Paul Russo MD, FACS
Professor of Urology, Weill Cornell School of Medicine; Attending Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New YorkDr. Paul Russo is a graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and trained in general surgery and urology at Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis. He completed a 4 year research and clinical fellowship in urological oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center under Dr. Willet Whitmore and joined the attending staff. Dr. Russo is now Professor of Urology at the Weill Cornell School of Medicine and Attending Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His main area of clinical interest in the management of localized and advanced kidney cancer. He is advocate of kidney sparing approaches to the management of clinically localized kidney tumors. Dr. Russo leads a multi disciplinary research team committed to the study of kidney cancer both at the clinical and basic science level.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Is Imperative Partial Nephrectomy Feasible for Kidney Cancer With Venous Thrombus Involvement?
- Utilization and Quality Outcomes of cT1a, cT1b, and cT2a Partial Nephrectomy
- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic vs Laparoscopic Nephrectomy as Outpatient Procedures
- Optimal Tumor Size Cut-Points for Renal Cell Carcinoma Staging
- Renal Functional Outcomes of Percutaneous Cryoablation vs Partial Nephrectomy for Solitary Renal Mass
- Comparison Between Partial Nephrectomy and Radical Nephrectomy for T2 N0 M0 Tumors
- Predicting Complications in Partial Nephrectomy for T1a Tumors
- Partial Nephrectomy and Positive Surgical Margins. Survival?
- Association Between Positive Surgical Margins and Survival After Partial Nephrectomy
- Functional Recovery From Extended Warm Ischemia Associated With Partial Nephrectomy