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As Senior Vice President of the Urology Service Line, Chair of the Smith Institute for Urology, and Chair of Urology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Samir Taneja, MD will establish his clinical practice at Lenox Hill Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center focused on… As Senior Vice President of the Urology Service Line, Chair of the Smith Institute for Urology, and Chair of Urology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Samir Taneja, MD will establish his clinical practice at Lenox Hill Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center focused on the surgical management of prostate cancer and renal tumors. He is an expert in urologic oncology, renowned for transforming the field of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment by improving methods of prostate imaging, cancer detection, and disease localization. Having performed thousands of robotic, ablative, laparoscopic and open surgical procedures, his specific clinical focus has been in improving prostate cancer patient outcomes through pioneering techniques for focal ablative therapy, refining surgical techniques for robotic prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy, devising accelerated recovery pathways for robotic prostatectomy/partial nephrectomy, and providing muti-modal surgical approaches for patients with high risk and recurrent prostate cancer. As leader of the department, he will strive to ensure individualized care of urologic disease through state-of-the-art surgical approaches and multi-disciplinary care.Prior to joining Northwell, Dr Taneja was a faculty member of NYU Grossman School of Medicine for 29-years as a tenured professor of urology, radiology, and biomedical engineering. Most recently he served as Director of the Division of Urologic Oncology and Vice Chair in the Department of Urology at NYU Langone Health, as well as Genitourinary Program Leader in the Perlmutter Cancer Center.Dr. Taneja has conducted extensive clinical research on the use of imaging in prostate cancer and is considered a pioneer in the use of MRI to diagnose and localize prostate cancer and the emerging field of prostate cancer focal therapy. He has authored more than 250 articles, 30 book chapters, and six textbooks and monographs on urologic cancer and surgery. He is the editor of Taneja's Complications of Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Diagnosis, one of the most widely read textbooks in American Urology. Read more
Samir S. Taneja, MD
450 Lakeville Road, Suite M42, Lake Success, NY
450 Lakeville Road, Suite M42, Lake Success, NY
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