GaneshS.PalapattuMD

The George F. and Sandy G. Valassis Professor and Chair University of Michigan Medical School

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Ganesh Palapattu, MD, is a urologist based in Ann Arbor, MI, specializing in urologic oncology. He completed his residency in urology at UCLA and graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1997. Currently, he serves as Department Chair and a Professor at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr. Palapattu's areas of expertise include prostate cancer, minimally invasive surgery, and kidney cancer. He has contributed multiple publications to leading journals and participated in clinical trials, such as S0931. His accolades include being named a Regional Top Doctor and being a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Urology, 1997 - 2003
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1997

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

PubMed

What's in a Name? Why Words Matter in Advanced Prostate Cancer.
William K Oh, Neeraj Agarwal, Alan Bryce, Pedro Barata, Courtney Bugler
European Urology. 2025-02-01
Differences in mutations across tumour sizes in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.
Steven M Monda, Benjamin W Carney, Allison M May, Shuchi Gulati, Simpa S Salami
BJU International. 2025-02-01
Clinical Validation of MyProstateScore 2.0 Testing Using First-Catch, Non-DRE Urine.
Jeffrey J Tosoian, Yuping Zhang, Jacob I Meyers, Spencer Heaton, Javed Siddiqui
The Journal of Urology. 2025-01-21

Journal Articles

Targeted DNA and RNA Sequencing of Paired Urothelial and Squamous Bladder Cancers Reveals Discordant Genomic and Transcriptomic Events and Unique Therapeutic Implications
Petros Grivas, Phillip Palmbos, Ganesh Palapattu, Jeffrey S Montgomery, Alon Z Weizer, European Urology
Detailed Pathologic Analysis on the Co-Occurrence of Non-Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumor Subtypes in Matched Orchiectomy and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissections
David Smith, Ganesh S Palapattu, Aaron Udager, Scott A Tomlins, Alon Z Weizer, Rohit Mehra, Angela Wu, Madelyn Lew, Jeffrey S Montgomery, Samuel D Kaffenberger, Khaled..., Medical Oncology

Urine-Based Test Detects Aggressive Prostate CancerJanuary 28th, 2025
$30M Gift to Establish the Ronald Weiser Center for Prostate Cancer at Michigan MedicineDecember 15th, 2021
SynDevRx Assembles Prostate Cancer Medical Advisory Board to Oversee Drug Candidate That Targets Link Between Obesity and Prostate CancerJanuary 25th, 2021
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