Peter Scardino

Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Canter, United States of America

Peter Scardino M.D, FACS

Academic positions:
- Chairman of the Departments of Urology and Surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
- Head of the Prostate Cancer Program
- Theodore Baumritter/Enid Ancell Chair of Urologic Oncology
- Professor of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Professor of Urology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.
- Prior to joining the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, Dr Scardino was Professor and Chair of Urology at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Scardino is recognized internationally as an expert in the early detection and surgical treatment of prostate cancer. He has pioneered techniques to decrease the effects of surgery on urinary and sexual function and to increase the chances of long-term control of cancer by total removal of the prostate

Any other information:
Dr Scardino is a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine and of the American Urological Association.

He is Editor-in-Chief of Nature Clinical Practice Urology and an editorial board member and reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. He has authored many articles and book chapters and edited the 'Comprehensive Textbook of Genitourinary Oncology'. In 2005, with Judith Kelman, Dr Scardino wrote 'Dr. Peter Scardino's Prostate Book, a guide to prostate cancer, prostatitis, and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH)'.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Head of Faculty: Urology (since 16 November 2005)

Peter Scardino is a Head of Faculty for the UROLOGY Faculty. The role of a Head of Faculty is to help divide the Faculty (specialty) into Sections (sub-specialty areas), nominate leaders in those areas as Section Heads, and offer ongoing advice on the strategic direction of the service. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

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