David M. Albala, MD

David M. Albala, MD, graduated with a degree in Geology from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He completed his medical school training at Michigan State University and completed his surgical residency at the Darmouth-Hitchcok Medical Center. Dr. Albala was an endourology fellow at Washington University Medical Center under the direction of Ralph V. Clayman. He practiced at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago and was also a full professor in Urology and Radiology. He was a tenured professor at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina, where he was also co-director of the Endourology fellowship and director for the Center of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urological Surgery. He has more than 180 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has authored three textbooks on endourology and one on general urology. He serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Robotic Surgery, Journal of Endourology, Current Opinions in Urology, and Urology Index and Reviews. He serves as a reviewer for eight surgical journals.

At the present time he is chief of urology at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, New York, and medical director for Associated Medical Professionals (a group of 17 urologists). He is considered a national and international authority in laparoscopic and robotic urological surgery and has been an active teacher in this area for 20 years. His research and clinical interests have focused on robotic urological surgery. Other clinical interests include minimally invasive treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) and the use of fibrin sealants in surgery. He has been a visiting professor at numerous institutions across the United States as well as overseas in countries such as India, China, Iceland, Germany, France, Japan, Brazil, Australia and Singapore. In addition, he has done operative demonstrations in more than 32 countries and 23 states. He has trained 16 fellows in endourology and advanced robotic surgery.

Dr. Albala is a past White House Fellow who acted as a special assistant to Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation, on classified and unclassified public health related issues.