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Brady Urological Institute

Our Physicians

Meet Brady’s highly skilled surgeons, oncologists, pathologists and other specialists. Our providers work together on multidisciplinary teams to customize treatment plans for each patient’s unique diagnosis. 

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Primary Appointment

Adult Urology Surgeons

  • Mohamad Ezzeddine Allaf, M.D.

    • Urologist-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Jakurski Family Director
    • Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
    • Director, Department of Urology
    • Professor of Urology
    • Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Kidney Cancer, Laparoscopic Kidney Surgery, Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostatectomy, Urology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Justin Omar Benabdallah, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Bladder Cancer, Endourology, Kidney Cancer

    Primary Location: Sibley Medical Building, Washington, DC

  • Arthur Louis Burnett, M.D.

    • Director, Basic Science Laboratory in Neuro-Urology
    • Patrick C. Walsh Professor of Urology
    • Director, Sexual Medicine Fellowship Program
    • Professor of Urology
    • Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Cystocele, Enterocele, Erectile Dysfunction, Gender Affirming Care, Male Sexual Dysfunction

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Marisa Meyer Clifton, M.D.

    • Director, Women’s Health, Brady Urological Institute
    • Director, Urology Residency Program
    • Director, Urology Robotic Education
    • Associate Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Bladder Stones, Kidney Stones, Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Pelvic Organ Prolapse

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Andrew Jason Cohen, M.D.

    • Division Director, Benign Urology
    • Associate Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Erectile Dysfunction, Gender Affirming Care, Genitourinary Reconstruction, Hidradenitis

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Arvin K. George, M.B. B.CH. B.A.O.

    • Director of Prostate Cancer Programs
    • Associate Professor (PAR) of Urology

    Expertise: Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer, Adrenal Cancer, Cryoablation of Prostate Cancer, Elevated PSA, Image-Guided Prostate Biopsy

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Howard County, Columbia, MD

  • Ahmed Ezzat Ghazi, M.D.

    • Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
    • Director of Surgical Simulation Training
    • Associate Professor (PAR) of Urology

    Expertise: Bladder Stones, Kidney Cancer, Kidney Stones, Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laparoscopic Kidney Surgery

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Misop Han, M.D.

    • David Hall McConnell Professor of Urology and Oncology
    • Medical Director, Credentials Committee, Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Director, Urology Informatics
    • Professor of Urology
    • Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Kidney Cancer, Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostatectomy, Robotic Surgery

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Amin Sedaghat Herati, M.D.

    • Director of Male Infertility and Men’s Health
    • Assistant Professor of Urology
    • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

    Expertise: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Erectile Dysfunction, Low Testosterone, Male Infertility, Pelvic Pain

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, MD

  • Thomas William Jarrett, M.D.

    • Chief of Urology, National Capital Region
    • Professor (PAR) of Urology

    Expertise: Adrenal Tumors, Kidney Cancer, Kidney Cysts, Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction

    Primary Location: Sibley Medical Building, Washington, DC

  • Max Kates, M.D.

    • Division Director, Urologic Oncology
    • Director, Bladder Cancer Program
    • Associate Professor of Urology
    • Associate Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Robotic Cystectomy, Robotic Prostatectomy, Robotic Surgery

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • Brian Richard Matlaga, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Director, The Stephens Center for Stone Disease
    • Executive Vice Chair, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
    • Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Endourology, Kidney Stones, Urology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Patrick Walid Mufarrij, M.D.

    • Associate Professor (PAR) of Urology

    Expertise: Kidney Stones, Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction, Urologic Interventions, Urologic Surgery, Urological Oncology

    Primary Location: Sibley Medical Building, Washington, DC

  • Naren Nimmagadda, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Bladder Cancer, Bladder Stones, Hydrocele, Kidney Cancer

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Howard County, Columbia, MD

  • Sunil Hemant Patel, M.D., M.A.

    • Director of the Testicular Cancer Program
    • Associate Residency Program Director
    • Assistant Urologic Oncology Fellowship Director
    • Assistant Professor of Urology
    • Assistant Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Bladder Cancer, Cancer Survivorship, Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Thrombectomy, Kidney Cancer, Nephroureterectomy

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Christian Paul Pavlovich, M.D.

    • Bernard L. Schwartz Distinguished Professor in Urologic Oncology
    • Director, Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Program
    • Director, Urologic Oncology Fellowship
    • Co-Director, Prostate Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinics
    • Professor of Urology
    • Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Active Surveillance for Kidney Cancer, Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostatectomy

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Nirmish Singla, M.D., M.Sc.

    • Director of Translational Research in GU Oncology
    • Director, Kidney Cancer Program
    • Co-Director, Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer (UTUC) Program
    • Vice Chair and Physician Advisor for Quality, Safety, & Service, Brady Urological Institute
    • Associate Professor of Urology
    • Associate Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Active Surveillance for Kidney Cancer, Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer, Adrenal Cancer, Adrenal Surgery, Adrenalectomy

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Armine K Smith, M.D.

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Urologic Oncology at Sibley Memorial Hospital
    • Assistant Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Bladder Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Laparoscopic Kidney Surgery, Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, Minimally Invasive Surgery

    Primary Location: Sibley Medical Building, Washington, DC

  • Patrick C Walsh, M.D.

    • University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology
    • Professor Emeritus of Urology

    Expertise: Prostate Cancer, Urologic Surgery, Urology

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Edward James Wright III, M.D.

    • Director, Division of Reconstructive and Neurological Urology
    • Director of Urology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Associate Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Incontinence, Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Urethral Stricture

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Pediatric Urology Surgeons

  • Heather Noelle Di Carlo, M.D.

    • Interim Director, Pediatric Urology
    • Director, Pediatric Urology Research

    Expertise: Bladder Cancer, Bladder Exstrophy, Gender Affirming Care, Hernias, Hypospadias

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Chad Barrett Crigger, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Director, Pediatric Urology Research
    • Director, Pediatric Urologic Robotic Surgery
    • Associate Program Director, Urology Residency

    Expertise: Urology

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

  • John P Gearhart, M.D.

    • Robert D. Jeffs Professor

    Expertise: Ambiguous Genitalia, Bladder Exstrophy, Major Urologic Birth Defects, Pediatric Urology, Urologic Surgery

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center), Baltimore, MD

  • Ming-Hsien Wang, M.D.

    • Director, Pediatric Urology Fellowship Program

    Expertise: Hypospadias, Pediatric Urology, Undescended Testis, Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction, Urinary Tract Infections

    Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance), Baltimore, MD

  • Qiaqia Charlotte Wu, M.D.

    • Residency Program Director

    Expertise: Bladder Cancer, Genitourinary Reconstruction, Hernias, Hydronephrosis, Hypospadias

    Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD

Our Multidisciplinary Partners