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Title:
- Professor of Clinical Urology
- Co-Director, Robotic Surgery & Advanced Laparoscopy
Areas of Treatment:
- Robotic Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer
- Robotic Partial or Radical Nephrectomy for Kidney Cancer
- Robotic Pyeloplasty for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
- Robotic Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer
- Robotic Sacrocolpopexy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Belly Button Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery for Nearly Scar-free outcomes
- Robotic Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) Surgery
- Needlescopic Mini-Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Cryoablation for Kidney Cancer
- Image Guided Surgery for Kidney and Prostate Cancer
Specialties:
- Urology
Sub-specialties:
- Robotic Surgery for Prostate, Bladder and Kidney Cancer
- Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery for Diseases of the Adrenal glands, Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder and Prostate
- Belly Button Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
- Needlescopic Mini-Laparoscopic Surgery
- Kidney Tumor Ablation (Cryosurgery and/or Radiofrequency Ablation)
- Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) for Transvaginal Nephrectomy
Background:
Dr. Aron is an expert in robotic, laparoscopic, and belly-button surgery for diseases of the adrenal, kidney, ureter, bladder and prostate. Dr. Aron has received training in urology at premier institutions in India, Australia and the United States. He received fellowship-training in advanced laparoscopy and robotics at the Cleveland Clinic under Dr. Inderbir Gill, the world leader in minimally invasive urological surgery.
Dr. Aron comes to USC from the Cleveland Clinic, where he served on the Urology Faculty as a laparoscopic and robotic specialist. Dr. Aron has received numerous acclaimed awards including the GB Ong Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, as well as several awards for his scientific presentations and surgical videos at the American Urological Association Congress. Dr. Aron has published extensively (>150 publications) and serves as referee for six leading urological journals, including Editorial Board appointments for two journals.
Dr. Aron has played a pioneering role in the development of robotic kidney surgery, single incision laparoscopic and robotic belly button surgery, as well as research in NOTES transvaginal nephrectomy. Dr. Aron has been invited to various national and international institutions to demonstrate minimally invasive and belly button laparoscopic surgery.
Education:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, S.N. Medical College, 1990
- Masters in Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1994
- Magister Chirurgiae (Urology), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1998
- Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2000
Internships:
- S.N. Medical College, 1990 - 1991
Residencies:
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, General Surgery, 1992 - 1994
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Urology, 1995 - 1998
Fellowships:
- Royal Melbourne Hospital, Urology, 1999 - 2000
- Cleveland Clinic, Urology, 2005 - 2008
Board Certification:
- Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
- National Board of Examiners, New Delhi
Professional Society Memberships:
- American Urological Association
- American Medical Association
- Societe Internationale de Urologie
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- The Endourology Society
Awards:
- First Prize: Best Video Session, AUA: Transvesical robotic radical prostatectomy, 2009
- Second Prize: Best Video Session, annual convention of the American Urological Association (AUA): Single-port transvesical enucleation of prostate (STEP), 2009
- Honorable Mention: Best Video Session, AUA: E-NOTES ureteral reimplantation, 2009
- First prize: Best Video Session, AUA: Flexible Robotic Ureterorenoscopy: Initial Experience, 2007
- Outstanding paper award: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Engineering and Urology Society (EUS): KTP laser robotic nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: development and initial clinical experience, 2007
- Outstanding paper award: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Engineering and Urology Society EUS): Percutaneous cryoablation of kidney lesions under combined real-time ultrasound and 3D CT scan navigation, 2007
- Second prize Endourology Society Essay Contest: Preliminary experience with the NirisTM optical coherence tomography (OCT) system during laparoscopic and robotic prostatectomy, 2006
- Endourology Society Research Fellowship Award, 2005
- Societe Internationale de Urologie (SIU) Scholarship, 2003 - 2004
- ICRETT Travel Grant of the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC), 2003
- Ethicon Foundation Fund Travel Grant, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2002
- John Steyn Travel Grant, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2001 - 2002
- G B Ong Medal, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2000
Languages:
- English
- Hindi
