Practice Locations

UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
1500 Park Central Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

720-516-1000

Care Philosophy

A diagnosis of cancer is awful. I view the patient relationship as a partnership and focus on educating in clear terms. I try my best to give every patient the time they deserve. We use a team approach to provide the very best cancer care! Additionally, I am interested in the lifelong health of an individual and strongly promote healthy behaviors but sometimes people live better through chemistry (that is, treat high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and sometimes weight with medications). If interested, I would recommend reading Outlive by Dr Peter Attia and Forever Strong by Dr Gabrielle Lyon.

Clinical Interest for Patients

My main interests are robotic or daVinci surgery for prostate or kidney cancer. I have done over 1700 robotic prostate removals (as of 2025). I care a great deal about doing a good job with this operation including nerve-sparing surgery when appropriate. I also do many other specialized prostate cancer procedures like fusion prostate biopsy and Focal Therapies with Nanoknife (Irreversible Electroporation - IRE) and Focal One High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU). I also specialize in complex abdominal surgery for metastatic testicular cancer. This operation is called Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection or RPLND. Testimonial from a prostate cancer patient: "Please feel free to use my story as needed to reassure future Prostate Cancer victims...and Radical Prostatectomy candidates/patients in general...that there is indeed life after a cancer diagnosis and that a Prostatectomy (at least one done with your skills) won't keep them from taking on strenuous physical challenges." I also treat men with enlargement of the prostate gland. I perform a number of procedures including Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate or HoLEP. HoLEP is a great operation for men with prostate enlargement. EAU Robotic Prostatectomy Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK-bW-I0EIU

Title(s)

Clinical Director of Urologic Oncology

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Specialty

Urologic Oncology, Urology

Scheduling Phone Number

720-848-0170

Gender

Male

Languages

English

Hospital Affiliation

UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, University of Colorado Hospital

Provider Information

  • Urologic Oncology
  • Urology
  • Cancers

    Kidney Cancer , Testicular Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Urologic Cancer

  • Surgery

    Urologic

  • Men's Health

    Prostate Conditions

  • Transgender Health for Adults

Personal Interests
In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family, running, hiking, snowboarding, and resistance training.


Volunteer Activities
I’m a member of the Grandview High School Baseball Booster Board.


Associate Professor, Surgery-Urology

American Urological Association, Member Rocky Mountain Urological Society, Member Society of Urologic Oncology, Member Southwest Oncology Group, Member University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center, Member

Research Interests for Patients

I focus on studying quality of life outcomes for patients with prostate cancer and testicular cancer. The ultimate goal is a patient that survives the cancer and returns to a "better than" normal state. A cancer diagnosis is an opportunity to engage in other healthy behaviors.

Our Patients, Their Words

4.9 out of 5 (256 ratings, 78 comments)

    Education and Training

    Medical Schools

    MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine (2000)


    Undergraduate Schools

    BA, University of Virginia (VA) (1996)


    Residency Program

    University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2002)

    University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2006)


    Fellowships

    Indiana University School of Medicine Program (2007)

    Information for referring providers

    Referral Contact Phone

    720-848-0170

    720-848-0170

    Referring Patients Link

    Information for Referring and Transferring Patients

    Clinical Interests for Referring Providers

    My main clinical interests are robotic surgery for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and kidney cancer. I have done about 1800 robotic prostate removals. I care a great deal about doing a good job with this operation including nerve-sparing surgery when appropriate. I also do fusion transrectal and transperineal prostate biopsies. I have done over 500 HoLEP for enlarged prostate. I also do focal therapy for prostate cancer including Nanoknife (Irreversible Electroporation - IRE) and High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) with the Focal One device. Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection for metastatic testicular cancer is a special skill I have that is not done by many surgeons in the region.

    Research Interest for Referring Providers

    Outcomes and quality of life research in prostate and testicular cancer. New imaging technologies for prostate cancer.