

Izak Faiena, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Oxford Health Plans
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Izak Faiena, MD
Izak Faiena MD, MSCR is a urologic oncologist specializing in prostate cancer diagnosis (MRI fusion and transperineal biopsy) and treatment (focal therapy and robotic surgery) as well as other urologic cancers. He began his medical career after graduating from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He then completed his urology residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical school where he received multiple research awards for his work in prostate and bladder cancer. After residency, he completed a fellowship in urologic oncology as well as a Master's in clinical research at the prestigious UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute where he obtained significant research funding and conducted and published on clinical trials in urologic cancers. Dr. Faiena's current work focuses on developing and conducting clinical trials in prostate cancer in localized and advanced disease, and his research has been published in leading national and international medical journals.
Board Certifications
- Urology
Expertise
Bladder Cancer
Cystoscopy
Focal Therapy
Kidney Cancer
MRI Fusion Prostate Biopsy
Penile Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Robotic Partial Nephrectomy
Robotic Prostatectomy
Robotic Surgery
Transperineal Prostate Biopsy
Education
Fellowship: UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology
Internship: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Education
- Fellowship: UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Residency: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
- Internship: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology
Board Certifications
- Urology