UF Department of Urology is pleased to announce the addition of Kirstan K. Meldrum, MD, FAAP to our faculty as Professor and Chief of Pediatric Urology for UF&Shands in Gainesville. Dr. Meldrum received her medical degree with honors from the University of Colorado and completed her urology residency training at Indiana University.   She…

On 11/24/09 Dr. Li-Ming Su and his team performed the first single port laparoscopic surgery within the department of urology for a symptomatic 20 centimeter kidney cyst. Instead of using conventional laparoscopy which requires 3-4 skin incisions, Dr. Su performed the surgery through a single 2.5 centimeter incision…

On 2/8/2010, UF minimally invasive surgeons, Dr. Parekattil and Dr.Atalah, performed robot-assisted single port laparoscopic surgery with the use of the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.). This case involved abdominal microsurgical neurolysis for a patient with chronic testicular and lower abdominal pain and is the first…