UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
1500 Park Central Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80129Phone: 720-516-1000
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.
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
Clinical Director of Urologic Oncology
Doctor of Medicine
Urologic Oncology, Urology
720-848-0170
Male
English
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, University of Colorado Hospital
Phone: 720-516-1000
South Denver at Highlands Ranch Pavilion 1
1500 Park Central Drive, Suites 2A and 3A Highlands Ranch, CO 80129Phone: 720-516-1094
Kidney Cancer , Testicular Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Urologic Cancer
Urologic
Prostate Conditions
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.
MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine (2000)
BA, University of Virginia (VA) (1996)
University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2002)
University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program (2006)
Indiana University School of Medicine Program (2007)
720-848-0170