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Biography: Christopher B. Anderson, MD, Associate Professor of Urology at CUMC, joined the Department of Urology in September 2015. He specializes in cancers of the bladder, prostate, kidney, testis and penis and performs both open and robotic surgeries. Dr. Anderson completed his medical degree from Northwestern University, completed his urology residency at Vanderbilt University, and then spent two years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a fellow in urologic oncology. Following his residency, Dr. Anderson completed a urologic oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University. Dr. Anderson's research interests include factors that influence the quality of surgery, access to care for patients with bladder cancer, outcomes after robotic prostatectomy, and active surveillance strategies for men with prostate cancer. Dr. Anderson has published several peer-reviewed articles and was recognized as "Best Reviewer" in 2014 by The Journal of Urology and in 2016 by Cancer. Dr. Anderson has clinical expertise in robotic prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder for patients with bladder cancer, and partial nephrectomy for the treatment of kidney tumors. He also specializes in the multidisciplinary management of men with testicular cancer, including the use of primary and post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. He is currently the site leader for several clinical trials investigating the use of immunotherapy in patients with invasive and non-invasive bladder cancer.

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Biography: Dr. Green is a urologic surgeon with expertise in the surgical management of urologic cancers. After receiving his M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Green completed his residency in urology at New York Medical College. He then completed a fellowship in urologic oncology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center during which time he authored numerous peer reviewed articles and book chapters on the topics of bladder, kidney, and prostate cancer.Dr. Green's expertise is in treating all cancers of the genitourinary tract, including cancers of the prostate, bladder, kidney, ureter, and testis. His training in the da Vinci robotic surgery platform enables him to incorporate minimally invasive approaches to complicated urologic disorders both malignant as well as benign.In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Green serves in a number of leadership roles at New York-Presbyterian Queens as Director of the Genitourinary Tumor Board and the clinical site lead for the Prostate Group disease management team. His leadership positions in these committees inform his multidisciplinary approach to urologic cancer management.Dr. Green is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

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Biography: Dr. Advaith Bongu, MD is a Nephrology Specialist who practices in New Brunswick, NJ. He is 43 years old. Dr. Advaith Bongu, MD is affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Care Philosophy: The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center is one of the largest kidney transplant programs in the country performing an average of 300 transplants each year Dr Ryan Goldberg together with our transplant program is

Biography: Dustin J. Carpenter is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, and an Attending Transplant Surgeon at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, living donor liver and kidney transplant, laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, and general surgery. Dr. Carpenter has an extensive research background, and has numerous publications in journals such as Nature, Cell, Science Immunology, and the American Journal of Transplantation.Dr. Carpenter completed his fellowship training in Multi-Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medical Centers. He also did his general surgery residency training at Columbia University, and spent two years as a post-doctoral research fellow in immunology at the Columbia Center for Translational Immunology. Dr. Carpenter received his M.D. from Saint Louis University School of Medicine with distinction in research, and also a masters degree in epidemiology from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Carpenter graduatedfrom the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology.