John Phillips, M.D.'s interests are in robotic and urologic oncologic surgery, clinical trials, and residency training. Dr. Phillips has a strong interest in basic science stemming from his fellowship at the National Institute of Health, which led him to pursue nanoparticle and genetic research at New York Medical College. In a multi-institutional collaboration, his team has developed new nano-particle-based therapies which will be the basis for a first-in-humans clinical trial of bladder cancers. A dedication to residency training has been incorporated into Dr. Phillips' career and he has been program director of the urology residency program at Westchester Medical Center since 2007. Dr. Phillips serves as the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Urologic History which aims to be a free resource for scholarly articles in the art, culture, and history of urology. 

Areas of Expertise

• Minimally invasive and robotic surgery
• Urologic oncology
• Urology

Education

• M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
• Residency, General Surgery and Urology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
• Fellowship, Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health

Honors and Awards

• William Didusch Art & History Award
• American Urological Association, 2020
• Recipient, 2019-2022 Empire Clinical Investigator Program (ECRIP) grant
• President, New York State Urological Society (NYSUS), 2017-2019

Research

• Empire State Clinical Research Training Program (ECRIP), 2020-2022, Co-Investigator (with Dazhong Xu, PhD) New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, “Nanoparticle Therapy in Bladder Cancer”: $500,000
• Seize the Ribbon Bladder Cancer Research Fund, 2010-2020: $125,000

Publications

• Ambinder D, Lubarsky R, Barnett J, et. al. "AUTHOR REPLY." Urology, 180(), (2023) 33-34. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2023.05.055
• Lubarsky R, Ambinder D, Barnett J, et. al. "Prostate Cancer: Under-representation of African American Men in Research Studies Used in the Latest NCCN Guidelines." Urology, 180(), (2023) 28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2023.05.051
• Li C, Edeni D, Platkin S, et. al. "Effect of Gene 33/Mig6/ERRFI1 on hexavalent chromium-induced transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells depends on the length of exposure." Journal of environmental science and health. Part C, Toxicology and carcinogenesis, 40(3-4), (2022) 227-247. doi: 10.1080/26896583.2022.2147358
• Hirani R, Harutyunyan A, Phillips JL, et. al. "Interventions to Reduce Opioid Prescriptions Following Urological Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Letter." The Journal of urology, 208(5), (2022) 958. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000002943
• Bassily D, Wong V, Phillips JL, et. al. "Rezūm for retention-retrospective review of water vaporization therapy in the management of urinary retention in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia." The Prostate, 81(14), (2021) 1049-1054. doi: 10.1002/pros.24201
• Wong TH, Ambinder D, Flusberg M, et. al. "Small lymphocytic lymphoma of the prostate mimicking a PIRADS 5 lesion that resolved after systemic treatment." Urology case reports, 39(), (2021) 101775. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101775
• Patel NH, Parikh SS, Bloom JB, et. al. "Contemporary Trends in Percutaneous Nephrolithomy Across New York State: A Review of the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System." Journal of endourology, 33(9), (2019) 699-703. doi: 10.1089/end.2019.0115

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Recent Presentations

• Masterclass in Endourology and Robotics, “Advances in Robotic Kidney”, Society of Urologic Robotic Surgeons (SURS) & Endourology Society, August 27th, 2021
• Empire Urologic lecture series, NYS AUA, “Adrenal diseases for the Urologist”, April 14th, 2020
• Grand Rounds, Department of Oncology, “Molecular Markers in the Management of Prostate Cancer”, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY April 11th, 2019
• Medical Student Lecture, “The Genito-Urinary Exam”, January 31st, 2019, Valhalla, NY
• Grand Rounds, Department of Transplantation Medicine, “The Incidental Renal Mass”, Westchester Medical Center, January 4th, 2019

Memberships and Affiliations

• American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU)
• New York State Urological Society (NYSUS)
• New York Section, AUA
• Society for Urologic Oncology
• American Urologic Association (AUA)
• Mid-Atlantic Section, AUA

Languages

• Spanish
• German