JohnThomasLeppertMD

Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stone Disease, Surgical Oncology, Clinical Informatics

Professor - Urology and Medicine (by courtesy), Stanford School of Medicine & the VA Palo Alto

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Stanford UniversityMS, Epidemiology, 2011 - 2013
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, 2007 - 2008
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Urology, 2001 - 2007
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Surgery, 2001 - 2002
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2001

PubMed

Limitations of ultrasound compared with computed tomography for kidney stone surveillance.
Ryan Sun, Elijah Sommer, Calyani Ganesan, Alan C Pao, Joseph Liao
Canadian Urological Association Journal = Journal De L'association Des Urologues Du Canada. 2025-03-17
Perioperative Integration of Palliative Care and Urology for Patients With Serious Urologic Illness: A Qualitative Need Finding Inquiry.
Bhagvat J Maheta, Nainwant K Singh, Jonathan Bergman, Cati G Brown-Johnson, Alekhya Gunturi
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2025-03-06
Facility-Level Variation in Nephrology Care among Veterans after Urinary Stone Diagnosis.
Kaleb Thomas, Calyani Ganesan, Sai Liu, I-Chun Thomas, Maria E Montez-Rath
Kidney360. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

Analysis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Screening Among US Veterans with Kidney Stones
Simon Conti, Glenn M Chertow, John T Leppert, Alan C Pao, JAMA Surgery
Intraoperative Optical Biopsy During Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy Using Confocal Endomicroscopy
Robert V Rouse, John T Leppert, Dimitar V Zlatev, Joseph C Liao, The Journal of Urology

Analysis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Screening Among US Veterans with Kidney StonesJuly 2020
Re: Brandon A. Mahal, David D. Yang, Natalie Q. Wang, Et Al. Clinical and Genomic Characterization of Low–Prostate-Specific Antigen, High-Grade Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2018.01.043July 2018
Preclinical Testing of a Combination Stone Basket and Ureteral Balloon to Extract Ureteral StonesJanuary 2018

Baseline Variables May Predict Immunotherapy Response in Metastatic ccRCCJanuary 28th, 2021
Supporting Kidney Cancer ResearchApril 17th, 2019
Partial Nephrectomy Use IncreasingSeptember 28th, 2016
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