Urology

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Michael C. Ost, MD

Division of Pediatric Urology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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michael.ost@chp.edu
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Education and Training

Medical School:

1998 The Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY

Residency:

2000 The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, New York, NY
2004 The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Urology, New York, NY

Fellowship:

2006 The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Department of Urology, New Hyde Park, NY
2007 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, The University of Pittsburgh Department of Urology, Pittsburgh, PA

Memberships
  • American Urological Association
  • Endourological Society
  • Society for Pediatric Urology
Awards
  • 1st prize: Endourology Fellowship Essay Contest, Basic Science
  • The Pfizer Scholars In Urology Award
  • 1st prize winning presentation in laboratory investigation at the Ferdinand C. Valentine Urology Residents Essay Meeting, the New York Section of the American Urological Association
  • 3rd prize winning presentation in laboratory investigation at the Ferdinand C. Valentine Urology Residents Essay Meeting, the New York Section of the American Urological Association
  • American Urological Association Circon ACMI Summer Scholar Fellowship Award, American Foundation for Urologic Disease
Publications
  • Ost MC, Patel KP, Rastinehad AR, Chu P, Anderson AE, Smith AD, and Lee BR. Pneumoperitoneum with CO2 Inhibits Local Macrophage TNF-a Secretion: An Etiology for Transitional Cell Carcinoma Port Site Metastasis and Prophylactic Irrigation Strategies to Decrease Laparoscopic Oncological Risks. Accepted for publication. J Endourol, 2007.
  • Kaye JD, Eisenberg ER, Amrute KV, Badlani GH, and Ost MC. High Energy TUMT vs TURP: A Meta-Analysis of Subjective and Objective Outcomes. Accepted for publication. J Endourol, 2007.
  • Smaldone MC and Ost MC. Percutaneous Treatment of Upper Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma in a Solitary Kidney Following Radical Cystectomy. Submitted for publication. J Endourol, 2007.

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