Michael Whalen, MD, Urologic Oncologist with GW Medical Faculty Associates
Get to know Urologic Oncologist Dr. Michael Whalen, who serves the population of Washington, D.C.
Dr. Michael Whalen is an experienced and acclaimed Urologist whose practice focuses on the treatment of genitourinary malignancies. He has quickly become renowned for his clinical and surgical skills, as well as his earnest dedication to superlative patient care. His medical career began when he graduated from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. After an internship and residency in Urology at the Columbia University Medical Center, he completed fellowships in Robotic and Minimally Invasive Urologic Oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and in Urologic Oncology at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
Dr. Whalen is board certified by the American Board of Urology and is an elected member of the Society of Urologic Oncology. He has become renowned across the District of Columbia and beyond for his expertise in the surgical management of high-risk genitourinary cancer patients and in the use of robotic-assisted surgery with the DaVinci robotic platform. Conditions treated by him include bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, adrenal cancer, testicular cancer, and ureteral cancer. He has integrated the growing arsenal of genomic predictive tools and biomarkers into his clinical practice to bring the cutting edge of Precision and Personalized medicine to his patients.
Alongside his practice, Dr. Whalen serves as Assistant Professor of Urology and Urologic Oncology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is also the Director of the Genitourinary Oncology Multi-Disciplinary Clinic at the GW Cancer Center and serves as GW Site Director for the National Cancer Institute Urologic Oncology Fellowship Program, which is dedicated to training future generations of Urological cancer surgeons. He is an active member of the American Urological Society, and has presented lectures across the world, as well as being a manuscript reviewer and statistical consultant for multiple peer-reviewed medical journals.
A Urologist is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions affecting the male reproductive system, as well as the urinary tracts of both males and females. His profession covers the kidneys, ureter, urinary bladder, adrenal glands, urethra, and the male reproductive organs which include the testes, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, prostate and penis. Some common disorders that urologists treat are urinary tract infections (UTI), stress incontinence, benign prostatic hyperplasia, kidney stones, erectile dysfunction, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and cystitis. These urological specialists also perform vasectomies and vasectomy reversals.
Learn More about Dr. Michael Whalen:
Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/81408348 His profile with GW Medical Faculty Associates, https://www.gwdocs.com/find-a-doctor/michael-whalen-md/, he can be contacted at (202) 741-3100, and is located in Washington, DC.
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