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Office
2801 Charlotte Ave
Nashville, TN 37209Phone+1 615-250-9200Fax+1 615-250-9251
Summary
- L Dean Knoll, MD is the Director of the Men's Health Clinic and Prosthetic Urology for Urology Associates of Nashville. He completed his Urology Residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
A frequent contributor to the medical press, Dr. Knoll has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters. He has delivered numerous lectures and operated teaching surgeries both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Knoll has been a principle investigator in over 110 basic science and clinical trials of new devices and pharmacotherapies for various urological diseases including new devices and pharmacotherapies for the diagnosis and treatment of male erectile dysfunction, male and female urinary incontinence, benign prostatic hypertrophy and Peyronie's disease.
In 1998, Dr Knoll was the first urologist in the world to place a collagen graft derived from a pig's small intestine into a penis to correct penile curvature from Peyronie's disease. He has subsequently performed over 2,000 penile straightening procedures with grafting to manage penile curvatures created by moderate to severe Peyronie's disease. Dr Knoll has performed over 7,000 penile implants and artificial urinary sphincters in his career.
Education & Training
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Urology, 1982 - 1987
- Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 1982
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1986 - Present
- HI State Medical License 2013 - 2026
- OH State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- TN State Medical License 1987 - 2026
- SD State Medical License Active through 2025
- SC State Medical License 2017 - 2020
- IN State Medical License 2017 - 2017
- American Board of Urology Urology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Evaluation of the 2005 AMS (American Medical System) IPP (Inflatable Penile Prosthesis) Start of enrollment: 2005 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 25 citationsChanges in the Effects of Peyronie's Disease After Treatment With Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum: Male Patients and Their Female Partners.Irwin Goldstein, L. Dean Knoll, Larry I. Lipshultz, Ted M. Smith, Gregory J. Kaufman
Sexual Medicine. 2017-06-01 - 36 citationsLeuprolide acetate (30-mg depot every four months) in the treatment of advanced prostate cancerRoohollah Sharifi, L. Dean Knoll, Joseph A. Smith, Eugene V. Kramolowsky
Urology. 1998-02-01 - 18 citationsA Randomized Crossover Study Using Yohimbine and Isoxsuprine Versus Pentoxifylline in the Management of Vasculogenic ImpotenceL. Dean Knoll, Ralph C. Benson, David L. Bilhartz, Peter J. Minich, William L. Furlow
The Journal of Urology. 1996-01-01
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