Department of Urology | Faculty

Clinical Faculty
Stuart B. Bauer, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Neurourology/neurogenic bladder, urodynamics, voiding dysfunction, urinary incontinence, spinal cord and central nervous system abnormalities
Research interests: Impact of clean intermittent catheterization on patients and families, prenatal closure of myelomeningocele, stress urinary incontinence in athletically active girls, botox effect on bladder function
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Joseph G. Borer, MD
Director, Bladder Exstrophy Program; Co-Director, Neurourology and Urodynamics; Chair, Reconstructive Urologic Surgery; Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Complex genitourinary reconstruction, bladder exstrophy and epispadias, cloacal exstrophy , megaureter, posterior urethral valves, ureterocele, vesicoureteral reflux, hypospadias
Research interests: surgical reconstruction and clinical outcomes for patients with bladder exstrophy, epispadias and cloacal exstrophy
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Bartley G. Cilento Jr., MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations; Program Director; Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Hypospadias, Vesicoureteral reflux, urolithiasis (stones), minimally invasive surgery, undescended testes, varicocele
Academic interests: Fellow/resident education and training
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Carlos R. Estrada, Jr., MD, MBA
Urologist-in-Chief; Co-Director, Spina Bifida Center; Co-Director, Urodynamics and Neurourology; Rose Zimmerman Mandell Chair in Innovative Urological Technology; Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Spina bifida, neurourology/neurogenic bladder, urodynamics, complex genitourinary reconstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, posterior urethral valves, megaureter, hypospadias
Research and academic interests: Regenerative medicine/tissue engineering, telemedicine, advanced analytics, urodynamics, neurogenic bladder
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Julia B. Finkelstein, MD, MPH
Director of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement, Department of Urology; Member of the Faculty of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: general pediatric urology and robotic/minimally invasive surgery
Research and academic interests: telemedicine, use of simulation, quality improvement and measurement
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Michael P. Kurtz, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Fetal urology, kidney stones, hydronephrosis, posterior urethral valves, varicocele, robotic and minimally invasive surgery
Research interests: Health services research, fetal urology, prenatal diagnostics, robotic and minimally invasive surgery, urolithiasis (stones), varicocele
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Richard S. Lee, MD
Vice Chair, Research; Director, Urologic Oncology; Director, Transplant Urology;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Interests: Complex genitourinary reconstruction, bladder exstrophy, colorectal and pelvic malformations, oncology, transplantation, robotic and minimally invasive surgery
Research Interests: Biomarker discovery, renal injury and obstruction, proteomics, glycomics, glycoproteomics, translational research
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Erin McNamara, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director; Co-Director, Spina Bifida Center; Associate Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Spina bifida, neurourology/neurogenic bladder, anorectal malformations/cloacal deformities, hypospadias
Research Interests: Health services research; health care transition and lifelong care of congenital genitourinary conditions; quality improvement and measurement of surgical outcomes
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Caleb Nelson, MD, MPH
Director, Clinical and Health Services Research; Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program; Director, Quality and Safety; Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: General pediatric urology, vesicoureteral reflux/urinary tract infection, urolithiasis (stones), hydronephrosis/urinary tract dilation
Research Interests: Vesicoureteral reflux, stones, hydronephrosis, medical imaging and screening
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Siam Oottamasathien, MD
Director of Innovation Technology Development, Department of Urology; Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School.
Clinical interests: Complex hypospadiology and penile reconstruction, along with general pediatric urology.
Research Interests: Basic/Fundamental Scientific Investigation. Mechanisms involved in inflammatory cell biology and pain responses. Therapeutic biomaterial development for enhanced and prolonged drug delivery.
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Alan Retik, MD
Emeritus Urologist-in-Chief; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Hypospadias, vesicoureteral reflux, ureteropelvic junction obstruction
Academic Interests: History of Pediatric Urology
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Hsin-Hsiao Scott Wang, MD, MPH, MBAn
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Genitourinary reconstruction, robotic and minimally invasive surgery, spina bifida, neurourology/neurogenic bladder, urodynamics.
Research interests: Advanced analytics (machine learning, AI), predictive modeling, health services research, urodynamics (signal/software & hardware discovery), business operations analytics
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Richard N. Yu, MD, PhD
Director, Robotic Surgery Program; Surgical Director, Behavioral Health, Endocrinology and Urology (BE-U) Program; Director, Male Sexual Health Program; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Clinical interests: Robotic and minimally invasive surgery, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, genitourinary reconstruction, hypospadias
Research interests: Advanced analytics (machine learning, AI), predictive modeling, health services research, urodynamics (signal/software & hardware discovery), business operations analytics.
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Research Faculty

Rosalyn Adam, PhD
Director, Basic Science Research; David E. Retik Chair in Urology Research; Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Multi-omics analysis of bladder remodeling; novel mechanisms of smooth muscle contractility, preclinical exploration and treatment of neurogenic bladder.
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Min Dong, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Molecular, structural, and cellular mechanisms of bacterial toxins, molecular mechanism of botulinum neurotoxin actions, translational research on developing novel therapeutic toxins, membrane trafficking pathways in neurons and epithelial cells.
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John Froehlich, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Research Interests: Urinary proteomics, glycomics, glycoproteomics, biomarker discovery, ureteropelvic junction obstruction, urinary tract infection, role of glycosylation in renal damage.
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Jordan Kreidberg, MD, PhD
Director, Office of Fellowship Training; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Stem cells for kidney failure, glomerular disease, Polycystic Kidney Disease and Congenital Malformations of the Urogenital System.
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Valerie Schumacher, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Research interests: Glomerular disease, Polycystic Kidney Disease
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Program Manager

Jill Harris Tucker
Program Manager