Education

• MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 1988
• Internship and Residency, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1989-1994
• Fellowship, Endourology and Stone Disease, Barnes Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1994-1995

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Nakada is certified by the American Board of Urology. He is an internationally renowned expert in urinary stones and urologic laparoscopy. In 1997, he performed and reported the first hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy, in the United States, using a sleeve. In 2001, he was named Chairman of Urology and the first David T. Uehling Professor of Urology.

Dr. Nakada has served on both the Staghorn Stone Guidelines Committee and the Distal Stones Guidelines Panel of the American Urological Association. In 2003, Dr. Nakada became the 15th Dornier/A.F.U.D. Award Winner for Innovative Research in Urology. He has also been named the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award from the American Urological Association.

Dr. Nakada has authored or coauthored over 200 articles and book chapters, and he has edited three textbooks. Dr. Nakada is an active member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and he is the Secretary General of the Endourology Society. He has served on the ABU/AUA Examination Committee as well as editorial boards for Urology, the Journal of Endourology and Urology Times. He is currently a member of the AUA Board of Directors.

Research Interests

Dr. Nakada’s research focuses on pathophysiology of the ureter and all aspects of urinary stone disease. His research is currently supported by the American Urologic Association.

Recent Publications

• Patel SR, Wells S, Ruma J, King S, Lubner MG, Nakada SY, Pickhardt PJ. Automated Volumetric Assessment by Noncontrast Computed Tomography in the Surveillance of Nephrolithiasis. Urology 2012 May 9.
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• Pooler BD, Pickhardt PJ, O'Connor SD, Bruce RJ, Patel SR, Nakada SY. Renal Cell Carcinoma: Attenuation Values on Unenhanced CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2012 May; 198(5):1115-20.
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• Patel SR, Hinshaw JL, Lubne MG, Lee FT, Nakada SY, Hedican SP. Hydrodissection using an iodinated contrast medium during percutaneous renal cryoablation. J. Endourol. 2012 May; 26(5):463-6.
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• Patel SR, McLaren ID, Nakada SY. The ureteroscope as a safety wire for ureteronephroscopy. J. Endourol. 2012 Apr; 26(4):351-4.
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• Patel SR, Stanton P, Zelinski N, Borman EJ, Pozniak MA, Nakada SY, Pickhardt PJ. Automated renal stone volume measurement by noncontrast computerized tomography is more reproducible than manual linear size measurement. J. Urol. 2011 Dec; 186(6):2275-9.
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• Patel SR, Hedican SP, Bishoff JT, Shichman SJ, Link RE, Wolf JS, Nakada SY. Skill based mentored laparoscopy course participation leads to laparoscopic practice expansion and assists in transition to robotic surgery. J. Urol. 2011 Nov; 186(5):1997-2000.
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• Patel SR, Penniston KL, Iwicki L, Saeed I, Crenshaw TD, Nakada SY. Dietary induction of long-term hyperoxaluria in the porcine model. J. Endourol. 2012 May; 26(5):433-8.
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• Clayman RV, Smith AD, Denstedt J, Nakada SY, Badlani GH. William a. Cook. J. Endourol. 2011 Jun; 25(6):1080.
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• Patel SR, Kaplon DM, Moon TD, Hedican SP, Nakada SY. Hand-assisted laparoscopy confers equal efficacy in simple and radical nephrectomy. JSLS 2011 Apr-Jun; 15(2):203-7.
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• Penniston KL, McLaren ID, Greenlee RT, Nakada SY. Urolithiasis in a rural Wisconsin population from 1992 to 2008: narrowing of the male-to-female ratio. J. Urol. 2011 May; 185(5):1731-6.
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