Dr. Brian Matlaga is a Professor of Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and also serves as the Director of the Gerald and Helen Stephens Center for Stone Disease at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute. Dr. Matlaga received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, and his Medical Degree and a Master of Public Health degree from Tulane University. He then completed his internship in surgery and residency in urology at Wake Forest University; his subsequent fellowship at Indiana University was supported by an American Foundation for Urologic Disease Research Scholarship.
Dr. Matlaga is an internationally recognized expert in the medical and surgical management of patients with urinary stone disease. This expertise is built on his academic investigations of the pathophysiology and epidemiology of stone formation, as well as into the advancement of minimally invasive surgical techniques. A frequent contributor to the medical press, Dr. Matlaga’s research has received both national and international awards; in 2014, he was the recipient of the Endourological Society’s Arthur D. Smith Endourology Lectureship, which was given in recognition of accomplishments in the first ten years of his career.
Dr. Matlaga is an independently funded investigator, and presently is the Principal Investigator for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Urologic Diseases in America project. Dr. Matlaga sits on numerous editorial boards as well as advisory committees and guidelines panels for the American Urological Association, the American Board of Urology, the Endourological Society, and the National Institutes of Health. He recently served as Vice Chair of the American Urological Association’s Surgical Management of Stones Guidelines and has also served as Task Force Chair for the Examination Committee of the American Board of Urology. He presently serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Academic Urologists as well as the Endourological Society.
Dr. Matlaga works closely with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, the arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine that manages its global presence. Dr. Matlaga is Chair of the Research Committee of Johns Hopkins Medicine International. In addition, he is a Medical Director and oversees the educational, teaching, and research activities of Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Johns Hopkins’ affiliate in Brazil. Dr. Matlaga also assists in the coordination of the enterprise-wide research program at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, a joint venture between Johns Hopkins Medicine and Saudi Aramco that is based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
1995 | Bachelor of Arts in English Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire |
1999 | Master of Public Health in Health Systems Management Tulane University School of Public Health And Tropical Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana |
1999 | Doctor of Medicine Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana |
1999-2000 | Internship in General Surgery Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
2000-2004 | Residency in Urology Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
2004-2006 | Fellowship in Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery American Foundation for Urologic Disease Research Scholar Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana |
2011-2012 | Graduate Certificate, Business of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, Baltimore, MD |
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American Urological Association (Candidate Member, 2008-Present)
Endourological Society (Candidate Member, 2008-Present)
September 2001 | EPITHELIOID LEIOMYOMA Second Place Award at the 1st Annual North Carolina Urology Residents Seminar, Greensboro, North Carolina |
May 2002 | Praecis Pharmaceuticals / American Urological Association Gerald P. Murphy Scholar Orlando, Florida |
October 2002 | A NOVEL TECHNIQUE OF LOCAL ANESTHESIA FOR EXTENSIVE PROSTATE BIOPSY Second Place Award at the 2nd Annual North Carolina Urology Residents Seminar, Greensboro, North Carolina |
April 2003 | Praecis Pharmaceuticals / American Urological Association Gerald P. Murphy Scholar Chicago, Illinois |
May 2003 | The Pfizer Scholars in Urology Award Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
October 2003 | PERCUTANEOUS WATER-COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA Second Place Award at the 3rd Annual North Carolina Urology Residents Seminar, Greensboro, North Carolina |
June 2004 | Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Outstanding Resident Surgeon Award. Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
July 2004 | American Foundation for Urologic Disease (AFUD) Research Scholar Indianapolis, Indiana |
May 2006 | American Urological Association Foundation Research Scholar Program Outstanding Graduate Scholar. Indianapolis, Indiana |
August 2006 | Best Overall Paper Award at the 24th Annual World Congress of Endourology. Cleveland, Ohio. |
June 2008 | The Brady Urological Institute of Resident Teaching Award. Baltimore, Maryland |
April 2009 | Best Poster Award. 104th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Chicago, Illinois |
May 2010 | Best Poster Award. 105th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, San Francisco, California |
2014 | Arthur Smith Award (recognizing accomplishments within 10 years of training), Endourological Society |