Visiting Professors

Having speakers from other institutions adds significantly to the academic culture at VUI. Each year, we host a series of lectureships and visiting professorships at which resident attendance is mandatory. Below is a partial list of the speakers and visiting professors from 2007-2025.

• Kathleen Kobashi, M.D., M.B.A, F.A.C.S
  Chair, Department of Urology
  Houston Methodist Hospital
  
• Ronnie Abaza, M.D., F.A.C.S.
  Central Ohio Urology Group
  
• Kirsten Greene, M.D, M.S.
  University of Virginia
  President of Society of Academic Urologists
• Stephen A. Boorjian, M.D.
  Mayo Clinic
• Lee Zhao, M.D.
  NYU Langone Health
• Jihad Kaouk, M.D.
  Cleveland Clinic
• Victor W. Nitti, M.D.
  New York University School of Medicine
  Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Urology
  Director Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
  Fellowship Director Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Combined Urology and Ob/Gyn as of 7/1/2011)
• Robert C. Flanigan, M.D., F.A.C.S.
  Albert J. Speh, Jr., and Claire R. Speh
  Professor and Chair
  Department of Urology
  Loyola University Medical Center
  Maywood, Illinois
• Edward M. Messing, M.D., FACS
  Winfield W. Scott Professor and Chairman
  Department of Urology
  Professor of Oncology
  University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  Rochester, New York
• John M. Barry, M.D.
  Professor of Surgery, Divisions of Urology & Abdominal Organ Transplantation
  Oregon Health & Science University
• William Marston Linehan, M.D.
  Chief, Urologic Oncology Branch
  National Cancer Institute
• Kathleen A. Cooney, M.D.
  Frances and Victor Ginsberg Professor of Hematology/Oncology Professor of Internal Medicine and Urology
  Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology University of Michigan Medical School
  Associate Director for Faculty Affairs, UMCCC
• J. Quentin Clemens, M.D., FACS, MSCI
  Associate Professor of Urology
  Director, Division of Neurourology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
  University of Michigan Medical Center
• Mihir Desai, M.D.
  Professor of Clinical Urology
  Director of Robotic Surgery
  USC Institute of Urology
  Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
• James Porter, M.D.
  Swedish Urology Group, Seattle, WA
• Pranjal Modi, M.D.
  Professor, Urology and Transplantation Surgery
  Smt G R Doshi and Smt K M Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre
  Dr H L Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences
  Civil Hospital Campus, India
• David Diamond, M.D.
  Urologist-in-Chief, Boston Children’s Hospital
  Alan B. Retik Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  2013 Rifaat Dagher Visiting Professor
• Ronney Abaza, M.D., FACS
  OhioHealth Robotic Urologic Surgeon
  Director of Robotic Surgery, Dublin Methodist Hospital
• Ashutosh Tewari, M.D.
  Ronald P. Lynch endowed Chair of Urologic Oncology
  Director, Center for Prostate Cancer, Weill Cornell Medical College
  Director, LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
  Professor of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
• Dipen J Parekh, M.D.
  Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Director of Robotic Surgery
  The Victor A Politano Endowed Chair in Urology University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• Hassan Abo El-Enein, M.D.
  Director of Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt
  Visiting Professor
• Stephen P. Freedland, M.D.
  Duke University
• Michael O, Koch, M.D.
  Chairman, Department of Urology, Indiana University
  2008 Rifaat Dagher Visiting Professor
• John J. Mulcahy, M.D.
  Phoenix, AZ
• John P. Mulhall, M.D.
  Weill Medical College
• Judd W. Moul, M.D.
  Chairman, Division of Urology, Duke University
• Allen Seftel, M.D.
  Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  Peter Wiklund, M.D.
  Professor of Urologic Surgery, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, Sweden
  Visiting Professor
• Anthony D'Amico, M.D., Ph.D.
  Chairman, Division of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology
  Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
  Visiting Professor
• Greg Dean, M.D., FAAP
  Associate Professor of Urology/Pediatrics, Temple School of Medicine
• Eric Klein, M.D.
  Chairman, Glickman Urological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  2009 Rifaat Dagher Visiting Professor
• Mohit Khera, M.D., M.B.A.
  Assistant Professor of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine
• John Barry, M.D.
  Professor of Urology, Oregon Health Sciences Center
  2010 Rifaat Dagher Visiting Professor
• Laurence Levine, M.D.
  Professor of Urology, Rush University Medical Center
• Amy Wisniewski, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Kenneth Angermeier, M.D.
  Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological Institute
• Peter Carroll, M.D.,
  MPH Professor and Chair, UC San Francisco School of Medicine
  2011 Rifaat Dagher Visiting Professor
• Francesco Montorsi, M.D.
  Divisione di Urologia, Istituto San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
  Editor-in Chief, European Urology
  2011 Rifaat Dagher Visiting Professor
• Prokar Dasgupta, M.D.
  Professor of Robotic Surgery & Urological Innovation, King's College London
  Editor-in Chief, BJU International
  2012 Rifaat Dagher Visiting Professor
• Abraham Morgentaler, M.D.
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  Associate Clinical Professor of Urology, Harvard Medical School
• Maxine Sun, Ph.D.
  University of Montreal School of Medicine
• Aaron Katz, M.D.
  Associate Professor of Clinical Urology
  Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
• Marc Cendron, M.D.
  Children’s Hospital of Boston
  Associate Professor of Urology, Harvard Medical School
• David Miller, M.D.
  Assistant Professor of Urology
  University of Michigan School of Medicine
• Robert G. Uzzo, M.D., FACS
  Chairman, Department of Surgical Oncology
  Fox Chase Cancer Center
  Philadelphia, PA 19111
• Jenny L. Donovan, BA Liverpool, Ph.D., FMedSci
  Professor of Social Medicine
  Bristol, United Kingdom
• Jenny Donovan, M.D.
  Professor of Social Medicine
  University of Bristol, United Kingdom
• Marshall L. Stroller, M.D.
  Professor and Vice Chair of Urology
  University of California, San Francisco
• Dr. Michael Gorin, M.D.
  Director of the Prostate Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence at John Hopkins Medicine
  Assistant Professor of Urology at John Hopkins Medicine
• Dr. Jill C. Buckley, M.D., FACS
  Associate Professor of Surgery at UC San Diego
  Program Director at UC San Diego School of Medicine & UC San Diego Health System Urology
• Dr. Stacy Loeb, M.D.
  Assistant Professor, Department of Urology & Population Health at NYU.
• Dr. James Borin, M.D.
  Assistant Professor, Department of Urology at NYU Langone Health
  Director of Endourology, Department of Urology at NYU Langone Health
• Dr. Larissa Rodriguez, M.D.
  Professor of Urology Associate Provost for Faculty and Student Initiatives in Health & STEM Director
  USC Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery,
  Beverly Hills Vice Chair
  Academics Director
• Dr. Stephen A. Boorjian, M.D.
  Professor of Urology at Carl Rosen
  Vice Chair of Research, Department of Urology and Director of the Urologic Oncology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic
  Current Urology Resident Tab