JihadHKaoukMD

Director of the Center of Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery. He also serves as a Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

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Office
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone+1 216-444-2976

Education & Training

American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2000 - 2026
UT State Medical License 2002 - 2026
IN State Medical License 2002 - 2025
American Board of Urology Urology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011, 2013
Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who

Clinical Trials

Robotic Athermal Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Urinary Diversion During Robotic Assisted Radical Cystectomy in Patients With Bladder Cancer Start of enrollment: 2015 Oct 01
Withdrawn
Not Applicable
Single-Port Versus Multi-Port Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Start of enrollment: 2022 Sep 01
Suspended
Not Applicable
Single-Port Transvesical Partial Prostatectomy Versus High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Start of enrollment: 2024 Jun 01
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

114 citations
Positive Surgical Margins in Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Oncologic Outcomes (Leave No Tumor Behind)
Ali Khalifeh, Jihad H. Kaouk, Sam B. Bhayani, Craig G. Rogers, Michael D. Stifelman
The Journal of Urology. 2013-11-01
43 citations
Development and validation of a composite scoring system for robot-assisted surgical training—the Robotic Skills Assessment Score
Ashirwad Chowriappa, Yi Shi, Syed Johar Raza, Kamran Ahmed, Andrew P. Stegemann
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2013-12-01
67 citations
Diameter-Axial-Polar Nephrometry: Integration and Optimization of R.E.N.A.L. and Centrality Index Scoring Systems
Matthew N. Simmons, Shahab Hillyer, Byron H. Lee, Amr Fergany, Jihad H. Kaouk
The Journal of Urology. 2012-08-01

Journal Articles

Step‐by‐Step Technique for Single‐Port Robot‐Assisted Radical Cystectomy and Pelvic Lymph‐Nodes Dissection Using the SP® Surgical System
Mohamed Eltemamy, Jihad Kaouk, BJU International
Achieving Tumor Control When Suspecting Sinus Fat Involvement During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Step‐by‐Step
Jihad Kaouk, Julien Dagenais, BJU International
Robotic Radical Prostatectomy After Aborted Prostatectomy: Still Feasible? The Experience from a Tertiary Care Center
Jihad Kaouk, Julien Dagenais, Journal of Robotic Surgery

Lectures

How Robotics Are Bringing Back Perineal Radical Prostatectomy
Washington University School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada - 3/10/2012

Authored Content

Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica 2017 December;69(6):539-47August 2018
How Robotics Are Bringing Back Perineal Radical ProstatectomyMay 2018
How Robotics Are Bringing Back Perineal Radical ProstatectomyMay 2018
Single-Port Robot-Assisted Perineal Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy: Step-by-Step Technique in a Cadaveric ModelMay 2018
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Press Mentions

Robotic Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with a Hostile Surgical AbdomenMay 3rd, 2023
YOUR HEALTH; First-of-Its-Kind Prostate Cancer SurgeryDecember 27th, 2022
A New Type of Prostate Cancer Surgery Begins in the BladderOctober 17th, 2022
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