Dr. Li-Ming Su is the Director
of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery and Associate Professor of
Urology at the Brady Urological Institute of Johns Hopkins. He joined
the urology staff at Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute after completing
his urology residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell University
Medical College followed by fellowship training in endourology (specializing
in laparoscopy, robotics and stone disease) at Johns Hopkins.
His main clinical interests include
minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of kidney cancer
and prostate cancer. His areas of surgical specialty
include:
Laparoscopic
Partial Nephrectomy
Laparoscopic
Radical Nephrectomy
Nerve-Sparing
Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.
Dr. Su also performs laparoscopic
pyeloplasty (for kidney obstruction), retroperitoneal
lymph node dissection (for testicular cancer), and donor
nephrectomy (for kidney donation).
His research interests involve
the investigation of methods and techniques to improve cavernous nerve
preservation during laparoscopic prostatectomy in efforts to improve the
return of sexual function following surgery. He has written and published
several research articles,
book chapters and
videos on nerve-sparing
robotic and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
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