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Ashok Hemal, MD, Urology, Winston Salem, NC

AshokKumarHemalMDM.Ch, FACS, FRCS(G)

Urology • Winston Salem, NC

Professor of Urology & Chief of Uro-oncology; Faculty Global Health, Atrium Health Wake Forest Medical School; Atrium Health Wake. Forest Baptist Hospital; Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive cancer Center; Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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Summary

  • Working as a Chief of Uro-oncology, Professor institute for Regenerative medicine, Faculty Global health medicine, Genitourinary Disease Oriented Team, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fellowship director, Advance Robotic Urologic surgery & Co-director Endourology at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest Medical school, Lexington Medical Center and affiliated Hospital. He is a American Board certified Urologist. He is one of the pioneers in the field of laparoscopy and robotic urologic surgery. He is performing Robotic surgery for Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Bladder cancer and for blocked Kidney and other urological procedure for last twenty-four years. He has been practicing urology for last 35 years. His main area of interest is urologic oncology and minimally invasive urologic surgery. He has performed over Ten Thousand Robotic, laparoscopic and Minimally invasive endo-urologic procedures during his career. Unique contribution in training of Fellows, residents, urologists (worldwide) as a fellowship director, by Live Demonstrations, Proctoring, Mentoring and Preceptorship in Laparoscopic, Endourology and Robotic Urologic Surgery during entire career here. Participated as a faculty in several society meetings in several countries in the field of Endourology, Laproscopy & Robotics. Helped developing laparoscopic and robotic program & Team at several centers worldwide. Several of trainees are program chair or chief of urology at different hospitals across the globe. His publications can be viewed at www.pubmed.com/hemal a

Education & Training

  • Gajra Raja Medical College
    Gajra Raja Medical CollegeClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 2007 - 2024
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2002 - 2006
  • American Board of Urology Urology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
  • America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2009-2013

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Multi-Institutional Report of Peri-Operative and Functional Outcomes After Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy in Patients with a Solitary Kidney  
    Zeynep Gul, Ashok K Hemal, Ronney Abaza, Daniel D Eun, Akshay Bhandari, Ketan K Badani, Journal of Robotic Surgery

Lectures

  • 5th International Symposium on Robotic Kidney and Adrenal Surgery 
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Medical Education, Cleveland, Ohio - 9/13/2013
  • 3rd Annual Wake Forest Urology Symposium: Robotic Surgery Symposium 
    Northwest AHEC, Winston Salem, North Carolina - 3/9/2012

Authored Content

  • Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica 2018 June;70(3):231-41November 2018
  • Minerva Urologica E Nefrologica 2017 August;69(4):313-23August 2018
  • Reply to Yuqi Xia, Weimin Yu, and Fan Cheng's Letter to the Editor Re: Ryan Swearingen, Akshay Sood, Rabii Madi, Et Al. Zero-Fragment Nephrolithotomy: A Multi-Center Evaluation of Robotic Pyelolithotomy and Nephrolithotomy for Treating Renal Stones. Eur Urol 2017;72:1014–21May 2018
  • Reply to Yuqi Xia, Weimin Yu, and Fan Cheng's Letter to the Editor Re: Ryan Swearingen, Akshay Sood, Rabii Madi, Et Al. Zero-Fragment Nephrolithotomy: A Multi-Center Evaluation of Robotic Pyelolithotomy and Nephrolithotomy for Treating Renal Stones. Eur Urol 2017;72:1014–21May 2018
  • Does Advancing Technology Improve Outcomes? Comparison of the Da Vinci Standard/S/Si to the Xi Robotic Platforms During Robotic NephroureterectomyDecember 2017
  • Does Advancing Technology Improve Outcomes? Comparison of the Da Vinci Standard/S/Si to the Xi Robotic Platforms During Robotic NephroureterectomyDecember 2017
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Press Mentions

  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Adds Third Da Vinci Xi Surgical Robot
    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Adds Third Da Vinci Xi Surgical RobotFebruary 10th, 2021
  • AUA 2019: Setbacks and Operative Solutions: Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
    AUA 2019: Setbacks and Operative Solutions: Robotic Radical ProstatectomyMay 4th, 2019

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