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Meet Our Team

Our urologists treat children, men and women in a wide range of subspecialties, from general urology to more specialized issues such as male and female incontinence, infertility, kidney stones, reconstructive surgery, robotic and laparoscopic surgery, and numerous cancer treatments. Upstate Urology offers fellowship-trained specialists in almost every urologic discipline.

If you or a loved one are experiencing any type of urologic issue, call us today.


Department Chair

Gennady Bratslavsky, MD

Gennady Bratslavsky, MD
Professor and Chair of Urology


Seetharam Bhat kulthe ramesh, MBBS
Seetharam Bhat kulthe ramesh, MBBS
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urologic Oncology; Urology; Urologic Oncology; Urology; Advanced Prostate Cancer; Enlarged Prostate
Education: St. John's Medical College, Bangalore University, India
Research Interests:

Basic, clinical, and translational prostate, bladder, and kidney research. 

 

Education Interests:

Resident and student mentoring in clinical research


Stephen A Blakely, MD
Stephen A Blakely, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Erectile Dysfunction; Neurogenic Bladder; Pelvic Trauma; Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection; Urethral Stricture Disease
Education: University of Maryland
Research Interests:

Urologic reconstruction, Medical education

Education Interests:

Psychology of learning and achievement


Gennady Bratslavsky, MD
Gennady Bratslavsky, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Urologic Oncology; Bladder Cancer; Kidney Cancer; Penile Cancer; Prostate Cancer
Education: Albany Medical College, NY
Research Interests:

Basic, clinical, and translational prostate, bladder, and kidney research.   

Education Interests:

Resident and student mentoring in basic and clinical research


Timothy Byler, MD
Timothy Byler, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Advanced Prostate Cancer; Enuresis (Night or Day); Erectile Dysfunction; Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones); Prostate Cancer
Education: Rutgers University
Research Interests:

Prostate cancer detection, Kidney Stones, Testosterone deficiency,

Education Interests:

Proctoring Residents & Students in Urology

Advancing urology through clinical research


Benjamin Cedars, MD
Benjamin Cedars, MD
315 464-8668

Mahmoud Chehab, MD
Mahmoud Chehab, MD
607 428-5757
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery; Urologic Oncology; Adrenal Mass; Bladder Cancer

Elizabeth K Ferry, MD
Elizabeth K Ferry, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Pelvic Organ Prolapse; Pelvic Trauma; Prostate Cancer; Stress Incontinence in Women; Urethral Diverticula
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Natasha Ginzburg, MD
Natasha Ginzburg, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Urogynecology; Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery; Cystocele; Pelvic Floor Disorders; Pelvic Trauma
Education: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Hanan Goldberg, MD
Hanan Goldberg, MD
315 624-5252
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Urologic Oncology; Adrenal Gland Cancer; Adrenal Incidentaloma; Adrenal Mass; Adrenal tumor
Education: Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Israel
Research Interests:

Clinical and translational research on urologic malignancies


Michael Iorga, MD
Michael Iorga, MD
315 464-8668

Joseph M Jacob, MD MCR
Joseph M Jacob, MD MCR
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urologic Oncology; Urology; Bladder Cancer; Kidney Cancer; Penile Cancer; Prostate Cancer
Education: Ohio State University College of Medicine
Research Interests:

Clinical and translational research on urologic malignancies

Education Interests:

Clinical and surgical development of residents and medical students


Eyal Kord, MD, MPH
Eyal Kord, MD, MPH
315 464-8668
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Urologic Oncology; Adrenal Gland Cancer; Bladder Cancer; Kidney Cancer; Prostate Cancer
Education: Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Israel
Research Interests:

clinical outcomes research in urologic oncology

Financial outcomes and cost effectiveness analysis


Sergey Kravchick, MD
Sergey Kravchick, MD
607 763-8101
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Bladder Cancer; Bladder outlet obstruction; Dysuria; Enlarged Prostate; Levator Syndrome
Research Interests:

bladder cancer

pelvic pain syndrome

 

Education Interests:

students 

residents

 


Ladislava Kulikova, NP

Zahi N Makhuli, MD
Zahi N Makhuli, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology
Education: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Research Interests:

General urology; male infertility; impotence; stone disease; transplantation; infections; andrology


Matthew D Mason, MD, FAAP
Matthew D Mason, MD, FAAP
315 464-6060
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Pediatric Urology; Birth Defects; Bladder Infection; Congenital Genitourinary Tract Abnormalities; Enuresis (Night or Day)
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD
Dmitriy Nikolavsky, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: American Board of Urology; Urology; Artificial Urinary Sphincter; Bladder outlet obstruction; Complications of gender reassignment; Complications of metoideoplasty and neophallus
Education: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Research Interests:

Urethral stricture disease

Genitourinary reconstruction clinical and patient-reported outcomes


Imad S Nsouli, MD
Imad S Nsouli, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Bladder Cancer; Bladder Infection; Congenital Genitourinary Tract Abnormalities; Enlarged Prostate; Enuresis (Night or Day)
Education: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

David J Rollin, NP
David J Rollin, NP
315 464-8668

Oleg Shapiro, MD
Oleg Shapiro, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Advanced Prostate Cancer; Bladder Cancer; Kidney Cancer; Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones); Prostate Cancer
Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Research Interests:

Kidney and Bladder Cancers

Education Interests:

Medical Student Clerkship Director


Ryan C Sidebottom, DO
Ryan C Sidebottom, DO
315 567-0555
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Adrenal Gland Cancer; Adrenal Incidentaloma; Adrenal Mass; Adrenal tumor; Advanced Prostate Cancer; Artificial Urinary Sphincter
Education: University of Texas Health Science Center

Garrett E Smith, MD
Garrett E Smith, MD
315 464-8668

Anthony J Tracey, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP
Anthony J Tracey, MD, MPH, FACS, FAAP
315 464-6060
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Pediatric Urology; Urology; Congenital Genitourinary Tract Abnormalities; Groin Hernia; Hydrocele; Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones)
Education: Tulane University School of Medicine

J C Trussell, MD
J C Trussell, MD
315 464-1500
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Andropause; Erectile Dysfunction; Infertility; Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones); Peyronie's Disease
Education: Temple University School of Medicine

Jeffrey A Villanueva, MD
Jeffrey A Villanueva, MD
315 464-6060
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Pediatric Urology; Birth Defects; Bladder Infection; Congenital Genitourinary Tract Abnormalities; Groin Hernia; Hematuria
Education: University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Scott V Wiener, MD
Scott V Wiener, MD
315 492-3700
Diseases/Specialties/Treatments: Urology; Congenital Genitourinary Tract Abnormalities; Enlarged Prostate; Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones); Urinary Obstruction; Urinary Tract Infection in Men
Education: Dartmouth Medical School
Research Interests:

Dr Wiener's research interests include the pathophysiology of kidney stone disease, particularly from the perspective of comparative and evolutionary biology. He has done work, while at UCSF, on how the shape of the papilla in the kidney is related to kidney stone formation and how the fluid flow patterns within the tubules called nephrons contribute to this process. He is working collaboratively with researchers at SUNY Upstate and Syracuse University to better elucidate the role that fluid dynamics plays in the formation of kidney stones and in BPH, how anatomic variation of the kidney may influence stone formation, and is interested in the impact of our environment on the formation of kidney stones. While at UCSF he undertook studies to understand geographical variation in kidney stone surgery in the state of California and spent a year in the lab studying the microscopic and atomic makeup of kidney stones.


Additional Providers

Lauren Bova, NP

Lauren Bova, NP
315 464-5540

 
Wendy L. Broton, FNP

Wendy Broton, FNP
315 464-5540

 
 
Rebecca Schroeder, NP

Rebecca Schroeder, NP
315 464-5540

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