EducationCornell University Medical College, M.D., 1999New York, NYVanderbilt University, B.A., 1995Nashville, TNProfessional TrainingThe New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2005-presentResident, Department of General Surgery, 1999 - 2001Resident, James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology, 2001 - 2005Chief Resident, James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology, 2004 - 2005Board CertificationDiplomate, American Board of Urology, 2007SocietiesAmerican Urological Association, 2005 - 2010New York Section, AUA, 2005 - 2010Research ExperienceResearch Fellow, Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, NY, 2002 - 2003PI: Doris Herzlinger, PhD., Associate ProfessorSubjects: Genetic profiling of renal and urologic development in normal and disease conditions. Molecular markers for congenital upper urinary tract disease.Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology, Cornell University Medical CollegeNew York, NY, 1997 - 1998PI: Doris Herzlinger, PhD., Associate ProfessorSubject: Investigating the role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 in the development of urinary tract transitional epithelium. Research Assistant, Department of Orthopedics, Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NY, 1993 - 1995PI: Foster Betts, Ph.D., ProfessorSubject: Examining the properties and structural deficiencies of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, the principal component of joint prostheses.Publications and PresentationsGoh H, Knerr M, Su L, David SG, Gonzalez RR. Photoselective Laser Vaporization Prostatectomy Versus Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: A Cost Analysis. J Urol 2009 April, 181(4): 766.David SG, Cebrian C, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. c-kit and ureteral peristalsis. J Urol 2005 Jan; 173(1): 292-5.David SG, Kelly C, Poppas DP. Nerve Sparing Extravesical Repair of Bilateral Vesicoureteral Reflux: Description of Technique and Evaluation of Urinary Retention. J Urol 2004 Oct; 172(4): 1617-20.David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. Development of ureteral peristalsis in vitro is dependent on c-kit activity. Podium. American Urological Association Annual Meeting. May 8-13, 2004, San Francisco, CA.David SG, Poppas DP. Nerve Sparing Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation: Technique and Assessment of Outcome in Bilateral Cases. Podium. American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology. Nov. 1-3, 2003, New Orleans, LA. David SG, Schiff JD, Poppas DP. Henoch-Schonlein purpura involving the glans penis. Urology. 2003 May; 61(5): 1035. David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. Development of the ureter and pelvis. Abstract. J Urol 2003, 169(4): 168. Nelson K, Tash JA, David SG, Schlegel PN, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. FGF-7 null mice exhibit impaired bladder urothelial repair. Abstract. J Urol 2002, 167(4): 36. David SG, Poppas DP. Urinary retention following bilateral extravesical ureteral reimplantation. Abstract. J Urol 2002, 167(4): 297.Tash JA, David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. Fibroblast growth factor-7 regulates stratification of the bladder urothelium. J Urol. 2001 Dec; 166(6): 2536-41.Tash JA, David SG, Sun TT, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. FGF-7 regulates the formation of the intermediate layers of the bladder urothelium. Abstract. J Urol 2001, 165(5): 34. David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA, Degenstein L, Fuchs E. FGF-7 is essential for formation of the urinary transitional epithelium. Abstract. J Urol 1999, 169(4): 168.David SG, Betts F. Oxidation of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Reveals Predictors for Joint Prostheses Failures. Poster. Orthopedic Research Society. Feb. 2-3, 1994, New Orleans, LA.Teaching Experience2005 - presentSurgical and Clinical Training of Urology ResidentsJames Buchanan Brady Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital2006 - 2010Embryology/Anatomy/Reproductive Physiology LecturerCornell University Medical College1996 - 1999Tissue Procurement Team Leader, The New York Firefighter’s Skin Bank,New York-Presbyterian Hospital1999Papanicolaou Fellow in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,Cornell University Medical College1994 - 1995Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry,Vanderbilt UniversityHonorsFerdinand C. Valentine Essay Meeting, 2004New York Section of the AUA, 3rd Place LaboratorySummer Student Fellowship, 1996American College of RheumatologySumma Cum Laude, 1995Vanderbilt UniversityPhi Beta Kappa, 1994Summer Student Fellowship, 1994The Arthritis FoundationCollege Scholar, 1992 - 1994Vanderbilt UniversityLicensure2000, New York State License