University of California Irvine
Akhil Das, MD is a Professor of Clinical Urology in the Department of Urology at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). Prior to UCI position, he was a Professor of Urology in the Department of Urology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. At Jefferson, he served as the CME director for the Department of Urology. He graduated from Drexel School of Medicine and completed his urology residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He continued his post graduate training with a fellowship at Tauranga Hospital in New Zealand under the mentorship of Dr. Peter Gilling, the founder of Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) technique. During this time, he helped develop the current surgical strategies for HoLEP and has brought this technology to the United States. He was one of the first surgeons to perform HoLEP in the USA and helped incorporate HoLEP as a minimally invasive technique for BPH. He was instrumental in making HoLEP as procedure of choice for BPH and helped to establish the CPT code for HoLEP. In the revised 2018 AUA Guidelines for BPH, HoLEP is now considered the primary endoscopic surgical technique that is independent of prostate size, and arguably the gold standard for the surgical management of BPH. Prior to his current appointment, he was on the faculty at New York Medical College and later went on to private practice in New Mexico where he continued to improve on the techniques of HoLEP. Dr. Das is considered a national and international expert in minimally invasive treatments for BPH and endoscopic laser surgery. His other interests in urology include the use of minimally invasive techniques for the management of lower urinary tract dysfunction including urinary incontinence in both males and females.
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