Genitourinary Oncology

Physicians and Staff

The Genitourinary Oncology team specializes in treating and caring for patients with bladder, kidney, penile, prostate, and testicular cancer.

The multidisciplinary treatment team includes:

urologists
medical oncologists
radiation oncologists
surgical oncologists
pathologists
nurses
nutritionists

Radiation Oncology:

Pradip Amin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Special Interests:Genitourinary Tumors; Brain Tumors; Gamma Knife; Musculoskeletal/Soft Tissue Oncology; Cancer
Certification: Radiation Oncology
410-328-6236 / appointments
410-328-8995 / academic office

Young Kwok, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Special Interests: Central Nervous System; Genitourinary Oncology; Lymphoma
Certification: Radiation Oncology
410-328-6080 / appointments
410-328-2324 / academic office

Zeljko Vujaskovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiation Oncology; Director, Division of Translational Radiation Sciences
Special Interests: Genitourinary malignancies with a special interest in Prostate Cancer; Therapeutic interventions/strategies to prevent, mitigate, or treat radiation injury; Radiation-related normal tissue injury
Certification: Radiation Oncology
800-492-5538 / appointments
410-328-6080 / academic office

Medical Oncology:

Arif Hussain, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Solid Tumors; Urologic Oncology; Cancer
Certification: Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
410-328-7904 / appointments
410-328-3911 / academic office

Martin Edelman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Thoracic Oncology Malignancies; Cancer
Certification: Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology,
410-328-7904 / appointments
410-328-2703 / academic office

Heather D. Mannuel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Medical Oncology, Genitourinary Cancer
Certification: Internal Medicine
410-328-7904 / appointments
410-328-2567 / academic office

Jean Smoot, C.R.N.P.
Nurse Practitioner
Certification: Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
410-328-7904 / appointments
410-328-1322 / academic office

Surgery:

Richard B. Alexander, M.D.
Chief, Urology, Baltimore VA; Professor of Surgery
Special Interests: Kidney Cancer; Urologic Oncology; Prostate Cancer; Prostatitis; Immunology; Cancer
Certification: Surgery, Urology
410-328-5544 / appointments
410-605-7233 / academic office

James F. Borin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Robotic Surgery
Special Interests: Robotic Surgery; Robotic Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer; Minimally Invasive Treatment of Kidney Cancer, Kidney Stones and Ureteral Stricture
Certification: Surgery
410-328-5544 / appointments
410-605-7233 / academic office

Stephen C. Jacobs, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Special Interests: Urologic Oncology; Prostatic Problems; Renal Stone Disease; Renal Transplantation; Genitourinary Problems in the Elderly; Cancer
Certification: Urology
410-328-2415 / appointments
410-328-5544 / academic office

Andrew C. Kramer, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Special Interests Bladder Cancer; Pre-Transplant Polycystic Nephrectomy; Male Infertility and Vasectomy Reversal; Erectile Dysfunction; Penile Implantation
Certification: Urology
410-328-5544 / appointments
410-328-5544 / academic office

Michael J. Naslund, M.D.
Director, Maryland Prostate Center
Professor of Surgery;
Head, Division of Urology
Special Interests: Prostate Cancer Treated with Prostatectomy or Brachytherapy using Radioactive Seed Implants; Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) or Enlarged Prostate treated with Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA) or Medications; Prostate Disease; Cancer
Certification: Urology
410-328-5544 / appointments
410-328-5544 / academic office

Michael W. Phelan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Urological Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Special Interests: Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy; Laparoscopic Nephrectomy; Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy; Renal Cryosurgery; Kidney and Ureteral Calculi; Percutaneous Stone Surgery; Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
Certification: Urology
410-328-5544 / appointments
410-328-5544 / academic office

Core Resources

Genetic Counseling:

Jessica Rispoli Joines, M.G.C., C.G.C.
Certified Genetic Counselor
410-328-2294

Clinical Nutrition Services

Mindy Athas, R.D., C.S.O., L.D.N.
Outpatient Dietitian, Nutritionist & Certified Oncology Specialist
410-328-5462

Jenny Ratta, R.D., L.D.N., C.N.S.D.
Senior Dietitian
410-328-5462

Psychosocial Services:

Mark J. Ehrenreich, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Program Director, Consultation/Liaison
Medical Director, Medical Crisis Counseling Center
Special Interests: Psychotherapy; General Adult Psychiatry; Medical Crisis Counseling; Affective and Anxiety Disorders; Consultation Liaison Psychiatry; Psychiatric Care of the Medically Ill
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center
Certification: Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry
410-328-6553 / appointments
410-328-6091 / academic office

Catherine L Harrison-Restelli M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Special Interests: Psychiatric care of patients with serious medical illnesses (HIV, cancer, transplant); delirium, confusion and agitation in medically ill patients; women's mental health, especially the care of the pregnant and postpartum woman; psychiatric care of veteran's, especially female veterans and patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Medical Degree: Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland-Sheppard Pratt Hospital
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Psychosomatic Medicine
Certification: Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine
410-328-6553 / appointments
410-328-6091 / academic office

This page was last updated on: January 10, 2013.