Iris Cantor Men’s Health Center (E 61st Street)
425 East 61st Street
12th Floor
New York, NY 10065
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About Luay Alshara, M.D.
Dr. Luay Alshara is a fellowship-trained Endourologist and Robotic Surgeon, who serves as an Associate Professor of Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Associate Attending Urology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He brings years of expertise from his time as a faculty member at Albany Medical College, where he practiced in the New York Capital Region. Dr. Alshara completed his advanced fellowship training in Endourology at Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. He also completed extensive fellowship training in Robotic Surgery at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center – Tufts University in Boston and Jackson Health System in Miami.
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Expertise
- Aquablation of the Prostate
- Bladder Diverticulum
- BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
- Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
- Endopyelotomy
- Endoscopic Combined Intra-Renal Surgery (ECIRS)
- Enlarged Prostate
- Enucleation of the Prostate
- Green Light Laser Procedure
- Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP)
- Hydronephrosis
- Image-Guided Urologic Surgery
- Kidney Calculi
- Kidney Stones
- Laser Prostate Surgery
- Laser Surgery
- Laser Urology
- Mini Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PcNl)
- Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Urology
- Percutaneous Kidney Surgery
- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PcNl)
- Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate (PVP)
- Prostatectomy
- Prostatic Urethral Lift (PUL)
- Retrograde Intra-Renal Surgery (RIRS)
- Robotic Bladder Diverticulectomy
- Robotic Nephrectomy
- Robotic Prostate Surgery
- Robotic Prostatectomy
- Robotic Pyelolithotomy/Ureterolithotomy
- Robotic Pyeloplasty
- Robotic Surgery
- Robotic Ureteroneocystostomy
- Robotic Ureteroplasty
- Targeted Prostate Biopsy
- Transperineal SpaceOar Vue Placement
- Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TuRP)
- Ureteral Stones
- Ureterocele
- Ureteropelvic Junction (UPJ) Obstruction
- Ureteroscopy with Laser Lithotripsy
- UroNav Fusion Prostate Biopsy
Education
- Degrees: Baghdad University (Iraq)
- Degrees: University of the State of New York
Languages
- Arabic
- English
Titles & Positions
- Associate Attending Urologist
- Associate Professor of Urology (Pending Appointment at Rank)
Education
- Degrees: University of the State of New York
- Degrees: Baghdad University (Iraq)
Titles & Positions
- Associate Attending Urologist
- Associate Professor of Urology (Pending Appointment at Rank)
Languages Spoken
- arabic
- english
Research
The Effect of Pre-Stenting on Bleeding-Related Complications Following Ureteroscopy in Patients on Anticoagulation or Antiplatelet Therapy.
October 17, 2023The impact of smart technology on adherence rates and fluid management in the prevention of kidney stones.
June 11, 2021Can CT-Based Stone Impaction Markers Augment the Predictive Ability of Spontaneous Stone Passage?
October 27, 2020