Expert Team

Urology Academic Practice
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90048
Phone: 310-423-0674
Fax: 310-423-0241

Gerhard J. Fuchs, MD, Dr. med, FACS

Director, Minimally Invasive Urology; Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

Specialty: Kidney stone disease and laparoscopy
Research Focus*: Endoscopic surgical techniques

Clinical Focus:

• Kidney, ureter, bladder stone disease
• Cystinuria and rare stone disease
• Kidney cancer and adrenal tumors
• Living donor laparoscopic nephrectomy
• Laparoscopic urologic surgery

• Medical School: University of Heidelberg and University of Freiburg
• Residency: Katharinenhospital Stuttgart
• Fellowship: UCLA, Endourology

Jennifer T. Anger, MD, MPH

Associate Director, Urological Research

Specialty: Female urology and reconstruction
Research Focus**: Public health

Clinical Focus:

• Female urology and robotic-assisted pelvic surgery
• Male stricture disease and urethral trauma
• Male and female urinary incontinence

• Medical school: University of Southern California
• Residency: Weill Cornell Medical College
• Postdoctoral: Duke University Medical Center,
  Urologic Reconstructive Surgery
• Fellowship: UCLA, Urological Health Services Research

Barry P. Duel, MD

Associate Director, Pediatric Urology

Specialty: Pediatric urology
Research Focus: Urinary tract infections in children

Clinical Focus:

• Minimally invasive surgery
• Vesicoureteral reflux
• Pediatric endourology

• Medical school: Harvard
• Residency: Harvard Program in Urology
• Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Pediatric Urology

Karyn S. Eilber, MD

Associate Director, Urology Residency Program

Specialty: Female urology and reconstruction
Research Focus: Female pelvic reconstruction

Clinical Focus:

• Female urology
• Male and female urinary incontinence
• Vaginal and urologic reconstruction

• Medical school: UCLA
• Residency: UCLA
• Fellowship: UCLA, Female Urology/Reconstruction

Andrew L. Freedman, MD, FAAP

Vice Chair, Pediatric Surgical Services, Department of Surgery

Specialty: Pediatric Urology
Research Focus: Bladder reconstruction

Clinical Focus:

• Pediatric urology
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Reconstructive surgery
• Incontinence

• Medical school: Northwestern University
• Residency: UCLA
• Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Pediatric Urology

Howard H. Kim, MD

Director, Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery

Specialty: Male infertility and sexual dysfunction
Research Focus: Male infertility and sexual dysfunction

Clinical Focus:

• Male infertility
• Microsurgery
• Andrology
• Erectile and sexual dysfunction
• Vasectomy and vasectomy reversal

• Medical school: UC San Francisco
• Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Fellowship: Weill Cornell Medical College, Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery

Hyung L. Kim, MD

Associate Director, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute

Specialty: Urologic oncology
Research Focus**: Molecular biomarkers and targets

Clinical Focus:

• Prostate cancer
• Urologic cancers: kidney, adrenal, bladder, testis, penile
• Robotic surgery
• Laparoscopic surgery

• Medical school: University of Chicago
• Residency: University of Chicago
• Fellowship: UCLA, Urologic Oncology and Laparoscopy/Endourology

Philip A. Yalowitz, MD

Senior Staff, Endourology

Specialty: Endourology
Research Focus: Clinical trials

Clinical Focus:

• General urology and endoscopy
• Prostate disease
• Bladder cancer

• Medical school: University of Michigan
• Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  
  

*Funded by the Medallion Group Chair in Minimally Invasive Urology
**Funded by the National Institutes of Health