David Hoenig, MD, FRCSC
David M. Hoenig, MD, is a specialist in kidney stone treatment and minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopic surgery. His specific clinical interests include all phases of kidney stone disease, from surgical treatment, to medical management, and to prevention.
Dr. Hoenig completed medical school at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY), and residency in Urology at Brown University (Providence, RI). He went on to become one of the premier Laparoscopy and Endourology Fellowships in the country, under Dr. Ralph V. Clayman, one of the pioneers of minimally invasive urologic surgery, at Washington University (St. Louis, MO).
After Fellowship training, Dr. Hoenig practiced and taught at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann under the auspices of Allegheny University, and was then recruited to Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine to become the Director of Laparoscopy and Endourology. While at Montefiore, Dr. Hoenig assumed many administrative roles, such as co-founder and co-Director of the Robotic, Laparoscopy, and Endourology Fellowship, and Residency Program Director. After more than 14 years at Montefiore/Albert Einstein, he was recruited to Northwell Health and the Smith Institute for Urology in 2013 with a shift of administrative roles to Chief of Urology at North Shore University Hospital.