Reza Ghavamian, MD
- Gender
- Male
- Department
- Urology
- Practice Specialty
- Urology
- Medical Education
- Boston University School of Medicine
- Residency
- University of Massachusetts
- Fellowship
- Mayo Clinic
- Board Certified
- Urology
- Main Location
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Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion
3400 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467-2404
Phone: (718) 920-8475
Fax: (718) 547-2902
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Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467-2401
Phone: (718) 920-4321
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1521 Jarrett Place
Bronx, NY 10461-2606
Phone: (718) 862-8850
Fax: (718) 862-8840
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- Professor of Clinical Urology, Department of Urology
- Administrative Title
- Interim Chair, Department of Urology; Director, Division of Urologic Oncology/Urologic Robotics Program; Director, Prostate Cancer Program at Montefiore/Genitourinary Multidisciplinary Clinic
- Clinical Focus
- Laparoscopic radical prostatectomyOpen, laparoscopic and robotic surgery for all urologic malignancies
- Research Focus
- Currently Dr. Ghavamian is participating in several prostate cancer clinical trials and is investigating how robotic surgery compares to laparoscopic procedures in an effort to advance techniques and therapies for treating urologic diseases.
- Publications
Atlas of Laparascopic & Robotic Urologic Oncological Surgery (editor) Complications of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery (editor) Urologic Clinics (guest editor) - Biography
- Reza Ghavamian, MD is the Director of the Division of Urologic Oncology and the Urologic Robotics Program and the Director of the Prostate Cancer and Genitourinary Multidisciplinary Clinic at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Having completed his residency at University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Urologic Oncology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, he joined Montefiore Medical Center in 1998 and is now the only board certified urologist in the New York Metropolitan area who conducts every modality of surgery (open, laparoscopic, and robotic) for all urologic malignancies. In 2001, he established the first laparoscopic radical prostatectomy program in New York at Montefiore Medical Center, where he also launched the robotic program in 2005. He has appeared in the Guide to America’s Top Physicians and Best Doctors in America and has been honored with the Outstanding Teacher of the year Award at Montefiore Medical Center three times. He has also contributed to countless publications and textbooks, and serves as a member of the Urology Executive Committee for the New York Academy of Medicine, as well as a member of the American Urological Association (AUA), the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the New York Urological Society.
