David B. Samadi

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Dr. David B. Samadi is the first surgeon in the U.S. to have successfully performed a repeat robotic surgery procedure on the prostate. He has performed over 1,400 robotic laparoscopic surgeries using the da Vinci Surgical System for patients with prostate, bladder and kidney cancers and is recognized as one of the America's foremost experts on robotic oncology.[1]

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[edit] Biography

In 1979, at age 16, Samadi and his younger brother fled Iran after the overthrow of the Shah's government.[2] After benefiting from the charity of friends and strangers in the Persian-Jewish community in Belgium and London, Samadi came to New York, where he earned his degree in biochemistry on a full scholarship.

Post several residencies and fellowships in both the U.S. and France, Samadi has become one of only a few U.S. surgeons trained in all three main fields of urologic surgery – open, laparoscopic and robotic. He is now the Chief of Robotics and Minimal Invasive Surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City as of May 2007.

[edit] Significance of robotic oncology

In addition to advantages such as minimal post-operative scarring, often same or next-day discharges, and more rapid recovery rates, robotic prostatectomy may offer additional benefits to certain patients:

  • For patients (such as Jehovah's Witnesses) whose faith's "blood doctrine" prohibits surgical procedures involving blood transfusions, robotic oncology can provide a "bloodless" surgical option as "keyhole" incisions replace the more invasive cuts typically involved in a standard prostatectomy; smaller incisions result in blood loss insignificant enough to be potentially inviolate of a patient's blood doctrine.


[edit] Publications

  • A percutaneous subcostal approach for intercostal stones. Chughtai B, Rehman J, Schulsinger D, Adler H, Khan SA, Samadi D., Journal of endourology, 2008
  • Increasing body mass index negatively impacts outcomes following robotic radical prostatectomy. Herman MP, Raman JD, Dong S, Samadi D, Scherr DS., Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2007
  • Robotic radical prostatectomy: operative technique, outcomes, and learning curve. Raman JD, Dong S, Levinson A, Samadi D, Scherr DS., Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2007
  • A pilot study on acupuncture for lower urinary tract symptoms related to chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain. Capodice JL, Jin Z, Bemis DL, Samadi D, Stone BA, Kapan S, Katz AE., Chinese Medicine, 2007
  • From proficiency to expert, when does the learning curve for robotic-assisted prostatectomies plateau? The Columbia University experience. Samadi D, Levinson A, Hakimi A, Shabsigh R, Benson MC., World journal of urology, 2007
  • High body mass index in muscular patients and flank position are risk factors for rhabdomyolysis: case report after laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy. Rehman J, Boglia J, Chughtai B, Sukkarieh T, Khan SA, Lewis R, Darras F, Wadhwa NK, Samadi DB, Waltzer WC., Journal of endourology, 2006
  • Smooth-muscle regeneration after electrosurgical endopyelotomy in a porcine model as confirmed by electron microscopy. Rehman J, Ragab MM, Venkatesh R, Sundaram CP, Khan SA, Sukkarieh T, Samadi D, Chughtai B, White F, Bostwick D, Waltzer W., Journal of endourology, 2004
  • Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: published series. Hoznek A, Samadi DB, Salomon L, De La Taille A, Olsson LE, Abbou CC., Current urology reports, 2002
  • Robotic assisted kidney transplantation: an initial experience. Hoznek A, Zaki SK, Samadi DB, Salomon L, Lobontiu A, Lang P, Abbou CC., The Journal of urology, 2002

[edit] References

  1. ^ daVinciProstatectomy.com – An Information Portal on Prostate Cancer retrieved on April 25, 2008
  2. ^ New York Sun – Doctor Discusses Plans to Perform Tele-Surgery retrieved April 25, 2008
  3. ^ Is There Sex After Surgery? retrieved April 25, 2008

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