Overview
Dr. Cheriyan is a Board Certified Urologist. He is a native Texan; he was raised in Deep East Texas and attended Lufkin High School. Dr. Cheriyan completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University and then returned to Texas to complete his medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed his residency in Loma Linda, California and subsequently completed a two year fellowship in Urologic Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.Dr. Cheriyan understands that patients are often seeking treatment with difficult and stressful problems. He seeks to alleviate that stress through patient education and guidance to find the best treatment for each patient.
Dr. Cheriyan is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Penile Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Lithotripsy, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 17 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
17350 St. Luke's Way, Suite 200 (MAC II), The Woodlands, TX 77384
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Seth P. Lerner, MD, is Professor of Urology and holds the Beth and Dave Swalm Chair in Urologic Oncology, in the Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine. He is Director of Urologic Oncology and the Multidisciplinary Bladder Cancer Program and Faculty Group Practice Medical Director for the Urology Clinic. He earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, completed a surgical internship at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, and returned to Baylor for his residency training. He completed a two-year fellowship at the University of Southern California in urologic oncology and reconstructive surgery under Peter Jones and Don Skinner before returning to join the full-time Baylor faculty in 1992. His clinical practice, education, and research activities are devoted to urologic oncology and particularly lower and upper tract urothelial cancer. Dr. Lerner is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed articles, and co-editor of a comprehensive Textbook of Bladder Cancer. Dr. Lerner is an active member of the prestigious American Association of Genitourinary surgeons and is listed routinely among America's Top Doctors and Best Doctors in America. He established and directs the multi-disciplinary Bladder Cancer Research Program at Baylor, and his research interests include use of selective estrogen receptor modulators for treatment of bladder cancer, gene therapy, targeted molecular therapeutics, and outcomes of radical cystectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. He has 22 years of experience as a clinical investigator for both NCI and industry funded clinical trials. He is the PI of the ongoing SWOG NCI Phase III trial comparing extended vs. standard pelvic lymphadenectomy at time of radical cystectomy for muscle invasive bladder cancer. He is active in the leadership of several national bladder cancer research enterprises including chair of the Local Bladder Cancer committee of SWOG, co-chair of the NCI's Bladder Cancer Task Force and the Analysis Working Group of The Cancer Genome Atlas Project for muscle invasive bladder cancer. He is very active in the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) as a member of the Board of Directors, past chair of the Bladder Cancer Think Tank and co-chair of the management committee of the Bladder Cancer Research Network. Dr. Lerner is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Bladder Cancer, Urothelial Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Cystectomy, and Lymphadenectomy.
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- LithotripsyDr. Cheriyan isAdvanced. Learn about Lithotripsy.
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- Bladder CancerDr. Cheriyan isExperienced. Learn about Bladder Cancer.
- CystectomyDr. Cheriyan isExperienced. Learn about Cystectomy.
- EndoscopyDr. Cheriyan isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Kidney StonesDr. Cheriyan isExperienced. Learn about Kidney Stones.
- LymphadenectomyDr. Cheriyan isExperienced. Learn about Lymphadenectomy.
- Muscle Invasive Bladder CancerDr. Cheriyan isExperienced. Learn about Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.