Vattikiuti Urology Institute Team
Urology Specialists & Expert Faculty
Dr. Mani Menon has one of the most accomplished and well-respected teams working in the field of robotic surgery today. The doctors, residents and fellows of the Vattikuti Urology Institute are trained in cutting-edge techniques of robot-assisted surgery.
Program Director:
Mani Menon, MD
Symposium Directors:
Jack S. Elder, MD
Mahendra Bhandari, MD
Host Faculty (in alphabetical order):
Piyush Agarwal, MD
Akshay Bhandari, MD
James O. Peabody, MD
Craig Rogers, MD
Hans Stricker, MD
Guest Faculty (in alphabetical order):
A.R. Abd-el-Barr, MD, Resident
Ali Dabaja, MD, Resident
Sumit De, MD,
Fellow Mike Ehlert, MD, Resident
Ariella Friedman, MD, Resident
Kristen Janosek-Albright, MD, Resident
Wooju Jeong, MD, Fellow
Sanjeev Kaul, MD, Resident
Emil Kheterpal, MD, Resident
Fred Muhletaler, MD, Resident
Naveed Naeem, MD, Resident
Nilesh Patil, MD, Fellow
Frank Penna, MD, Resident
Naveen Pokala, MD, Resident
Steve Rivera, MD, Resident
Jesse Sammon, DO, Fellow
Ram Satyanarayana, MD, Fellow
Pranav Sharma, MD, Resident
Shyam Sukumar, MD, Research Fellow
Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, Fellow


