Nazih Khater, MD,FACS
Dr. Nazih Paul Khater is an Associate Professor of Urology and the Director of Urologic Research in the Department of Urology at LSU Health Shreveport. Dr. Khater’s primary focus is advanced endourology, percutaneous renal surgery for kidney stones, as well as robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery for all genito-urinary cancers including prostate cancer, kidney cancer, and bladder cancer. Dr. Khater pursued a 2-year accredited Endourology and Robotic surgery fellowship at Loma Linda University Medical in California. His fellowship mainly focused on the Endourological complex kidney stone management, and on advanced uro-oncological Robotic surgery. Being actively involved in the academic progress of the Urologic field, Dr. Khater is always vigorously working on developing novel techniques. During his fellowship, his contest essay entitled “Bench-top feasibility testing of a novel percutaneous renal access technique: the laser direct alignment radiation reduction technique (DARRT)” won a prize, during the “2016 American Endourology fellowship Contest Essay”. He also participated and worked with the Loma Linda Urology Research team on an R01 NIH Grant as scientist at the Doctoral level, to validate a new surgical paradigm to approach the renal vascular pedicle using a novel laparoscopic approach. Dr. Khater was invited to serve as a faculty proctor at the inaugural 2023 AUA Intern Academy Hands-on Skills training course that took place at the Cleveland clinic.
He is currently the Chair of the Committee on Education and Science and the 2025 President-Elect of the Louisiana Urological Society; He is also the Louisiana Alternate Representative to the SESAUA Board of Directors and is also currently serving on the Northwest Louisiana Medical Society Board of directors.
Dr. Khater holds a Louisiana & California Medical Board Physician and Surgeon’s License. He is a member of the American Urological Association, the Endourological Society and the Society of Urologic Robotic Surgeons (SURS). He also serves as a reviewer for national and international prestigious journals. Dr. Khater has authored numerous online publications, and book chapters in the field of Urology, Endourology and Robotic surgery.