The UroLift^® System Faculty Highlights

Dr. Wilkinson is a UroLift Center of Excellence physician in Naples, FL.  He currently offers peer-to-peer observations at his ASC on Wednesdays and with enough advance notice can adjust his schedule to another day of the week.  He will soon be adding office procedures to this observation day for those who would like to see both types of procedures.  Attendees of his peer-to-peer programs will learn about patient selection, the value of stacking cases early in the learning curve and practice efficiencies relating to the UroLift System. 

Dr. Kemberling is a UroLift Center of Excellence physician from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota and is part of a LUGPA.  Dr. Kemberling previously conducted Rezum procedures, so he can provide perspective on alternative LUTS treatments.  Cases are done in the office typically on Friday, using a TRUS block and patient distraction techniques for patient comfort control and to optimize the patients positive UroLift System experience. Attendees of his peer-to-peer programs will learn about practice efficiency relating to the UroLift System, office integration and clinical expertise.

Dr. Bhalani is a UroLift Center of Excellence physician from Advanced Urology in the Atlanta, GA area. Advanced Urology has a defined BPH pathway and has used the UroLift System to provide many patients relief from their BPH symptoms over the last 4 years. Dr. Bhalani has treated patients mostly in the ASC setting. Attendees of his peer-to-peer programs will learn about owning the patient consult, practice efficiency relating to the UroLift System and patient education activities.

Dr. Patel is a UroLift Center of Excellence physician from Camden, SC. He performs his UroLift System procedures in both the hospital and the office. Attendees of his peer-to-peer programs will learn about the patient consult, practice efficiency relating to the UroLift System and Dr. Patel’s preferred anesthesia protocol, the prostate block.

Dr. Rivera practices in Naples, FL.  He currently offers peer-to-peer observations at his ASC on Fridays.  He is also fluent in Spanish.  Attendees of his peer-to-peer programs will learn about patient selection, the value of stacking cases early in the learning curve and practice efficiencies relating to the UroLift System. 

Dr. Ricciardi is a UroLift Center of Excellence physician from the Long Island area of NY.  He is part of a LUGPA group that shares some common administrative duties but allows the individual practices to work under their own roofs.  Peer-to-peer programs are done on Mondays or Fridays in an ASC or with notice can be done in a private practice general urology office setting using a TRUS guided block and oral analgesia.