The 20 Best Nephrectomy Doctors near Marietta, GA

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Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 41 doctor with experience in Nephrectomy near Marietta, GA. Of these, 32 are Experienced, 7 are Advanced and 2 are Distinguished.

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    Froylan C. Gonzalez
    Advanced in Nephrectomy
    Advanced in Nephrectomy

    Georgia Urology

    790 Church Street Extension, Suite 430, 
    Marietta, GA 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Froylan Gonzalez is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Gonzalez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma, Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Gonzalez is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    Marietta, GA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Korean, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Thomas Chun is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Chun is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Chun is currently accepting new patients.

    Warren T. Oberle
    Advanced in Nephrectomy
    Advanced in Nephrectomy

    Georgia Urology

    1700 Hospital Drive South, Suite 201, 
    Austell, GA 
     (9.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Warren Oberle is a Urologist in Austell, Georgia. Dr. Oberle is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma, Reconstructive Urology Surgery, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Oberle is currently accepting new patients.

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    John G. Pattaras
    Distinguished in Nephrectomy
    Distinguished in Nephrectomy

    Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Campus

    5673 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Ste350A, 
    Atlanta, GA 
     (11.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    34+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    John Pattaras is a Urologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Pattaras has been practicing medicine for over 34 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Ureterocele, Prostate Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Cystectomy.

    Distinguished in Nephrectomy
    General Surgery | Urology
    Distinguished in Nephrectomy
    General Surgery | Urology

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    5150 Stilesboro N W Rd, Suite 220, 
    Kennesaw, GA 
     (9.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Zachary Klaassen is a General Surgeon and a Urologist in Kennesaw, Georgia. Dr. Klaassen is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Cystectomy. Dr. Klaassen is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    55 Whitcher St, Suite 260, 
    Marietta, GA 
     (0.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Farsi, Hebrew, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Paymon Nourparvar is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Nourparvar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Ureterocele, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Nourparvar is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    55 Whitcher St Ne, Suite 250, 
    Marietta, GA 
     (1.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Bradley Mccowan is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Mccowan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Bilateral Hydronephrosis, Ureteroscopy, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Mccowan is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    677 Church St Ne, Suite 100p, 
    Marietta, GA 
     (1.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Alan Levinson is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Levinson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Bilateral Hydronephrosis, Obstructive Uropathy, Familial Prostate Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Bladder Reconstruction. Dr. Levinson is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    677 Church St Ne, Suite 100p, 
    Marietta, GA 
     (1.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Korean, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Michael Bryant is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Bryant is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are UPJ Obstruction, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Obstructive Uropathy, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Bryant is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    Marietta, GA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Korean, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Beau Dusseault is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Dusseault is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Eunuchoidism Familial Hypogonadotropic, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Dusseault is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    Marietta, GA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Reena Kabaria is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Kabaria is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, UPJ Obstruction, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy. Dr. Kabaria is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    Marietta, GA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Greek, Korean, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Nikolas Symbas is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Symbas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Failure, Ureteroscopy, and Vasectomy. Dr. Symbas is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Urology

    55 Whitcher St NE Ste 250, 
    Marietta, GA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Daniel Mollengarden is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Mollengarden is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Bilateral Hydronephrosis, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    Marietta, GA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Korean, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Deena Theiss is a Urologist in Marietta, Georgia. Dr. Theiss is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Boils, Prostate Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Theiss is currently accepting new patients.

    Omer Kucuk
    Advanced in Nephrectomy
    Advanced in Nephrectomy

    Winship Cancer Institute At Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

    5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, ErbBldg, 
    Atlanta, GA 
     (11.9 miles away)
    Experience:
    51+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Turkish
    Offers Telehealth

    Omer Kucuk is an Oncologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kucuk has been practicing medicine for over 51 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Prostate Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Prostatectomy.

    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

    Piedmont Providers LLC

    1968 Peachtree Nw Rd, 
    Atlanta, GA 
     (13.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Bulgarian, Filipino
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Giridhar Vedula is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Vedula is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Vedula is currently accepting new patients.

    Rajesh G. Laungani
    Advanced in Nephrectomy
    Urology | Oncology
    Advanced in Nephrectomy
    Urology | Oncology

    Piedmont Physicians Urology Atlanta

    275 Collier Road NW, Suite 400, 
    Atlanta, GA 
     (14.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    "Dr. Laungani is a board-certified urologist who specializes in adult urology and urologic oncology. He is fellowship-trained in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and robotic urology. A Brooklyn native, he graduated cum laude from Brooklyn College and received his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, New York. He completed his surgical internship and urology residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, where he later earned a fellowship in minimally invasive and robotic surgery from the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital under the guidance of Dr. Mani Menon. Dr. Laungani has numerous peer-reviewed publications on urological advances and robotics and has lectured and operated internationally, including Egypt, Malaysia and the Czech Republic. Dr. Laungani holds memberships in several professional organizations including the Endourological Society, the American Urological Association, the American Association of Clinical Urologists, the Georgia, Michigan and New York State Urologic Society, the Society of Robotic Surgery and the American Medical Association. Dr. Laungani maintains a strong interest in prostate cancer research and education though multiple studies and collaborations with Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. He serves as associate professor (adjunct) at Clark Atlanta University's Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development. He has received numerous professional honors and recognition for his outstanding work and has also been featured on CNN's Medical News and local medical news for ""tweeting"" Live Robotic Surgery in the OR.". Dr. Laungani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Ureterocele, Familial Prostate Cancer, Reconstructive Urology Surgery, and Nephrectomy.

    Advanced in Nephrectomy
    Advanced in Nephrectomy

    Wellstar Medical Group LLC

    5150 Stilesboro N W Rd, Suite 220, 
    Kennesaw, GA 
     (9.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Martha Terris is a Urologist in Kennesaw, Georgia. Dr. Terris is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Terris is currently accepting new patients.

    Kenneth Carney
    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Rejuvall Health Centers

    3193 Howell Mill Road Northwest, Suite 322, 
    Atlanta, GA 
     (9.5 miles away)
    Experience:
    33+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Kenneth Carney is a Urologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Carney has been practicing medicine for over 33 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. His top areas of expertise are Urethral Stricture, Penile Cancer, Bladder Outlet Obstruction, Reconstructive Urology Surgery, and Bladder Reconstruction. Dr. Carney is currently accepting new patients.

    Valentina Grajales
    Experienced in Nephrectomy
    Experienced in Nephrectomy

    Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital Campus

    5673 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Ste350A, 
    Atlanta, GA 
     (11.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    10+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Valentina Grajales is a Urologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Grajales has been practicing medicine for over 10 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Nephrectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Bladder Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Penectomy, and Cystectomy.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Nephrectomy?

    Kidney removal, or nephrectomy, is surgery to remove all or part of a kidney. It may involve:

    • Part of one kidney removed (partial nephrectomy).
    • All of one kidney removed (simple nephrectomy).
    • Removal of one entire kidney, surrounding fat, and the adrenal gland (radical nephrectomy). In these cases, neighboring lymph nodes are sometimes removed.

    When should I see a Nephrectomy doctor near Marietta, GA?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Nephrectomy doctor near Marietta, GA?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Nephrectomy doctors near Marietta, GA?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Nephrectomy doctors near Marietta, GA?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Nephrectomy doctor near Marietta, GA?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Nephrectomy doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Nephrectomy doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Nephrectomy doctor near Marietta, GA?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Nephrectomy doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Nephrectomy doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Nephrectomy doctors near Marietta, GA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Nephrectomy doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Nephrectomy doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Nephrectomy doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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