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We are honored to announce Dr. Jim HU and Dr. Ronald C. Chen have been awarded with competitive peer-reviewed federal funding for the study of two new treatments for Prostate cancer (PCa); stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and focal therapy. PCa is the most commonly diagnosed solid tumor in American men and the second most common cause of cancer death. Dr. Hu and Dr. Chen worked closely with patient advocates at US Too New York to plan critical research to explore outcomes of...

Testicular microdissection - devised by Peter Schlegel, MD, FACS of Weill Cornell Medicine - is now considered the gold standard for surgical sperm retrieval. Read More

At the 2019 Societies for Pediatric Urology Meeting held in Scottsdale, AZ - The top award for Basic Science Research was awarded to the Pediatric Urology Team led by Dr. Dix Poppas at the Komansky Children’s Hospital New York Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell Medicine.

The research was presented by the lead author Jun Yao - “Modeling cyp21a2 Dependent Steroidogenesis in Zebrafish for Application in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia” by Jun Yao, PhD, Kiersten Craig, MD, MSE, Dix Poppas...

We are excited to share the launch of the premiere issue of NYP Queens Urology News! Learn more about various urologic conditions with the expertise of world-class NewYork-Presbyterian Queens physicians, including some of our own Weill Cornell Medicine faculty. This issue discusses prostate cancer diagnosis, screening, and treatments and answers questions frequently discussed in the exam room in the "Ask the Urologist" section by NewYork-Presbyterian Queens physician and Weill Cornell...