Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program

Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer diagnosed in American males and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. When caught early and treated appropriately, the majority of patients can be cured from their cancer. The organization of the Yale Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program offers patients easy access to specialized care for these cancers. As a multispecialty program it is dedicated to providing cutting-edge technology for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer and other urologic cancers (bladder, kidney and testicular cancer).

Since every specialty exists within one clinical practice, the formation of a comprehensive, disease-based multispecialty team to treat prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancers offers the patient an important advantage. The program design coordinates the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment through the collaboration of specialty physicians who have nationally and internationally recognized expertise in these cancers.

Specialties involved include medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, pathology, and diagnostic imaging. Physicians meet regularly to discuss every patient's care and to develop a comprehensive treatment plan unique to each patient, in consultation with the patient's referring physician. This coordination and collaboration is efficient and raises the medical management to the highest quality.

Not only does the team provide a complete range of standard treatments, but also available are medical and surgical approaches not found elsewhere in Connecticut. Treatment modalities include: non-invasive surgical techniques with laparoscopic surgery, precision-guided intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), combined modality approaches with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and novel experimental therapies.

The first to offer IMRT in 1998, Therapeutic Radiology at Yale has accumulated a vast experience with the IMRT and continues to enhance the techniques to deliver IMRT, which has led to extremely minimal complication rates of 1%. Patients who are cared for through the Yale Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program and need radiation therapy as a component of their prescribed treatment can feel confident that they are receiving the highest quality care from the most experienced team of radiation oncologists in the state.

Yale Urologic Surgery is a referral center for all malignancies of the testes, bladder, prostate, and kidney. Urologic laparoscopic procedures include: laparoscopic nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy and laparascopic lymph node dissection for testes cancer. Cryoablation (freezing the tumor) is available for appropriate kidney tumors. Ureteroscopic laser ablation for urothelial tumors is also used for upper tract lesions. In addition, Yale-New Haven Hospital offers the daVinci robotic surgical technology for radical prostatectomy.

Patients also benefit from specialized resources at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, such as the newest imaging technologies. Additionally, patients have access to caregivers who help them cope with the physical, emotional, and psychological issues related to these cancers. The extended team includes a health educator, a social worker, a dietitian, complementary therapists, and more.

	Braddock, Demetrios, MD, PhD	Associate Professor of Pathology	(203) 785-6828 Appts (203) 785-6899 Fax
	Chai, Toby C., MD	Vice Chair of Research; Co-Director Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Program	(203) 737-7910 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Colberg, John W, MD	Associate Professor of Urology	(203) 737-7911 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Decker, Roy, MD/PhD	Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology); Clinical Research Program Leader, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center	(203) 200-5864 Appts (203) 688-3501 Fax
	Deshpande, Hari Anant, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and of Surgery (Otolaryngology) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing	(203) 200-4822 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Farber, Leonard Raymond, MD	Clinical Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
	Foster, Harris Emilio, Jr, MD	Professor of Urology; Director, Female Urology and Neuro-Urology	(203) 737-7912 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Hurwitz, Michael E., PhD, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)	(203) 200-4822 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Israel, Gary M, MD	Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Surgery (Urology); Chief, Body Computed Tomography (CT)	(203) 688-2433 Appts (203) 737-1688 Fax
	Kluger, Harriet, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology); Associate Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program	(203) 200-6622 Appts (203) 737-2424 Fax
	Levy, Arthur Louis, MD	Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
	McClennan, Bruce L, MD	Professor Emeritus of Diagnostic Radiology; Professor Phased Retirement	(203) 688-2433 Appts (203) 785-3024 Fax
	Patel, Abhijit A., PhD, MD	Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology	(203) 200-2000 Appts
	Peschel, Richard E, MD, PhD	Professor of Therapeutic Radiology	(203) 384-6610 Appts (203) 785-2958 Fax
	Petrylak, Daniel, MD	Professor; Co-Director, Signal Transduction Research Program	(203) 200-4822 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Roberts, John David, MD	Director, Adult Sickle Cell Program at Yale-New Haven Hospital
	Schulam, Peter G, MD, PhD	Professor of Urology; Chair, Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine; Chief, Department of Urology, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Clinical Program Leader, Prostate and Urologic Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital	(203) 737-7916 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Singh, Dinesh, MD	Assistant Professor of Urology; Director, Laparoscopy & Endourology	(203) 737-7917 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Sprenkle, Preston, MD		(203) 737-7919 Appts (203) 200-2099 Fax
	Sznol, Mario, MD	Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology); Vice-Chief, Medical Oncology ; Clinical Research Program Leader, Melanoma Program, Yale Cancer Center	(203) 200-6622 Appts (203) 737-2424 Fax
	Weinreb, Jeffrey C., MD, FACR	Professor of Diagnostic Radiology; Director, Medical Imaging; Chief, Body Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging	(203) 688-2433 Appts (203) 785-3061 Fax
	Yu, James Byunghoon, MD	Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology	(203) 688-4344 Appts (203) 737-1281 Fax

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