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Office
140 Charlois Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 27103Phone+1 336-716-4131Fax+1 336-716-9042
Summary
- Working as a Chief of Uro-oncology, Professor institute for Regenerative medicine, Faculty Global health medicine, Genitourinary Disease Oriented Team, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fellowship director, Advance Robotic Urologic surgery & Co-director Endourology at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest Medical school, Lexington Medical Center and affiliated Hospital. He is a American Board certified Urologist. He is one of the pioneers in the field of laparoscopy and robotic urologic surgery. He is performing Robotic surgery for Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder cancer and for blocked Kidney and other urological procedure for last twenty-four years. He has been practicing urology for last 35 years. His main area of interest is urologic oncology and minimally invasive urologic surgery. He has performed over Ten Thousand Robotic, laparoscopic and Minimally invasive endo-urologic procedures during his career. Unique contribution in training of Fellows, residents, urologists (worldwide) as a fellowship director, by Live Demonstrations, Proctoring, Mentoring and Preceptorship in Laparoscopic, Endourology and Robotic Urologic Surgery during entire career here. Participated as a faculty in several society meetings in several countries in the field of Endourology, Laproscopy & Robotics. Helped developing laparoscopic and robotic program & Team at several centers worldwide. Several of trainees are program chair or chief of urology at different hospitals across the globe. His publications can be viewed at www.pubmed.com/hemal a
Education & Training
- Gajra Raja Medical CollegeClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- NC State Medical License 2007 - 2025
- MI State Medical License 2002 - 2006
- American Board of Urology Urology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2009-2013
Clinical Trials
- Sildenafil Citrate Before Surgery in Improving Kidney Function in Patients With Kidney Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 01
- Propranolol Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Undergoing Surgery Start of enrollment: 2019 Jan 15
- Opioid-Free Pain Control Regiment Following Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 01
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Comparison of outcomes between single-port and multi-port robotic radical nephrectomy.Kennedy E Okhawere, Shirin Razdan, Jewel Bamby, Indu Saini, Laura Zuluaga
Journal of Robotic Surgery. 2024-11-15 - Post-Operative Urinary Tract Infections After Radical Cystectomy: Incidence, Pathogens, and Risk Factors.Maxwell Sandberg, Rachel Vancavage, Justin M Refugia, Gavin Underwood, Emily Ye
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024-11-12 - Sequential Intravesical Chemotherapy for Treatment Naïve, High-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Oncologic Outcomes, Tolerance, and Comparison to Contemporary C...Justin M Refugia, Emily Roebuck, Parth Thakker, Maxwell Sandberg, McKenzie Needham
Urology. 2024-10-01
Journal Articles
- A Multi-Institutional Report of Peri-Operative and Functional Outcomes After Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy in Patients with a Solitary KidneyZeynep Gul, Ashok K Hemal, Ronney Abaza, Daniel D Eun, Akshay Bhandari, Ketan K Badani, Journal of Robotic Surgery
Authored Content
- Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica 2018 June;70(3):231-41November 2018
- Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica 2017 August;69(4):313-23August 2018
- Reply to Yuqi Xia, Weimin Yu, and Fan Cheng's Letter to the Editor Re: Ryan Swearingen, Akshay Sood, Rabii Madi, Et Al. Zero-Fragment Nephrolithotomy: A Multi-Center Evaluation of Robotic Pyelolithotomy and Nephrolithotomy for Treating Renal Stones. Eur Urol 2017;72:1014–21May 2018
- Reply to Yuqi Xia, Weimin Yu, and Fan Cheng's Letter to the Editor Re: Ryan Swearingen, Akshay Sood, Rabii Madi, Et Al. Zero-Fragment Nephrolithotomy: A Multi-Center Evaluation of Robotic Pyelolithotomy and Nephrolithotomy for Treating Renal Stones. Eur Urol 2017;72:1014–21May 2018
- Does Advancing Technology Improve Outcomes? Comparison of the Da Vinci Standard/S/Si to the Xi Robotic Platforms During Robotic NephroureterectomyDecember 2017
- Does Advancing Technology Improve Outcomes? Comparison of the Da Vinci Standard/S/Si to the Xi Robotic Platforms During Robotic NephroureterectomyDecember 2017
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Press Mentions
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Adds Third Da Vinci Xi Surgical RobotFebruary 10th, 2021
- AUA 2019: Setbacks and Operative Solutions: Robotic Radical ProstatectomyMay 4th, 2019
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