NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health
Samir S. Taneja, MD is the Robert S. Waldbaum/Robert B. Gardner Jr. Professor and Chair of Urology in the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He additionally serves as Senior Vice President and System Chair for Urology at Northwell Health. He received his undergraduate and medical education at Northwestern University prior to completing residency training at the UCLA Medical Center.
Over the past 15 years, Dr. Taneja’s clinical research interest has been in prostate cancer diagnostics, with particular focus on the application of imaging in the detection, risk stratification, and therapy of prostate cancer. His early contributions relate to the implementation of pre-biopsy prostate MRI and techniques of MRI-targeted biopsy. He is also widely recognized as an innovator in the emerging field of prostate cancer focal therapy, having led and completed a number single and multi-center clinical trials.
Dr. Taneja has previously served on the American Board of Urology Examination Committee, the SUO Oncology Knowledge Assessment Test Committee, and the Society of Urologic Oncology Board of Directos. He is previous Secretary and past-President of the Urologic Research Society and currently serves on the Focal Therapy Society Board of Directors. He is an elected member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons, and a recent recipient of the 2023 AUA Distinguished Contribution Award for ‘creative and notable contributions in prostate cancer imaging, biopsy, and treatment’. He has authored over 250 articles, 25 book chapters, and 5 textbooks. He is the Urology Surveys prostate cancer contributor for the Journal of Urology, previous Consulting Editor of the Urologic Clinics of North America, and Editor of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th, and upcoming 6th editions of Taneja's Complications of Urologic Surgery: Prevention and Diagnosis, one of the most widely read textbooks in American urology.
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Friday, April 28, 2023
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST