Physicians

Written by AdministratorMonday, 28 March 2011 20:30 - Last Updated Friday, 27 September 2013 16:05

A. Michael Alabaster, MD - Urologist

Dr. Alabaster graduated magna cum laude from Memphis State University, and earned his MDfrom the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Memphis. He performed his internship andresidency in surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis before completing a residency inurology at the University of Tennessee, where he was Chief Resident from 1980-82. Dr.Alabaster is a Clinical Professor at the University of Tennessee Department of Urology and isboard certified by the American Board of Urology.  He was involved in bringing the first kidneystone lithotriptor to Memphis, starting the cryosurgery program at Baptist Hospital and setting upone of the few U.S. HIFU (High Frequency Ultrasound) prostate cancer  clinical trials inMemphis.

Mark J. Saslawsky, MD - Urologist

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Physicians

Written by AdministratorMonday, 28 March 2011 20:30 - Last Updated Friday, 27 September 2013 16:05

Dr. Saslawsky graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1979.  He earned his doctorof medicine degree from the University of Tennessee at Memphis, and trained as an intern,surgical resident, and Urological resident at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, where hewas chief resident from 1987-88.  He performed the first laser stone case in the Mid-South andstill has a continuing interest in treating kidney stones.  Dr. Saslawsky brought Microwaveprostate thermotherapy to Memphis and supported minimally invasive technology in thetreatment of BPH, female urology and the use of Interstim neuromodulation for bladder andbowel control problems. He consults with infertile couples and performs microsurgicalvasectomy reversals.Dr. Saslawsky is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a clinical assistant professorat the University of Tennessee Urology Department.Gerald T. Dang, MD - Urologist

Dr. Dang was raised in Memphis, TN, and attended Harvard University. He obtained his MedicalDegree from Tulane University in New Orleans. LA. He completed his General SurgeryInternship and Urology Residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Memphis,TN. He joined Southeast Urology Network in 2007.Dr. Dang performs Robotic Radical Prostatectomies with the DaVinci robot and Hand AssistedLaparascopic (HAL) kidney surgery. He is proficient in treating kidney stones, benign prostatichypertrophy, erectile dysfunction, incontinence, and cancer of the prostate, kidney and bladder.Dr. Dang  is certified by the American Board of Urology.Jerry is married to Dr. Sherri Li, a local OB/GYNRobert Donato, MD - Urologist

Dr. Robert A. Donato graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992 and completed hismedical degree at the Medical College of Virginia. He trained at the University of Tennesseeand completed General Surgery and Urologic residencies in 2002. He has practiced urology inMemphis since that time and joined Southeast Urology Network in 2009.Dr. Donato helped develop and establish the use of the daVinci Robot in the performance ofRadical Prostate surgery  in the Mid-South. He has trained numerous local and nationalphysicians in the advanced techniques of robotic surgery.  Along with his partners, Dr. Donato isinvolved in exciting, cutting edge research in Urology in the fields of enlarged prostate, prostatecancer, overactive bladder and other serious ailments.Dr. Donato is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a fellow in the American Collegeof Surgeons.Robert is married to Dr. Heather Donato, a local OB/GYN

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