Dr. Farhang Rabbani

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Farhang Rabbani, MD, FRCSC, a Urologist with Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Atlanta

Get to know Urologist Dr. Farhang Rabbani, who serves patients in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Rabbani is an attending physician at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), Atlanta, bringing a distinguished background of international medical care spanning two decades. At CTCA, he provides surgical treatment of urologic cancers including prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular cancer.  He brings expertise to several advanced urologic oncology procedures, including nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy, cystectomy with neobladder reconstruction, and nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.

“What I enjoy most about working at CTCA is knowing that patients are being treated how I would want to be treated, with the whole team engaged in delivering the best care possible” expressed the doctor.

At the age of 19, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia, and graduated with his medical degree from the same educational venue in 1991. His postgraduate training began with an internship rotation in London, Canada, and continued with a residency in urology in 1996 at his alma mater in Vancouver. He then completed a three-year fellowship in urologic oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where he remained as attending physician for another 10 years. 

Subsequently, he worked as a urologist at Montefiore Medical Center in New York for six years, serving as Interim Chief of the Weiler Division, Department of Urology; Director of Research; and Associate Director of the Prostate and Genitourinary Cancer Program at the Montefiore-Einstein Center for Cancer Care.

Recognized as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC), the doctor attained board certification in urology through the American Board of Urology (ABU). The mission of the ABU is to act for the benefit of the public by establishing and maintaining standards of certification for urologists, and working with certified urologists to achieve lifelong learning to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe, and ethical urologic care.

In order to remain up to date in his field, Dr. Rabbani is an active member of the American Urological Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society of Urologic Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, and the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s Bladder Cancer Think Tank.

As for his academic appointments, he serves as an Assistant Professor of Urology at Weill-Cornell Medical Center, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urology at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in New York, and most recently, Associate Professor of Clinical Urology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He has received grants and served as Principal Investigator in a number of clinical trials, as well as taught numerous medical students and trained residents and fellows in urologic oncology.

In his professional experience, Dr. Rabbani has published extensively in major journals such as Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Urology, Urology, European Urology, and Cancer. He has written more than 80 peer-reviewed studies and more than 25 book chapters, review articles and editorials, with over 5,000 citations. Dr. Rabbani has also served as reviewer for multiple journals and served on the Editorial Board of several journals. He has presented more than 80 abstracts at national and international conferences.

Urology, also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs. Urologists specialize in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system. Patients may be referred to a urologist if their physician suspects they may need treatment for a condition relating to the bladder, prostate, urethra, ureters, kidneys, and adrenal glands.

Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Rabbani has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the American Foundation for Urologic Disease/Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Scholar, Patients' Choice Award (2016, 2012), On-Time Doctor Award (2016), and Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2012). He has also been included in The Best Doctors in America (2011-12), and was named one of America’s Top Oncologists in 2007.

Outside of work, his favorite pastime is being with his wife and two sons. The whole family loves to go skiing and skating, and he and his wife enjoy ballroom dancing.

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