Dr. Clayman’s laboratory at the University of Minnesota. He worked with Dr. Clayman while completing his urology residency at Washington University. He scrubbed on many of the early laparoscopic nephrectomies performed by Dr. Clayman and Dr. Kavoussi. Dr. Figenshau’s interests are in laparoscopic renal and retroperitoneal surgery.
Dr. Ramakrishna Venkatesh completed the fellowship in 2003. He has developed The Stone Center, a multidisciplinary stone clinic at Washington University. He also has a busy practice and performs many endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures.
Dr. Sam Bhayani is the Research Director of the Midwest Stone Institute. He completed his urology residency at Washington University. He then completed a two-year fellowship at Johns-Hopkins University with Dr. Louis Kavoussi. Dr. Bhayani has an interest in minimally invasive ablative treatments for small renal masses. He is partnering with Dr. Daniel Brown of Interventional Radiologists in developing percutaneous ablative procedures for selected renal masses.
Dr. Gerald Andriole is the Chief of the Division of Urology. His practice is limited to the treatment of prostate cancer. He performed nearly 200 laparoscopic radical prostatectomy procedures in 2004. He has contributed greatly to the operative experience of the recent fellows.
Program Description: This is a one year fellowship. The laboratory experience will focus on endourological and laparoscopic research. The projects are aimed at addressing clinical problems. The clinical responsibilities focus on endourological and laparoscopic and ESWL procedures. The fellow will be responsible for the enrollment of patients in clinical studies, and with the accrual and interpretation of data in those studies. The clinical fellow will also have office hours and be able to generate their own cases as well as be involved with the cases of the three attendings that compose the endourology service.
Clinical Volume 2004
Stone Cases
ESWL 200 cases
Ureteroscopic 295 cases
Percutaneous 73 casesLaparoscopic
Renal 245 cases
Prostate 216 cases
Other 3 casesTotal 1032 cases
Research Facilities: We have state of the art animate laboratories and excellent laboratory facilities.
Collaboration: We have two Ph.D.’s and a full time statistician in the division. In addition, we collaborate with the Department of Biomechanical Engineering.
MSI Clinical Fellows
Following is a list of former fellows and their
current affiliations:
Howard Winfield, M.D. 1985
Professor of Urology
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
(1984-1985)Peter Bub, M.D.
Professor of Urology
Katherine Hospital
Stuttgart, Germany
(1985-1986)Men Long Liong, M.D.
Private Practice Urology
Malaysia
(1986)Juan Fernandez, M.D.
Private Practice Urology
Ozark, Alabama
(1987)Harry Halikiopoulos, M.D.
Private Practice Urology
Thessaloniki, Greece
(1987)Elspeth McDougall, M.D.
UC Irvine Medical Center
Orange, California
(1988)John Denstedt, M.D.
St. Joseph's Health Center
London, Ontario
(1988-1989)Shimon Meretyk, M.D.
Director Department of Urology
Haifa, Israel
(1989-1990)
David Albala, M.D.
Professor of Urology
Duke University
Raleigh-Durham, NC
(1990-1991)Paramjit S. Chandhoke, M.D.
Associate Professor of Urology
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
(1991-1992)
Kevin Anderson, M.D.
The Permanente Medical Group
Roseville, California
(1992-1993)
Margaret Pearle, M.D.
Associate Professor of Urology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
(1993-1994)
Steve Nakada, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Urology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
(1994-1995)
Stuart Wolf, Jr., M.D.
Associate Professor of Urology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(1995-1996)
David M. Hoenig, M.D.
Bronx, New York
(1996-1997)
Arieh Shalhav, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Urology
Director, Minimally Invasive Urology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
(1996-1998)Scott Kahn, M.D.
Private Practice - Urology
New York, New York
(Jan. 1998 - June 1998)Matthew Dunn, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Urology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
(1998-1999)Andrew Portis, M.D.
Private Practice
St. Paul, Minnesota
(1998 - 1999)
John Pattaras, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Urology
Division of Urology
Head, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
The Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia
(1999-2000)
Jaime Landman, M.D.
Columbia University
New York
(1999 -2001)Jamil Rehman, M.D.
Stony Brook Health Sciences Center
Stony Brook, New York
(2000-2002)
David Lee, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Chief, Division of Urology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
(2001-2002)
Richard Vanlangendonck, M.D.
Ochsner Clinic
New Orleans, Louisiana
(2002-2003)
Ramakrishna Venkatesh, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
(2002-2003)David Lieber, M.D.
Private Practice
Springfield, Illinois
(2003-2004)
Caroline Ames Ryan, M.D.
University Health System – Eastern Carolina
(2003-2005)
Kyle Weld, M.D.
USAF
San Antonio, Texas
(2004-2005)
Jay Belani, M.D.
Private Practice
California
(2004-2005)
Naeem Chavla, M.D.
(2005-2006)
Itay Vardi, M.D.
(2005-2006)
Khalid Badwan, M.D.
Associate in Urology
Elmhurst Clinic, Elmhurst, IL
(2006-2007)
Dilme Diaz, M.D.
(2007-2008)
Matthew Katz, M.D.
(2007-2009)
Alana Desai, MD
2008-2009
Brian Benway, MD
2008-2010
*(American Foundation of Urological Disease Scholar)
For more information call Midwest Stone Institute at (314) 835-1549
or
Send email to MSI.
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