Dr. Samir S. Taneja
Overview
As Senior Vice President of the Urology Service Line, Chair of the
Smith Institute for Urology, and Chair of Urology at the Zucker School
of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Samir Taneja, MD will establish his
clinical practice at Lenox Hill Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical
Center focused on the surgical management of prostate cancer
and renal tumors. He is an expert in urologic oncology, renowned for
transforming the field of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
by improving methods of prostate imaging, cancer detection, and
disease localization. Having performed thousands of robotic, ablative,
laparoscopic and open surgical procedures, his specific clinical focus
has been in improving prostate cancer patient outcomes through
pioneering techniques for focal ablative therapy, refining surgical
techniques for robotic prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy,
devising accelerated recovery pathways for robotic prostatectomy/
partial nephrectomy, and providing muti-modal surgical approaches
for patients with high risk and recurrent prostate cancer. As leader of
the department, he will strive to ensure individualized care of urologic
disease through state-of-the-art surgical approaches and multi-disciplinary care.
Prior to joining Northwell, Dr Taneja was a faculty member of NYU
Grossman School of Medicine for 29-years as a tenured professor
of urology, radiology, and biomedical engineering. Most recently he
served as Director of the Division of Urologic Oncology and Vice
Chair in the Department of Urology at NYU Langone Health, as well as
Genitourinary Program Leader in the Perlmutter Cancer Center.
Dr. Taneja has conducted extensive clinical research on the use of
imaging in prostate cancer and is considered a pioneer in the use of
MRI to diagnose and localize prostate cancer and the emerging field of
prostate cancer focal therapy. He has authored more than 250 articles,
30 book chapters, and six textbooks and monographs on urologic
cancer and surgery. He is the editor of Taneja's Complications of
Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Diagnosis, one of the most widely read
textbooks in American Urology.
Dr. Taneja is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Prostatectomy, and Nephrectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 684 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
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Locations
450 Lakeville Road, Suite M42, Lake Success, NY 11042
110 East 58th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Taneja has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Mskcc Clinical Practice Plan
John Mulhall is an Urologist in New York, New York. Dr. Mulhall is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). His top areas of expertise are Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Peyronie Disease, Prostate Cancer, Prostatectomy, and Orchiectomy.
Integrated Medical Professionals PLLC
Jed Kaminetsky is an Urologist in Farmingdale, New York. Dr. Kaminetsky is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). His top areas of expertise are Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Eunuchoidism Familial Hypogonadotropic, Testicular Failure, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Prostatectomy.
Northwell Health Physician Partners Smith Institute For Urology At East 58th Street
Bob Berookhim, MD is the Director of Male Fertility and Microsurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. He is a board certified urologist and assistant professor of urology at the Zucker School of Medicine. He specializes in male reproductive medicine, microsurgery and sexual medicine. His primary focus is on the medical and surgical management of male infertility, erectile dysfunction, Peyronie s disease, and low testosterone, as well as enlarged prostate (BPH), and urinary stone disease.Dr. Berookhim is an expert in microsurgical vasectomy reversals, microdissection testicular sperm extraction, microsurgical varicocelectomy, penile implants for erectile dysfunction, surgical treatment for Peyronie s disease, male fertility preservation and minimally invasive endoscopic surgery to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and kidney stones. In addition to delivering exceptional surgical care to his patients, he provides state of the art evidence based medical treatments for male factor infertility and male sexual dysfunction. He also has extensive experience in the management of general urological conditions.Dr. Berookhim is a graduate of the highly competitive Seven Year Accelerated Liberal Arts and Medical Education (B.A./M.D.) program at Boston University, having gained admission to medical school immediately after high school. He completed an internship in Surgery and residency in Urology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Additionally he completed prestigious fellowships in Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and in Male Reproductive Medicine and Microsurgery at the Weill Cornell Medical College. He is the co-author of many internationally published studies addressing a myriad of men s health issues including erectile dysfunction, Peyronie s disease, hypogonadism and male infertility, and has presented numerous abstracts at influential medical society meetings. He also serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Urology, American Journal of Men s Health, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, and the Middle East Fertility Society Journal. Dr. Berookhim is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). His top areas of expertise are Peyronie Disease, Varicocele, Testicular Failure, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Ureteroscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- NephrectomyDr. Taneja isElite. Learn about Nephrectomy.
- Prostate CancerDr. Taneja isElite. Learn about Prostate Cancer.
- ProstatectomyDr. Taneja isElite. Learn about Prostatectomy.
- Distinguished
- Bladder CancerDr. Taneja isDistinguished. Learn about Bladder Cancer.
- EmpyemaDr. Taneja isDistinguished. Learn about Empyema.
- Familial Prostate CancerDr. Taneja isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Prostate Cancer.
- Muscle Invasive Bladder CancerDr. Taneja isDistinguished. Learn about Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.
- Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)Dr. Taneja isDistinguished. Learn about Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC).
- Urothelial CancerDr. Taneja isDistinguished. Learn about Urothelial Cancer.
- Advanced
- Chromophobe Renal Cell CarcinomaDr. Taneja isAdvanced. Learn about Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma.
- Clear Cell SarcomaDr. Taneja isAdvanced. Learn about Clear Cell Sarcoma.
- Familial Wilms Tumor 2Dr. Taneja isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Wilms Tumor 2.
- Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
- OrchiectomyDr. Taneja isAdvanced. Learn about Orchiectomy.
- Penile CancerDr. Taneja isAdvanced. Learn about Penile Cancer.
- Experienced
- Bacterial ProstatitisDr. Taneja isExperienced. Learn about Bacterial Prostatitis.
- Chylous AscitesDr. Taneja isExperienced. Learn about Chylous Ascites.
- CystectomyDr. Taneja isExperienced. Learn about Cystectomy.
- EndoscopyDr. Taneja isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.
- Enlarged Prostate (BPH)Dr. Taneja isExperienced. Learn about Enlarged Prostate (BPH).
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED)Dr. Taneja isExperienced. Learn about Erectile Dysfunction (ED).