Dr. Nirmish Singla

Dr. Misop Han is David Hall McConnell Professor of Urology and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Han is a urologist whose main clinical focus is in urological oncology with a special emphasis on prostate and kidney cancers. He specializes in robotic nerve-sparing prostatectomy and robotic nephrectomy. Dr. Han received his undergraduate and medical degrees at Johns Hopkins. After an internship in surgery and residency in urology, also at Johns Hopkins, he worked as faculty at Northwestern University and Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. In 2006, he joined the Johns Hopkins faculty. His research interests include the outcome of radical prostatectomy, medical robotics and prediction modeling (what happens to men following surgery for prostate cancer). He has published extensively in these subjects and has received international and national recognition for his research. He is actively involved in several clinical research projects with the database of more than 20,000 men who received surgery for prostate cancer at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a member of the American Urological Association and the American Medical Association. Dr. Han is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Reconstructive Urology Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Ureterocele, Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy.

Dr. Christian Pavlovich is Bernard L. Schwartz Distinguished Professor in Urologic Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Program at the Brady Urological Institute. Dr. Pavlovich treats cancer with an emphasis on minimizing morbidity and maximizing quality of life while offering patients the latest treatment options and techniques. His clinical focus is on prostate and kidney cancer, and on clinical trials regarding detection, surveillance, and immunotherapy. With more than 20 years of experience with minimally-invasive surgery for the treatment of urologic cancers, he is expert in robotic surgery and was named one of the top prostate cancer surgeons in the United States by Newsweek in 2024. In addition, he offers patients modern diagnostic biopsy techniques, and for prostate cancer patients active surveillance and ablative options including cryotherapy and TULSA. Dr. Pavlovich grew up in Washington DC, went to Harvard University, and then earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. He then completed a urology residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and a National Cancer Institute SUO fellowship in urologic oncology before joining the Hopkins faculty in 2001. Dr. Pavlovich has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, is Associate Editor of The Prostate and is on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Urology International. He was the inaugural Director of the Brady Urological Institute’s SUO Urologic Oncology Fellowship (2014 -2024) and is the recipient of three “best teaching/research mentor” awards from the Urology residents at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Pavlovich speaks English, French, Spanish, German, and Serbo-Croatian. He enjoys spending time with his wife and children, following their pursuits, and skiing, diving, running, wildlife, and the great outdoors. Dr. Pavlovich is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Reconstructive Urology Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy.

Sunil H. Patel, M.D., M.A., is an Assistant Professor of Urology and Oncology at the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He serves as and the Director of the Urologic Oncology Fellowship. He also serves as Director of the Testicular Cancer program. He treats all urologic malignancies, including adrenal cancer, kidney cancer, urothelial cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, testes cancer, and penile cancers. Additionally, he has advanced training in complex robotic and open surgical cases. His clinical and research focus is in Urologic Oncology, with areas of focus in bladder cancer, testes cancer, and kidney cancer. Dr. Patel completed his undergraduate studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo where he studied Biological Sciences. He completed his Masters at Boston University, completing his thesis on microfluidics, afterwards completing his medical degree at Boston University. He completed his general surgery internship and urology residency at University of California, San Diego. He continued his training through a Society of Urologic Oncology Fellowship in urologic oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He joined Johns Hopkins in June 2020 with interests in environmental factors contributing to oncogenesis in urological cancers, especially bladder cancer. He is dedicated to international health and works closely with international volunteers in urology and has done several mission trips and guest lectures. Dr. Patel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Reconstructive Urology Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Nephrectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery.