ProstatectomywithRoboticAssist near Tyler, TX

Biography: David Thomas Price, MD, is a board-certified urologist (American Board of Urology) at Willis Knighton Urologic Oncology Pierremont in Shreveport, Louisiana. He earned a medical degree at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport School of Medicine where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha, a distinction reserved for those in the top 10% of medical graduates. Dr. Price found his specialty during his general surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center, where he also completed his urology and urological oncology fellowships. He was an American Foundation of Urological Disease Research Scholar at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Price finds satisfaction helping patients with genitourinary cancer and helping them recover from their surgical procedures. Called to help people with cancer at a very young age, Dr. Price provides surgical care for patients with benign and malignant diseases of the urinary system. He was an early adopter of robotic surgery and helped establish the first robotic surgery program in Shreveport in 2003. He has more than 28 years experience performing complex urologic cancer procedures and he has more than 20 years experience performing complex robotic surgical procedures. In addition to urologic cancer, Dr. Price provides treatment for general urology problems, including BPH and kidney stones. Recognizing the considerable stress caused by complex issues his patients face, Dr. Price likes guiding patients to the best healthcare decision for their situation so they can add more life to their years. Dr. Price enjoys developing long-term relationships and becoming friends with his patients, humbled when they put their life in his hands for surgery. Outside the operating room, Dr. Price enjoys spending time at his Texas farm building things from wood or metal, planting food plots for deer and gardening. He especially enjoys time with his grandsons, letting them help with farm projects that involve running heavy equipment like dozers, excavators and skid steer. His wife, Tina, is a urology nurse practitioner who joins him in the clinic and in surgery. They have two sons and daughters-in-law and two grandsons.

Biography: Dr. Siskron is a native of Shreveport and a graduate of Centenary College of Louisiana and LSU-Shreveport School of Medicine. He completed an internship in General Surgery in Shreveport and was then called to complete his service in the United States Air Force as a General Medical Officer, stationed at Hill AFB in Salt Lake City, UT. He then returned to Shreveport to complete his residency in Urology at LSUHSC Shreveport, where he served as chief resident in 2006. Preferring the traditional, smaller practice setting to the larger group model that was becoming more common in all specialties at the time, Dr. Siskron founded Signature Urology at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in July of 2006, and has practiced in this location ever since. He is board certified by the American Board of Urology, and provides a broad range of general Urology services to the patients of Willis-Knighton and the broader community. He is a board member of the Shreveport Medical Society and is a member of the American Urological Association. He has many hobbies outside of his practice, but is especially passionate about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and exercising regularly (the benefits of which, he also tries to relay to his patients), spending time with family, traveling, and outdoor activities of all kinds.

Biography: Dr. Christopher M. Wilson was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He completed his undergraduate training at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he graduated magna cum laude. He then returned to Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport to attend medical school. There he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Wilson remained in Shreveport to complete his surgical internship and residency in urology. He has multiple publications and has given presentations at national meetings on topics including female incontinence, prostatitis and erectile dysfunction. Dr. Wilson is board certified by the American Board of Urology. He enjoys practicing all aspects of urology and has a special interest in minimally invasive endoscopic, laparoscopic and da Vinci robotic surgery.