LauraBukavinaMDMPH

Assistant Professor Urologic Oncology Cleveland Clinic Department of Urology Associate Editor European Urology

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Laura Bukavina, MD, located in Cleveland, OH, specializes in urology and completed her residency at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center from 2016 to 2021. She earned her MD from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2013 and her MPH in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health between 2012 and 2015. Dr. Bukavina has experience in treating conditions such as urothelial carcinoma, adrenal neoplasms, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and penile cancer. Her recent publications include research on topics like reconstructive urologic surgery, the microbiome in bladder cancer, and prognostic models for tumor microenvironment-associated genes. Her work has been featured in journals such as Urology, Urologic Oncology, JCO Precision Oncology, European Urology Oncology, and JCO Oncology Practice.

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Urology, 2016 - 2021
NCIFellowship, 2014 - 2015
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology, 2012 - 2015
Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityClass of 2013, MD

PubMed

State of the Art: The Microbiome in Bladder Cancer.
Ilaha Isali, Nima Almassi, Amanda Nizam, Rebecca Campbell, Christopher Weight
Urologic Oncology. 2025-04-01
Restoring Hope: A Urologic Reconstructive Surgical Mission's Journey in Healing Ukraine's War-Impacted.
Andrew Drozd, Laura Bukavina, Kirtishri Mishra, Shubham Gupta
Urology. 2025-03-01
Association between antibiotics and treatment efficacy in metastatic urothelial carcinoma patients.
Avery Braun, Mengying Deng, Jill S Hasler, Laura Bukavina, Elizabeth Handorf
BMC Medicine. 2025-02-25

Three Kidney Cancer Experts to Receive Awards at 2024 IKCS: North AmericaSeptember 27th, 2024
Anti-PD-1 in BCG-Unresponsive Papillary Bladder TumorsMay 22nd, 2023
Cleveland Doctor Details Experience at Ukraine-Poland Border Amid Russian InvasionMarch 15th, 2022
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