Urology & Kidney Disease News Fall 2009 - Cleveland Clinic

6 Urology & Kidney Disease News
News from the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute
New Staff The Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute
welcomes the following new staff members:
Urology
Anthony N. Avallone, MD, FACS,
received his medical degree and underwent
postgraduate training at the
University of California, San Francisco.
He completed fellowship training at
the University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center and received additional
training at L’Institut Mutualiste
Montsouris in Paris.
Dr. Avallone’s specialty interests include urologic oncology,
general urology, laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Avallone was Director
of Urologic Oncology at the Center for Cancer Care within
the Goshen Health System in Goshen, Ind.
Ryan K. Berglund, MD, received his
medical degree from the Columbia
University College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York. He underwent
postgraduate training at Cleveland
Clinic and Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center in New York.
Dr. Berglund’s specialty interests include adrenal cancer,
bladder cancer, elevated PSA, general urology, kidney cancer,
penile cancer, prostate cancer, prostate/BPH, prostatitis,
testis cancer, and ureteropelvic junction obstruction.
Shih-Chieh Jeff Chueh, MD, PhD,
earned his medical degree at the
Taipei Medical University in Taiwan.
He received his doctorate degree from
the Postgraduate Institute of Clinical
Medicine, College of Medicine, National
Taiwan University in Taipei.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Chueh practiced at
National Taiwan University Hospital and was a professor
in the Department of Urology at the National Taiwan
University College of Medicine. Dr. Chueh’s specialty interests
include laparoscopic surgery and renal transplantation.
He is helping to lead the Glickman Urological & Kidney
Institute’s renal transplant program at the Charleston
Area Medical Center in West Virginia.
David Levy, MD, received his medical
degree from Chicago Medical School
and underwent postgraduate training at
the University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center and University Hospitals
of Cleveland.
Dr. Levy’s specialty interests include
adrenal cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, elevated
PSA, general urology, kidney stone disease, prostate cancer,
penile cancer, priapism/hydrocele, prostate/BPH, prostate
cancer, testis cancer, ureteropelvic junction obstruction,
and vasectomy.
Hadley Wood, MD, received her
medical degree from Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine and went
through postgraduate training at
Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Wood’s specialties include genitourinary
prosthetics, impotence (surgical
only), male urinary incontinence, prostate /BPH, peyronies,
priapism/hydrocele, lower urinary tract reconstructive
surgery, penile cancer, and urethral stricture.
Nephrology
Jesse Schold, PhD, earned his doctorate
in Health Services Research, Management
and Policy from the College of
Public Health and Health Professions at
the University of Florida in Gainesville.
He received a master’s degree in statistics
and mathematics education from
North Carolina State University. He has
a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Emory University in
Atlanta.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Schold was an assistant
professor at the University of Florida. His specialty
interests are outcomes research and medical informatics.
Dr. Schold will be Director of Outcomes Research and Medical
Informatics for Kidney/Kidney Pancreas Transplantation.
He will have joint appointments in the Department of
Quantitative Health Sciences in the Lerner Research Institute,
Division of Research, the Department of Nephrology
and Hypertension, and the Transplant Center.