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Office
3838 N. Campbell Ave, Bldg. 2
Clinic G, 3rd floor
Tucson, AZ 85719Phone+1 520-694-4032Fax+1 520-694-5509- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Benjamin R Lee is Chair, Department of Urology, University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, AZ and the Banner - University Medical Center Tucson. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has been in practice 25+ years. He specializes in robotic surgery for kidney cancer and prostate cancer. He is an international leader of minimally invasive surgery, Robotic Partial Nephrectomy, Robotic nerve sparing Radical Prostatectomy, stone disease, and urologic oncology.
Education & Training
- University of Arizona Eller College of ManagementMasters of Business Administration, MBA, 2020 - 2022
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Urology, 1996 - 2000
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1995 - 1996
- Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Surgery, 1994 - 1995
- Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1994
- Cornell UniversityBA, Biological Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, 1986 - 1990
Certifications & Licensure
- AZ State Medical License 2016 - 2026
- LA State Medical License 2008 - 2016
- VA State Medical License 2008 - 2016
- NY State Medical License 2000 - 2010
- MD State Medical License 2000 - 2002
- American Board of Urology Urology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Academic Excellence Award Eller College of Business Management, University of Arizona, 2022
- The Eller Way Excellence Award, presented for leading and consistently surpassing ordinary standards Eller College of Business Management, 2022
- The George Drach Endowed Professor of Urology University of Arizona Foundation, 2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 50 citationsThe long noncoding RNA H19 regulates tumor plasticity in neuroendocrine prostate cancer.Neha Singh, Varune R Ramnarine, Jin H Song, Ritu Pandey, Sathish K R Padi
Nature Communications. 2021-12-21 - 14 citationsRenal Cell Carcinoma Health Disparities in Stage and Mortality among American Indians/Alaska Natives and Hispanic Americans: Comparison of National Cancer Database and...Celina I. Valencia, Samer Asmar, Chiu Hsieh Hsu, Francine C. Gachupin, Ava C. Wong
Cancers. 2021-02-27 - 3 citationsPerioperative outcomes of open vs. robotic radical cystectomy: a nationwide comparative analysis (2008-2014).Alfredo Harb De la Rosa, Jenny Garcia-Castaneda, Chiu Hsieh Hsu, Jiping Zeng, Ken Batai
Central European Journal of Urology. 2020-01-01
Journal Articles
- Partial nephrectomy margin imaging using structured illumination microscopyWang M, Tulman DB, Sholl AB, Mandava SH, Maddox MM Lee BR and Brown JQ., Journal of BioPhotonics, 1/1/2018
- Clinical and Molecular Characteristics and Burden of Kidney Cancer Among Hispanics and Native Americans: Steps Toward Precision MedicineBatai K, Bergersen A, Price E, Hynes K, Ellis NA, Lee BR, Clin Genitourin Cancer., 1/1/2018
- Robotic Pyeloplasty Step by Step GuideAndrew Bergersen, Benjamin R Lee., J Endourol, 1/1/2018
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- High Volume Skill Assessment for Basic Laparoscopic Urologic Skills (BLUS) American Urological AssociationKowalewski TM, Comstock B, Sweet R, Schaffhausen C, Menhadji A, Averch T, Box G, Brand T, Ferrandino M, Kaouk J, Knudsen B, Landman J, Lee BR, Schwartz BF, McDougall E..., AUA Engineering and Urology Section of the Endourological Society, 1/1/2018
- Utility of PCA3 and TMPRSS2:ERG Urinary Biomarkers in African American Men Undergoing Prostate Biopsy.Allison H. Feibus, A. Oliver Sartor, Krishnarao Moparty, Michael W. Kattan, Kevin M. Chagin, Elisa M. Ledet, Justin Levy, Benjamin Lee, Raju Thomas, Jonathan L. Silber..., ASCO, Multiple locations, 1/1/2016
- Take Home Messages Summary: Robotics & Laparoscopy.Lee BR, American Urological Association meeting, AUA News, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2015
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Lectures
- Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Contemporary Management of renal massesDepartment of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine - 1/1/2009
- Robotic Laparoscopic AdrenalectomyDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine - 1/1/2009
- Robotic Partial NephrectomyOrlando, Florida - 1/1/2008
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Other
- Robotic PyeloplastyBergerson A, Thomas R, and Lee BR., Atlas of Minimally Invasive Urology
1/1/2017 - Complex Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Hilar MassesMichael Maddox, Philip Dorsey, Christopher Keel, Julie Wang, Benjamin Lee, J Urol
1/1/2014 - Robotic Post-Chemotherapy Retroperitoneal Lymphnode Dissection with Associated Duplicated Inferior Vena Cava.Erik Castle, Christopher Keel*, Benjamin Woodson, Benjamin Lee, Raju Thomas., J Urol
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Authored Content
- Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor downsizes Renal Cell Carcinoma prior to Robotic Partial NephrectomyFebruary 2020
Hospital Affiliations
- Banner - University Medical Center TucsonTucson, Arizona
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