Jihad Kaouk, MD

Appointed
2002

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Urology/Advanced Urological Laparoscopy
Cleveland, OH USA
2002

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Urology/Advanced Urological Laparoscopy
Cleveland, OH USA
2000

Residency - American University of Beirut Medical Center
Urology
Beirut, Lebanon
1999

Residency - American University of Beirut Medical Center
Surgery
Beirut, Lebanon
1996

Internship - American University of Beirut Medical Center
Surgery
Beirut, Lebanon
1994

Medical Education - American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
New York, NY USA
1993

Undergraduate - American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
1989

Additional Training

• Robotic Surgery Training certificate
• Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams

Professional Highlights

• U.S. Patent August 28, 2012 Apparatus and method of performing radiofrequency cauterization and tissue removal Editorial Boards Position Section Editor – Laparoscopy & Robotics Journal: Arab Journal of Urology Dates of Service: 2011-to present Position Associate Editor - Section of Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Journal Urology - the “Gold Journal” Dates of Service:2008- present Position Editorial Board Member Journal: Journal of Robotic Surgery Dates of Service: 2011 Position Guest Editor - Special issue “LESS and NOTES in Urology” Journal: BJU International Dates of Service: Vol 106 (6 part B), Sep 2010 Position Guest Editor - Supplement “Renal Cryoablation Journal: Urology - the “Gold Journal” Dates of Service: Vol.68 (1A), July 2006 Organization: AUA (American Urologic Association) Committee Name/Role: Guideline Panel, Management of Incidentally Discovered Renal Masses Dates of Service: 2006-2011 Google Scholar –as dec 2012 Citations: 13347 h-index: 60 i10-index: 170 Top 10 Authors in Urology.

Certifications

• Urology

Specialty Interests

Laparoscopic and robotic surgery for kidney cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, adrenal cancer, kidney donation, single port laparoscopic surgery, focal ablation for kidney tumors including cryoablation, retroperitoneal fibrosis

Awards & Honors

• First Prize-Best Video Award EAU, Paris 2012
• Second Generation Instruments For Robotic Single Site Kidney Surgery: Early Experience In A Cadaver Model
• Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award 2011
• Renal Hilum Clamp to Mitigate Ischemia during Partial Nephrectomy
• Third Prize: AUA, Orlando, May 2008
• Innovation Combination of New Technologies in Reconstructive Laparoscopic Surgery: An Evaluation in Animal Model
• Best Paper Award: Engineering and Urology Society, Orlando, 2008
• Innovation Combination of New Technologies in Reconstructive Urology
• Second prize: World Congress of Endourology, 2007
• Preliminary Experience With the Niris Optical Coherence Tomography System During Laparoscopic and Robotic Prostatectomy
• Outstanding Paper Award, Engineering & Urology Society Annual Meeting, Anaheim, 2007
• Percutaneous Cryoablation of Kidney Lesions Under Combined Real-time Ultrasound and 3D CT Scan Navigation
• Outstanding Paper Award, Engineering & Urology Society Annual Meeting, Anaheim, 2007
• KTP Laser Robotic Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy: Development and Initial Clinical Experience
• Outstanding Paper Award, Engineering & Urology Society Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA, May 2007
• Flexible Robotic Retrograde Renoscopy: Description of a Novel Robotic Device and Preliminary Laboratory Experience.
• Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award 2006
• Honorable Mention – Audio-Visual Award, AUA Atlanta, May 2006
• Real-time Virtual Sonography Guided Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Tumor
• Who’s Who in America
• Marquis 59th Edition, 2005-Presents “America’s Top Physicians in Urology”
• Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2005-2006
• Recognition Awards American College of Surgeons, Lebanon Chapter, XIth Clinical Congress, September 8, 2005
• First Prize – Best Video Award, AUA San Antonio, May 2005
• Implications of Real-time Transrectal Monitoring during Nerve-Sparing Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
• Honorable Mention - Audio-Visual Award, AUA, San Antonio, May 2005
• Laparoscopic Nerve-Sparing Radical Cystectomy with Orthotopic Ileal Neobladder
• Honorable Mention - Audio-Visual Award, AUA, San Francisco, May 2004
• Real-Time Transrectal Ultrasound Guidance during Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
• Clinical Traveling Fellowship Award, North Central Section AUA Vancouver, September 2003
• Thoracic Complications during Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery
• Olympus Prize - Best Clinical Paper, 21st World Congress of Endourology Montreal, Canada, September 2003
• Heparin Versus No Heparin During Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
• Third Prize - Best Video, AUA Chicago, IL, May 2003
• Laparoscopic Advanced Partial Nephrectomy
• Third Prize - Best Paper, 20th World Congress of Endourology Genoa, Italy,September 2002
• Use of Tissue-Expanded Ureter for Laparoscopic Augmentation Cystoplasty
• Second Prize - Best Paper, 20th World Congress of Endourology, Genoa, Italy, September 2002
• Laparoscopic Tumor Thrombectomy for Level IV Caval and Atrial Thrombus with Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
• Second Prize - Best Video, AUA Orlando, Florida, May 2002
• Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Cleveland Clinic Technique
• First Prize - Essay Contest, 19th World Congress of Endourology Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001
• Endopyeloplasty: A Novel Technique Yamanouchi Award - Best Paper, AUA, Anaheim, California, June 2001
• Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion: Intracorporeal Technique
• First Prize - Best Video, 19th World Congress of Endourology, Bangkok, Thailand , November 2001
• Remote, Robotic Laparoscopic Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation with Ureteral Advancement Technique
• First Prize - Best Video, 19th World Congress of Endourology Bangkok, Thailand, November, 2001
• Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion- Completely Intracorporeal Technique in the Male and Female
• First Prize - Best Video, 19th World Congress of Endourology Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001
• Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Video
• First Prize - Best Video, 19th World Congress on Endourology Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001
• Laparoscopic Anatrophic Nephrolithotomy in a Porcine Animal Model
• First Prize - Best Video, 19th World Congress on Endourology and Shockwave Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001 Laparoscopic Nephron-Sparing Surgery
• Honorable Mention - Best Video, AUA Anaheim, California, June 2001 Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion-Completely Intracorporeal Technique in the Male and Female
• Second Prize - Best Video, AUA Anaheim, California, June 2001 The Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
• Second Prize - Essay Contest, 18th World Congress on Endourology Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2000 Laparoscopic Kidney Autotransplantation
• First Prize – Essay Contest, 18th World Congress on Endourology Sao Paulo, Brazil, September, 2000
• Dean's Honor List, American University of Beirut, 1989-1990 Laparoscopic Orthotopic Ileal Neobladder

Innovations & Patents

• Development of Innovative Surgical Techniques:Performed the initial laboratory work on laparoscopic radical cystectomy (removal of bladder) and intracorporeal urinary diversion. This eventually helped in development of laparoscopic radical cystectomy and urinary diversion that is widely performed at present. Dr Kaouk received First Prize in the 18th World Congress on Endourology and Shockwave, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2000. The research was published in J Endourol, 15(2): 131-142, 2001 "Laparoscopic Orthotopic Ileal Neobladder."
• Developed technique for robotic radical prostatectomy and sural nerve grafting. This technique allows the surgeon to graft a nerve from the patient's leg to the area of excised prostate to restore continuity of nerves responsible for potency in men. This microsurgical technique was published and referenced in Medline as follows: Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Sural Nerve Grafting during Radical Prostatectomy: Initial Experience. J Urol, 170(3): 909-912, 2003.
• Developed a technique of nerve-sparing robotic radical prostatectomy that uses laser energy to dissect tissue with minimal collateral damage. The initial laboratory work and initial clinical series was published at the American Urological Association meeting in 2007.
• Pioneered single-port laparoscopic surgery in urology. Laparoscopic surgery usually requires several small incisions. With single-port surgery, Dr Kaouk was able to perform various laparoscopic procedures through a single incision. Most of these procedures were first ever done in urology such as single-port laparoscopic nephrectomy, cryoablation, renal cyst excision, sacrocolpopexy, varicocelectomy, radical prostatectomy and radical cystectomy. Dr. Kaouk and his team have the most extensive experience in single-port surgery in urology and they are now pioneering robotic applications for single-port surgery. Initial work was accepted in peer-reviewed journals (in press) in Urology journal and British Journal of Urology. Development of Surgical Instruments:Designed an instrument that can be used to perform laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with minimal risk of bleeding and without the need for advanced laparoscopic skills. The device uses radiofrequency ablation to create a bloodless zone around kidney tumor, then one can pass a knife to cut the tumor. Dr. Kaouk and Cleveland Clinic patented the device. Dr Kaouk received the Innovator Award for this device in 2006.
• U.S. Patent - August 28, 2012: Apparatus and method of performing radiofrequency cauterization and tissue removal.

Memberships

• American Urological Association
• Endourological Society
• Society of Robotic Surgery

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Consulting and/or Speaking. Dr. Kaouk receives fees of $5,000 or more per year (or, in rare cases, equity or stock options) as a paid consultant, speaker or as a member of an advisory committee for the following companies:

• Reliabotics, LLC
• Vascular Technology, Inc. (VTI)
• Method AI, Inc.
• Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

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