Overview
Armine Smith, M.D. is the director of urologic oncology at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital, and an associate clinical professor of urology at the Brady Urological Institute of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a member of Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute and the director of Women's Bladder Cancer Program at Sibley Memorial Hospital. She is also a Mary and Armeane Choksi Scholar. Dr. Smith earned her medical degree from the University of California in San Francisco. She completed a residency in urology at the Cleveland Clinic, followed by a fellowship in urologic oncology at the National Cancer Institute, where she focused on development of personalized targeted therapies for bladder cancer. Dr. Smith is a member of the Society of Urologic Oncology, American Association of Cancer Research and American Urological Association. She has been selected multiple times as a Washington, DC and Virginia top urologist. Dr. Smith specializes in advanced open, minimally invasive and robotic urologic surgery for urologic malignancies, including bladder and upper tract urothelial cancer, kidney cancer, testicular cancer, penile and urethral cancer. In bladder cancer surgery she specializes in bladder preservation, complex urinary diversions, including continent orthotopic neobladder and continent catheterizable Indiana pouch techniques. In kidney cancer, her expertise focuses on partial nephrectomy, with the goal of oncologically-sound maximum nephron-sparing surgery. She has contributed to various research, publications and presentations on topics of urology. Dr. Smith has made TV appearances, lectured domestically and internationally, and authored chapters on urothelial and kidney cancer. Her current research focuses on elucidation of risk factors for bladder cancer development, oncologically safe organ preservation in both men and women with bladder and kidney cancer and improving outcomes from bladder cancer treatments. Listen to Dr. Smith’s Cancer Matters podcast episode to learn more about her work.
Dr. Smith is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ureterocele. Her top areas of expertise are Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, Cystectomy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 22 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Suite 150, Washington, DC 20016
Clinical Research
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Hans Pohl is a Urologist and a Pediatrics provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Pohl is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ureterocele. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Ureterocele, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Orchiectomy, and Ureteral Reconstruction. Dr. Pohl is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
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 the treatment of Ureterocele. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Ureterocele, Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Dr. Thomas W. Jarrett has an expertise in minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic, robotic, ureteroscopic, percutaneous and image-guided therapies. Specifically, he has an expertise in percutaneous renal surgery, laparoscopic partial and radical nephrectomy, kidney stones, urinary tract reconstruction and kidney cancer. Dr. Jarrett earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship. He completed a residency in urology at New York Hospital, followed by a visiting fellowship in urology and ultrasonography in Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Jarrett completed his fellowship in endo-urology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He has previously served as the chief of the division of endourology and laparoscopy at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the chief of the division of urology at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Jarrett has been named a Top MD by Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine and a Top Doctor in the Washington D.C. and Washington-Baltimore areas by Castle Connolly. He has also been named a Super Doctor by the Washington Post. Dr. Jarrett is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society of Urologic Oncology and the Endourological Society. Dr. Jarrett has contributed to various publications and presentations on urology, earning him first prize in the World Congress of Endourology essay contest and the Faculty Research Award at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He has editorial appointments at the Journal of Endourology and the Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques. Dr. Jarrett is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ureterocele. His top areas of expertise are Ureterocele, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Familial Wilms Tumor 2, Nephrectomy, and Ureteroscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Bladder CancerDr. Smith isDistinguished. Learn about Bladder Cancer.
- Muscle Invasive Bladder CancerDr. Smith isDistinguished. Learn about Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.
- Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder CancerDr. Smith isDistinguished. Learn about Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.
- Obstructive UropathyDr. Smith isDistinguished. Learn about Obstructive Uropathy.
- Urothelial CancerDr. Smith isDistinguished. Learn about Urothelial Cancer.
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- Bilateral HydronephrosisDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Bilateral Hydronephrosis.
- Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Clear Cell SarcomaDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Clear Cell Sarcoma.
- CystectomyDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Cystectomy.
- Familial Prostate CancerDr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Prostate Cancer.
- Familial Wilms Tumor 2Dr. Smith isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Wilms Tumor 2.
- Experienced
- Bladder ReconstructionDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Bladder Reconstruction.
- Bladder StonesDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Bladder Stones.
- BoilsDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Boils.
- CarbuncleDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Carbuncle.
- Chylous AscitesDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Chylous Ascites.
- EmpyemaDr. Smith isExperienced. Learn about Empyema.