In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Brian Richard Matlaga and Ojas Shah bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Medical and Surgical Management of Urolithiasis. Top experts provide focused discussions on the metabolic and medical aspects of kidney stone management as well as advances in surgical therapies.
- Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including non-pharmacologic methods of stone risk reduction: diet and supplements; laser lithotripsy strategies; robotic surgery for stone disease; quality of life measures for kidney stone patients; AI and machine-based learning for stone management; and much more
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on medical and surgical management of urolithiasis, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Authors
Brian Richard Matlaga Director, The Stephens Center for Stone Disease, Professor of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Ojas Shah George F. Cahill Professor of Urology, Director of the Division of Endourology and Stone Disease, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. George F. Cahill Professor of Urology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He also serves as the Director of the Division of Endourology and Stone Disease at Columbia University Medical Center.Dr. Shah is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the medical and surgical management of patients with urinary stone disease. He recently served as a member of the American Urological Association's Surgical Management of Stones Guidelines Committee. He was also recently appointed to the American Board of Urology's Examination Committee. He is an active member of the Endourological Society, EDGE (Endourology Disease Group for Excellence) Research Consortium, and ROCK (Research on Calculous Kinetics) Society.
Dr. Shah is an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Urology, the most highly cited and amongst the most respected international journals in the field. He is also co-editor of the 5th Edition of Taneja's Complications of Urologic Surgery which was released in 2018.
Dr. Shah serves as the Director of the Endourology Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He additionally has a strong focus on medical student and resident education, and served as the urology residency program director at NYU School of Medicine prior to joining Columbia.
