Dr. David Samadi

Dr. David B. Samadi: Urologic Oncologist & Robotic Prostate Surgeon in New York, NY

Dr. David B. Samadi is a board-certified urologist, urologic oncology expert, and robotic surgeon who has dedicated his career to the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, and other urologic conditions. He is one of a small number of surgeons in the United States trained in oncology, open surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and robotic-assisted surgery, giving his patients the benefit of deep anatomical knowledge and true surgical versatility.

Over his career, Dr. Samadi has performed more than 10,000 robotic prostate surgeries. In 2007 he developed the SMART Surgery technique (Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique), an approach to robotic prostatectomy built around three goals: complete removal of the cancer, preservation of urinary continence, and preservation of sexual function.

Training and Experience

Dr. Samadi earned his medical degree from Stony Brook School of Medicine, completed his urology training at Montefiore Medical Center, and completed a urologic oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then pursued fellowship training in robotic radical prostatectomy in France under Professor Claude Abbou, a pioneer of robotic urology. He has served as Chief of Robotic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center, built a premier urology program at Lenox Hill Hospital, and directed men’s health at St. Francis Hospital. Learn more about his education, work history, and personal life.

Recognition and Media

Dr. Samadi has been named to Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors and New York Magazine’s Best Doctors list. He has served as a medical contributor for national television, hosts educational programming on men’s health, and has authored books including “The Ultimate MANual,” a guide to men’s health and wellness. He speaks English, Spanish, Farsi, Hebrew, and Greek and cares for patients from across the United States and around the world through our international patient program.

Related Care and Resources at Prostate Cancer 911

• MRI fusion biopsy
• Elevated PSA evaluation
• Bladder cancer treatment
• Enlarged prostate treatment
• Urinary issues

Dr. David B. Samadi’s Honors

Affiliations, Publications & Presentations

Affiliations

• American Board of Urology Certified 11 Years In Urology
• CA State Medical License Active through 2015
• NY State Medical License Active through 2015
• American Medical Association
• Samadi Robotic Surgical Institute at the Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS)

Publications & Presentations

• Capodice, J. L., Jin, Z., Bemis, D. L., Samadi, D., Stone, B. A., Kapan, S., Katz, A. E. “A pilot study on acupuncture for lower urinary tract symptoms related to chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain.” Chin Med
• Collingwood, S. A.,McBride, R. B.,Leapman, M.,Hobbs, A. R.,Kwon, Y. S.,Stensland, K. D.,Schwartz, R. M.,Pollard, M. E.,Samadi, D. B. “Decisional regret after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy is higher in African American men.” Urol Oncol
• Kwon, Y. S.,Leapman, M.,McBride, R. B.,Hobbs, A. R.,Collingwood, S. A.,Stensland, K. D.,Samadi, D. B.”Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy in men with metabolic syndrome.” Urol Oncol
• Lavery, H. J., Levinson, A. W., Hobbs, A. R., Sebrow, D., Mohamed, N. E., Diefenbach, M. A., Samadi, D. B. “Baseline functional status may predict decisional regret following robotic prostatectomy.” J Urol
• Bernstein, A. N., Levinson, A. W., Hobbs, A. R., Lavery, H. J., Samadi, D. B. “Validation of the Online Administration of the Sexual Health Inventory for Men.” J Urol
• Kates, M., Lavery, H. J., Brajtbord, J., Samadi, D., Palese, M. A. “Decreasing Rates of Lymph Node Dissection During Radical Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma.” Ann Surg Oncol
• Sebrow, D., Lavery, H.J., Brajtbord, J.S., Hobbs, A., Levinson, A.W., Samadi, D.B. “Monitoring Validated Quality of Life Outcomes After Prostatectomy: Initial Description of Novel Online Questionnaire.” Urology
• Shariat, S.F., Scherr, D.S., Gupta, A., Bianco, F.J., Karakiewicz, P.I., Zeltser, I.S., Samadi, D.B., Akhavan, A. “Emerging biomarkers for prostate cancer diagnosis, staging, and prognosis.” Arch Esp Urol
• Maniar, K.P., Unger, P.D., Samadi, D.B., Xiao, G. “Incidental Paraganglia of Prostate in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens: A Diagnostic Pitfall.” Int J Surg Pathol
• Lavery, H.J., Levinson, A.W., Brajtbord, J.S., Samadi, D.B. “Candidacy for active surveillance may be associated with improved functional outcomes after prostatectomy.” Urol Oncol
• Lavery, H.J., Small, A.C., Samadi, D.B., Palese, M.A. “Transition from laparoscopic to robotic partial nephrectomy: the learning curve for an experienced laparoscopic surgeon.” JSLS
• Lavery, H.J., Brajtbord, J.S., Levinson, A.W., Nabizada-Pace, F., Pollard, M.E., Samadi, D.B.”Unnecessary imaging for the staging of low-risk prostate cancer is common.” Urology
• Brajtbord, J.S., Lavery, H.J., Jacob, B.P., Mccash, S., Samadi, D.B. “Continuing robotically? The completion of a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy after laparotomy.” J Endourol
• Lavery, H.J., Patel, S., Palese, M., Kasabian, N.G., Gainsburg, D.M., Samadi, D.B. “Combined robotic radical prostatectomy and robotic radical nephrectomy.” JSLS
• Samadi, D.B., Muntner, P., Nabizada-Pace, F., Brajtbord, J.S., Carlucci, J., Lavery, H.J. “Improvements in robot-assisted prostatectomy: the effect of surgeon experience and technical changes on oncologic and functional outcomes.” J Endourol
• Lavery, H.J., Senaratne, P., Gainsburg, D.M., Samadi, D.B. “Robotic prostatectomy in a patient with hemophilia.” JSLS
• Lavery, H.J., Nabizada-Pace, F., Carlucci, J.R., Brajtbord, J.S., Samadi, D.B. “Nerve-sparing robotic prostatectomy in preoperatively high-risk patients is safe and efficacious.” Urol Oncol
• Gainsburg, D.M., Wax, D., Reich, D.L., Carlucci, J.R., Samadi, D.B. “Intraoperative management of robotic-assisted versus open radical prostatectomy.” JSLS
• Akhavan, A., Levinson, A.W., Muntner, P., Nabizada-Pace, F., Samadi, D.B. “Risk stratification and early oncologic outcomes following robotic prostatectomy.” JSLS
• Carlucci, J.R., Nabizada-Pace, F., Samadi, D.B. “What PCPs and geriatricians need to know about robotic prostatectomy and organ-confined prostate cancer.” Geriatrics
• Rehman, J., Boglia, J., Chughtai, B., Sukkarieh, T., Khan, S.A., Lewis, R., Darras, F., Wadhwa, N.K., Samadi, D.B., Waltzer, W.C. “High body mass index in muscular patients and flank position are risk factors for rhabdomyolysis: case report after laparoscopic live-donor nephrectomy.” J Endourol
• Hoznek, A., Zaki, S.K., Samadi, D.B., Salomon, L., Lobontiu, A., Lang, P., Abbou, C. “Robotic assisted kidney transplantation: an initial experience.” J Urol
• Hoznek, A., Samadi, D.B., Salomon, L., De La Taille, A., Olsson, L.E., Abbou, C. “Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: published series.” Curr Urol Rep
• Hoznek, A., Samadi, D.B., Salomon, L., Olsson, L.E., Saint, F., Chopin, D., Abbou, C. “Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.” Curr Urol Rep
• Leapman, M.,Kwon, Y. S.,Collingwood, S. A.,Chin, E.,Katsigeorgis, M.,Hobbs, A. R.,Samadi, D. B.”Robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy in men with proctocolectomy and restorative ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.” Case Rep Urol
• Lavery, H. J., Xiao, G. Q., Nabizada-Pace, F., Mikulasovich, M., Unger, P., Samadi, D. B. “”Mohs surgery of the prostate”: the utility of in situ frozen section analysis during robotic prostatectomy.” BJU Int
• Moskovic, D. J., Lavery, H. J., Rehman, J., Nabizada-Pace, F., Brajtbord, J., Samadi, D. B. “High body mass index does not affect outcomes following robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.” Can J Urol
• Brajtbord, J. S., Lavery, H. J., Nabizada-Pace, F., Senaratne, P., Samadi, D. B. “Endorectal magnetic resonance imaging has limited clinical ability to preoperatively predict pT3 prostate cancer.” BJU Int
• Pinkhasov, R. M., Shteynshlyuger, A., Hakimian, P., Lindsay, G. K., Samadi, D. B., Shabsigh, R. “Are men shortchanged on health? Perspective on life expectancy, morbidity, and mortality in men and women in the United States.” Int J Clin Pract
• Pinkhasov, R. M., Wong, J., Kashanian, J., Lee, M., Samadi, D. B., Pinkhasov, M. M., Shabsigh, R. “Are men shortchanged on health? Perspective on health care utilization and health risk behavior in men and women in the United States.” Int J Clin Pract
• Samadi, D. B., Chughtai, B., Akhavan, A., Guru, K., Rehman, J. “Incidental seminal vesicle smooth muscle neoplasm of unknown malignancy following robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.” Can J Urol
• Rehman, J., Chughtai, B., Guru, K., Shabsigh, R., Samadi, D. B. “Management of an enlarged median lobe with ureteral orifices at the margin of bladder neck during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.” Can J Urol
• Rehman, J., Guru, K., Chughtai, B., Shabsigh, R., Samadi, D. “Robotic radical prostatectomy in patients with preexisting inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP).” Can J Urol
• Raman, J. D., Dong, S., Levinson, A., Samadi, D., Scherr, D. S. “Robotic radical prostatectomy: operative technique, outcomes, and learning curve.” JSLS
• Herman, M. P., Raman, J. D., Dong, S., Samadi, D., Scherr, D. S. “Increasing body mass index negatively impacts outcomes following robotic radical prostatectomy.” JSLS
• Rehman, J., Christ, G. J., Kaynan, A., Samadi, D., Fleischmann, J. “Intraoperative electrical stimulation of cavernosal nerves with monitoring of intracorporeal pressure in patients undergoing nerve sparing radical prostatectomy.” BJU Int
• Samadi, D., Levinson, A., Hakimi, A., Shabsigh, R., Benson, M. C. “From proficiency to expert, when does the learning curve for robotic-assisted prostatectomies plateau? The Columbia University experience.” World J Urol
• Chughtai, B., Samadi, D., Guru, K., Frischer, Z., Rehman, J. “Granulocytic sarcoma of the adrenal gland.” Can J Urol
• Rehman, J., Chughtai, B., Schulsinger, D., Adler, H., Khan, S. A., Samadi, D. “A percutaneous subcostal approach for intercostal stones.” J Endourol
• Liu, C., Perisic, D., Peresic, D., Samadi, D., Nezhat, F. “Robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial bladder resection for the treatment of infiltrating endometriosis.” J Minim Invasive Gynecol
• Rehman, J., Chughtai, B., Guru, K., Samadi, D., Khan, S. A. “Laparoscopic extravesical ureteroneocystostomy by a new “Y” flap technique.” J Endourol
• Rehman, J., Samadi, D., Ricciardi, R., Kreutzer, E. “Early endoscopic realignment as primary therapy for complete posterior urethral disruptions.” J Endourol
• Rehman, J., Kaynan, A., Samadi, D., Fleischmann, J. “Air on radiography of perineal necrotizing fasciitis indicates testis involvement.” J Urol
• Rehman, J., Ragab, M. M., Venkatesh, R., Sundaram, C. P., Khan, S. A., Sukkarieh, T., Samadi, D., Chughtai, B., White, F., Bostwick, D., Waltzer, W. “Smooth-muscle regeneration after electrosurgical endopyelotomy in a porcine model as confirmed by electron microscopy.” J Endourol
• Diefenbach, M. A., Mohamed, N. E., Butz, B. P., Bar-Chama, N., Stock, R., Cesaretti, J., Hassan, W., Samadi, D., Hall, S. J. “Acceptability and preliminary feasibility of an internet/CD-ROM-based education and decision program for early-stage prostate cancer patients: randomized pilot study.” J Med Internet Res
• David Samadi “Robotic Prostatectomy in Men with Metabolic Syndrome” (2013)

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