Specialized expertise, and personalized care for all urologic conditions and cancers
At MedStar Health, our board-certified urologists provide individualized, comprehensive care for men and women experiencing disruptive, painful, or life-threatening conditions affecting the urinary tract. Using the latest research, technology, and minimally invasive surgical techniques, we aim to restore your quality of life as quickly and safely as possible. As a major referral center in the region, we’re one of the largest, most experienced urology programs in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. In addition, we’re consistently ranked as “high performing” in prostate cancer surgery by U.S, News and World Report.
Our urology doctors are fellowship-trained in various subspecialties, ensuring our patients have access to experts in their specific disease or condition. The depth and breadth of our urology specialists ensures that we’re equipped to offer you the full range of treatments available today, tailored to your condition, medical history, and goals. Learn more about our urologic specialties and services below.
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Endourology and Stone Disease
Our MedStar Health Comprehensive Kidney Stone program provides patients with prompt evaluation and treatment for kidney stones, enlarged prostate, and other urinary tract conditions. As one of the most experienced urologic surgical teams in the region, we’re one of few programs in the region to offer same-day, minimally invasive surgery for large or complex stone disease.
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Men's Health
Our MedStar Health urologists provide routine and preventative care for men with incontinence, UTIs, and other common conditions. In addition, we perform vasectomies and diagnose and treat erectile dysfunction, helping men manage their sexual health. From the simple to the complex, we offer the full range of other medical and surgical urologic care available at convenient locations throughout the region.
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Reconstructive Urology
Our reconstructive specialists are experts in restoring appearance and function to the urinary tract and certain reproductive organs when complications arise after injury, trauma, or cancer treatment. When appropriate, we work closely with other specialists, including plastic surgery and colorectal surgery, to provide exceptional care no matter how complex the concern.
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Robotic Urologic Surgery
Our urology experts are pioneers in using robotic technology to enhance surgical precision and outcomes for patients who are candidates for surgery. As leaders in using robotic-assisted technology to treat both benign and malignant urologic conditions, we’re helping men and women return to their lives with less pain, shorter hospital stays, and faster recoveries.
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Urologic Oncology
Our urologic oncologists specialize in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer and other cancers affecting the bladder, kidneys, and male reproductive system. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team of other cancer specialists, we offer the full spectrum of urologic cancer treatments, including advanced nerve-sparing surgical techniques, focal therapy, and other innovative therapies only available in clinical trials.
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Women's Urology
Our experts in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery provide comprehensive care for women experiencing incontinence, overactive bladder, pelvic organ prolapse, and other conditions affecting the pelvic floor. We offer the full range of conservative treatments as well as expertise in using minimally invasive approaches to perform pelvic floor surgery when it provides the most effective long-term results.
Featured conditions we treat
Our providers
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Urology
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Talal M R H Al-Qaoud, MD
Urology & Transplant Surgery
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Gaurav Bandi, MD
Endourology And Stone Disease & Urology
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Elizabeth Timbrook Brown, MD, MPH
Urogynecology, Female Urology & Urology
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George Chang, MD
Urology
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Lambros Stamatakis, MD
Urologic Oncology & Urology
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Rian Jason Dickstein, MD
Urology
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William Thomas Dowling, MD
Urology
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Sankar J. Kausik, MD
Urology
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Brad D. Lerner, MD
Urology
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Kannan Manickam, MD
Urology
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Melissa H. Mendez, MD
Urology
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Neil Mendhiratta, MD
Urology
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Vikrant Uberoi, MD
Urology
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Jayant Uberoi, MD
Urology
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Paul Sean Van Zijl, MD
Urology
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Michael W. Witthaus, MD
Urology
Urologic Oncology
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Mohit Gupta, MD
Urologic Oncology & Urology
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Jonathan J Hwang, MD
Urology & Urologic Oncology
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Keith John Kowalczyk, MD
Urologic Oncology
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Ross E. Krasnow, MD
Urologic Oncology & Urology
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Lambros Stamatakis, MD
Urologic Oncology & Urology
Reconstructive Urology
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Nathan Michael Shaw, MD
Trauma And Reconstructive Urology & Urology
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Krishnan Venkatesan, MD
Trauma And Reconstructive Urology & Urology
Female Urology
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Elizabeth Timbrook Brown, MD, MPH
Urogynecology, Female Urology & Urology
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Rachael Dana Sussman, MD
Urogynecology, Urology, Minimally Invasive Urology & Female Urology
Our locations
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MedStar Health: Urology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
3800 Reservoir Road, NW Pasquerilla Healthcare Center 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20007
MedStar Health: Urology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
106 Irving St., NW Physicians Office Building (POB) Ste. 315 Washington, D.C., 20010
MedStar Health: Urology at Chevy Chase
5530 Wisconsin Ave. Ste. 950 Chevy Chase, MD 20815
MedStar Health: Urology at Lafayette Centre
1133 21st St., NW Building 2 Floor 6 Washington, D.C., 20036
MedStar Health: Urogynecology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
106 Irving Street, NW Physicians Office Building South Tower Ste. 405 Washington, DC 20010
MedStar Health: Urogynecology at Rockville
5410 Edson Lane Ste. 306 Rockville, MD 20852
MedStar Health: Urology at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
6820 Hospital Dr. Ste. 210 Baltimore, MD 21237
Awards and recognition
In 2023-2024, U.S. News and World ranked our Prostate Cancer Surgery programs at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center as “High Performing”. In addition, our Urology program at MedStar Georgetown University was cited as “High Performing.”
Research and clinical trials
Our physicians are national leaders in urology research and advancing new approaches that lead to better outcomes for patients. Our specialists regularly publish in major peer-reviewed publications and present their research at national and international conferences, paving the way for new advances in the field of urology.
With a range of research interests, our urologists have received numerous grants from the NIH, NCI, and other organizations, including the highest level R01 grant to study robotic prostatectomy outcomes. Through our collaboration with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, the region’s only comprehensive cancer center designated by the National Cancer Institute, our patients gain access to state-of-the-art treatments in clinical trials that may be hard to find elsewhere.
To view our open clinical trials for urologic cancers, click the link below and choose “genito-urinary” under “oncology group.”
Education and training
We have a longstanding reputation for training the next generation in all aspects of urology through our five-year, ACGME-accredited urology residency program.
Learn More About Our Urology Residency Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital