Dr. Mihir M. Desai, MD, MPH, FRCS
Urologist
5169 Redwillow LN La Canada Flintridge CA, 91011About
Dr. Roger De Filippo is an assistant professor of urology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and an attending surgeon at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Before joining USC, Dr. Filippo completed both ...
Education and Training
Municipal Med Coll- Gujarat Univ- Ahmedabad- Gujarat- India 1993
Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences 1993
Moti Lal Nehru Medical College
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The Dretler stone cone: a device to prevent ureteral stone migration-the initial clinical experience.
- Current status of cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation in the management of renal tumors.
- Laparoscopic inferior vena cava and right atrial thrombectomy utilizing deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
- Robotic assisted laparoscopic sural nerve grafting during radical prostatectomy: initial experience.
- Laparoscopic management of chylous ascites after donor nephrectomy.
- Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy in the presence of circumaortic or retroaortic left renal vein.
- Right retroperitoneal versus left transperitoneal laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy.
- A prospective randomized comparison of type of nephrostomy drainage following percutaneous nephrostolithotomy: large bore versus small bore versus tubeless.
- Critique of laparoscopic lymphadenectomy in genitourinary oncology.
- Natural history of lower urinary tract symptoms: preliminary report from a community-based Indian study.
- Retroperitoneoscopic radical nephrectomy with concomitant distal pancreatectomy: case report.
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for tumour: current status at the Cleveland Clinic.
- Improved hemostasis during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy using gelatin matrix thrombin sealant.
- Renal cryoablation: outcome at 3 years.
- Prospective, randomized comparison of transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy.
Awards
- Endourology essay contest award, 2001, 2002, 2003 2001
- Best video awards at the American Urology Association meetings, 2000 2000
- Gold Medal awarded by Gujarat University 1996
Treatments
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (bph)
- Prostate Cancer
- Enlarged Prostate
- Bladder Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Birth Defects
Fellowships
- Cleveland Clinic, Urology 2000
- Cleveland Clinic, Urology 2001
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