Michael Palese, MD
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Dr. Michael A. Palese is Professor of Urology in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Chair of the Department of Urology at Mount Sinai Downtown & Beth Israel Medical Center. He received his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and Medical Degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his urology residency at the University of Maryland, a research year at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and a robotic and laparoscopic fellowship at the Weill Cornell Medical College.
As Director of Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System, he specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney, ureter, adrenal, bladder and prostate disease and performs robotic, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. He established the robot surgery program at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2004 and has helped to pioneer its use in kidney cancer and kidney stones.
Dr. Palese performed the first robotic donor nephrectomy, robotic radical nephrectomy, robotic partial nephrectomy, robotic nephro-ureterectomy, robotic adrenalectomy, and robotic ureteral reimplant & reconstruction in the Mount Sinai Health System. Most recently he performed the world’s first robotic single port donor nephrectomy and published on this experience. He holds several patents for the design of novel surgical devices. Dr. Palese is the author of multiple book chapters and more than one hundred peer reviewed articles and abstracts. He actively tutors and mentors medical students, residents and fellows. In 2021 he was awarded the prestigious Saul Horowitz Jr Award, given to a physician who, by virtue of outstanding achievements since graduation from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has made or shows promise of making significant contributions as a teacher, investigator, and/or practitioner in the field of medicine.
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Attribution:SelfType of financial relationship:OtherIneligible company:Boston ScientificDate added:Date updated:02/16/2023