# Michael Palese

Dr. Michael A. Palese, is an American urologist specializing in robotic, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, with a special emphasis on robotic surgeries relating to kidney cancer and kidney stone disease.
Palese is the Chairman of the Department of Urology at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel. He is a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. He is also the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System and specializes in robotic, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery.
As a board-certified urologist and fellowship-trained surgeon, he specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney, ureter, adrenal, bladder and prostate disease.
Palese performed the first robotic radical nephrectomy, robotic partial nephrectomy, robotic donor nephrectomy, robotic nephroureterectomy, robotic adrenalectomy, and robotic ureteral reimplant & reconstruction at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He holds several patents for the design of novel surgical devices.
He has been included in the Castle Connolly's List of America's “Top Doctors” in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 and The New York Times publication of “Superdoctors” in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019.

## Biography

Palese graduated from Cornell University in 1993 with a double major degree as well as a minor degree in Human Biology. He received his medical degree (M.D.) from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1997. He completed his general surgery and urology residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center and performed research at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was a research resident. He finished a fellowship in robotic and laparoscopic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in 2004.
In 2004, Palese joined the Mount Sinai Medical Center where he established the robotic surgery program for the Department of Urology. He served as the Chief of Urology at the North General Hospital in New York City from 2004 to 2008.
Palese is on the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation of Greater New York and as a consultant for The Journal of Urology. He is on the steering committee for the Initiative on Kidney Cancer (sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation) and serves on the Medical Advisory Board to the New York Giants. He is a member of the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Urological Association (AUA), the New York section of the American Urological Association, and the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS).
Professional activities, memberships and distinctions: Palese is the author of book chapters and more than one hundred articles and abstracts. He is on the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation of Greater New York and is a reviewer and consultant for the periodicals of the Journal of Urology, Urology, Urologic Oncology and Journal of Endourology . He is an Editor for the Urologic Oncology (Journal): Seminars and Original Investigations in the section of New Technologies. He is on the steering committee for the Initiative on Kidney Cancer sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. He also serves on the Medical Advisory Board to the New York Giants. He is a member of multiple organizations including the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Urological Association (AUA), the New York Section of the American Urological Association and the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS).
Palese lectures and presents his clinical research at national and international medical conferences. As a Visiting Professor he has performed live surgery and given clinical talks in the United States, Austria, Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. He teaches and mentors college students, medical students, residents and fellows. He is a course director and faculty member for several educational courses to teach urologists and other physicians. In particular he is a faculty member for the annual Basic Laparoscopy Course sponsored by the American Urological Association in Houston, Texas. He has been a guest faculty member for Laparoscopy Courses in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has also been the Course Director for several robotic surgery and advanced prostate courses & workshops held at Mount Sinai. He has been featured in the news media on multiple occasions including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, CBS, CNN and WPIX TV.
Palese is included in the Castle Connolly Medical LTD America's Top Doctors and Top Doctor for Cancer edition, The New York Times published Superdoctors and the New York magazine's annual Top Doctors issue.

## Board Certification

American Board of Urology

## Honors and awards

* America's Top Doctor: Castle Connolly Medical LTD - 2019 (17th Edition), 2018 (16th Edition), 2017 (15th Edition), 2016 (14th Edition), 2015 (14th Edition), 2014 (13th Edition)
* America's Top Doctor for Cancer: Castle Connolly Medical LTD - 2019 (14th Edition), 2018 (13th Edition), 2017 (12th Edition), 2016 (11th Edition), 2015 (10th Edition), 2014 (9th Edition)
* Super Doctors of New York (The New York Times) -2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
* New York Magazine: Top Doctors -2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
* New York Metro Area Top Doctor: Castle Connolly Medical LTD - 2019 (22nd Edition), 2018 (21st Edition), 2017 (20th Edition), 2016 (19th Edition), 2015 (18th Edition), 2014 (17th Edition), 2013 (16th Edition), 2012 (15th Edition), 2011 (14th Edition), 2010 (13th Edition)
* Guide to America's Top Surgeon -2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
* Best Doctors in America -2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
* Cornell University Extern Program Sponsor 2008-2017
* Best Video/Multispecialty: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) 2014
* Best Video/Urology: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) 2014
* Best Poster Presentation: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) 2014
* Best Video/Multispecialty: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) 2012
* Best Reviewer Award - Journal of Urology (Kidney Section) 2011
* Best Video/ Urology: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) 2005
* Fellow; American College of Surgeons (ACS) 2004
* Resident Achievement Award: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) 2003
* Pfizer Scholar Award and Grant 2003
* Gerald P. Murphy Scholar 2003
* Emil Tanagho Prize for Best Innovative Research; International Society for Sexual and Impotence Research (ISSIR) 2002
* Sponseller Award for Excellence in Research 2002
* National Kidney Foundation of Maryland Grant; (NKF) 2001-2002

## Clinical trials

Current clinical trials include:
* GCO 99-415. Tissue Banking of Prostate, Kidney, Bladder Tissue and Blood.
* GCO 03–0962. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Phase 3 Trial of Immunotherapy with Autologous Antigen Presenting Cells Loaded with PA2024 (Provenge®, APC8015) in Men with Metastatic, Androgen Independent Prostatic Adenocarcinomas.
* GCO 03-0962(2). An Open Label, Single Arm Trial of Immunotherapy with Autologous Antigen Presenting Cells Loaded with PA2024 (APC8015F) for Subjects With Objective Disease Progression and Disease-Related Pain on Trial D9902 Part B (PB01).
* GCO 08–0813. A Randomized, Multicenter, Single Blind Study in Men with Metastatic Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer to Evaluate Sipuleucel-T Manufactured with Different Concentrations of PA2024 Antigen (P07-2).
* GCO 09–1509. An open label study of sipuleucel-T in men with castrate resistant prostate cancer.
* GCO 10–0751. A Phase I Neoadjuvant Study of In-Situ REIC/Dkk-3 Gene Therapy Followed by Prostatectomy in Patients with High Risk of Localized Prostate Cancer (MTG-REIC-PC001).

## Book chapters

* Wedmid A and Palese MA. Complications of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy. Complications of Laparoscopic and Robotic Urologic Surgery. Springer, New York, 2010:127-142.
* Palese MA, Del Pizzo JJ, Munver R and Poppas D. Robotic assisted adult and pediatric pyeloplasty. Textbook of Laparoscopic Urology. Informa Healthcare, New York, 2006:303-311.
* Palese MA, Mulhall JP and Goldstein I. Surgical treatments for vasculogenic erectile dysfunction. Atlas of Male Sexual Dysfunction. Current Medicine LLC, Philadelphia, 2004:115-125.

## Publications

* Palese, MA (Jan 2011). "Opposing views: Laparoscopic cryoablation for a 3 cm nonhilar renal tumor". J Urol. 185 (1): 14–6. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2010.10.005. PMID 21074203.
* Wedmid, A; Palese, MA (February 2010). "Diagnosis and treatment of the adrenal cyst". Curr Urol Rep. 11 (1): 44–50. doi:10.1007/s11934-009-0080-1. PMID 20425637. S2CID 207339958.
* Chin, EH; Hazzan, D; Edye, M; Wisnivesky, JP; Herron, DM; Ames, SA; Palese, MA; Pomp, A; Gagner, M; Bromberg, JS (July 2009). "The first decade of a laparoscopic donor nephrectomy program: effect of surgeon and institution experience with 512 cases from 1996 to 2006". J Am Coll Surg. 209 (1): 106–113. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.02.060. PMID 19651070.
* Maniar, KP; Kalir, TL; Palese, MA; Unger, PD (2009). "Endosalpingiosis of the Urinary Bladder: A Case of Probable Implantative Origin With Characterization of Benign Fallopian Tube Immunohistochemistry". Int J Surg Pathol. 18 (5): 381–3. doi:10.1177/1066896909332730. PMID 19282293. S2CID 30517521.
* Simon, DR; Palese, MA (Jan 2009). "Clinical update on the management of adrenal hemorrhage". Curr Urol Rep. 10 (1): 78–83. doi:10.1007/s11934-009-0014-y. PMID 19116100. S2CID 19336379.
* Mufarrij, PW; Woods, M; Shah, OD; Palese, MA; Berger, AD; Thomas, R; Stifelman, MD (October 2008). "Robotic dismembered pyleoplasty: A 6-year, multi-institutional experience". J. Urol. 180 (4): 1391–1396. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2008.06.024. PMID 18707739.
* Muller, A; Akin-Olugbade, Y; Deveci, S; Donohue, JF; Tal, R; Kobylarz, KA; Palese, M; Mulhall, JP (2008). "The Impact of Shock Wave Therapy at Varied Energy and Dose Levels on Functional and Structural Changes in Erectile Tissue". Eur Urol. 53 (3): 635–642. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2007.06.032. PMID 17618733.
* Simon, DR; Palese, MA (Jan 2008). "Noninvasive adrenal imaging in hyperaldosteronism". Curr Urol Rep. 9 (1): 80–87. doi:10.1007/s11934-008-0015-2. PMID 18366979. S2CID 42425768.
* Disick, GI; Palese, MA (Jan 2007). "Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma: diagnosis and management". Curr Urol Rep. 8 (1): 83–88. doi:10.1007/s11934-007-0025-5. PMID 17239321. S2CID 22383285.
* Raman, JD; Palese, MA; Ng, CK; Boorjian, SA; Scherr, DS; Del Pizzo, JJ; Sosa, RE (December 2006). "Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy for Upper Urinary Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma". JSLS. 10 (4): 432–438. PMC 3015762. PMID 17575752.
* Deveci, S; Palese, MA; Parker, M; Guhring, P; Mulhall, JP (2006). "Erectile function profiles in men with Peyronie's disease". J Urol. 175 (5): 1807–11. doi:10.1016/S0022-5347(05)01018-9. PMID 16600766.
* Hurt, KJ; Sezen, SF; Champion, HC; Crone, JK; Palese, MA; Huang, PL; Sawa, A; Luo, X; Musicki, B; Snyder, SH; Burnett, AL (Feb 2006). "Alternatively spliced neuronal nitric oxide synthase mediates penile erection". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103 (9): 3440–3. Bibcode:2006PNAS..103.3440H. doi:10.1073/pnas.0511326103. PMC 1413936. PMID 16488973.
* Schiff, JD; Palese, MA; Vaughan, ED; Sosa, RE; Coll, D; Del Pizzo, JJ (2005). "Laparoscopic vs. open partial nephrectomy in consecutive patients: The Cornell Experience". BJU International. 96 (6): 811–814. doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05718.x. PMID 16153207.
* Boorjian, S; Ng, C; Munver, R; Palese, MA; Vaughan, ED Jr.; Sosa, RE; Del Pizzo, JJ; Scherr, D. (August 2005). "Impact of delay to nephroureterectomy for patients undergoing ureteroscopic biopsy and laser tumor ablation of upper tract transitional cell carcinoma". Urology. 66 (2): 283–287. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2005.02.022. PMID 16098357.
* Palese, MA; Munver, R; Phillips, CK; Dinlenc, C; Stifelmann, M; DelPizzo, JJ (2005). "Robot-assisted laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty". JSLS. 9 (3): 252–257. PMC 3015619. PMID 16121866.
* Palese, MA; Stifelmann, MD; Munver, R; Sosa, RE; Philipps, CK; Dinlenc, C; Del Pizzo, JJ (April 2005). "Robot-assisted laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty: A combined experience". J Endourol. 19 (3): 382–6. doi:10.1089/end.2005.19.382. PMID 15865532.
* Boorjian, S; Ng, C; Munver, R; Palese, MA; Sosa, RE; Vaughan, ED; Del Pizzo, JJ; Scherr, DS (November 2004). "Abnormal selective cytology predicts tumor recurrences in upper tract transitional cell carcinoma treated with endoscopic laser ablation". J Endourol. 18 (9): 912–916. doi:10.1089/end.2004.18.912. PMID 15659932.
* Musicki, B; Palese, MA; Crone, JK; Burnett, AL (February 2004). "Phosphorylated endothelial nitric oxide synthase mediates vascular endothelial growth factor-induced penile erection". Biol Reprod. 70 (2): 282–289. doi:10.1095/biolreprod.103.021113. PMID 14522830.
* Palese, MA; Crone, JK; Burnett, AL (September 2003). "A castrated mouse model of erectile dysfunction". J Androl. 24 (5): 699–703. doi:10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb02729.x. PMID 12954660.
* Palese, MA; Colonna, JO; Chai, TC (March 2003). "Donor to native ureteroureterostomy in a patient with preexisting ileal conduit during renal transplantation". Urology. 61 (3): 643. doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(02)02376-2. PMID 12639666.
* Palese, MA; Su, LM; Kavoussi, L (July 2002). "Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection after chemotherapy". Urology. 60 (1): 130–134. doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(02)01670-9. PMID 12100938.
* Hurt, KJ; Musicki, B; Palese, MA; Crone, JK; Becker, RE; Moriarity, JL; Snyder, SH; Burnett, AL (2002). "Akt-dependent phosphorylation of endothelial nitric-oxide synthase mediates penile erection". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 99 (6): 4061–4066. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99.4061H. doi:10.1073/pnas.052712499. PMC 122648. PMID 11904450.
* Palese, MA; Burnett, AL (December 2001). "Corporoplasty using pericardium allograft (tutoplast) with complex penile prosthesis surgery". Urology. 58 (6): 1049–1052. doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01410-8. PMID 11744489.
* Palese, MA; Ferrer, F; Perlman, E; Gearhart, JP (September 2001). "Metanephric stromal tumor: A rare benign pediatric renal mass". Urology. 58 (3): 462. doi:10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01171-2. PMID 11549506.