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Dr. McVary graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree (with distinction) in 1979. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in 1983 and completed a two year program in general surgery at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. A four year urology residency, which included one year investigating neural influences on sexual refluxes as the Riba Urology Research Fellow, followed. Since that time, Dr. McVary has joined the staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is now an Associate Professor of Urology at the Feinberg School. He serves as the Director of the Center for Sexual Health at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, conducts the Prostate Diseases Minimally Invasive Program, and heads the andrology fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. McVary's primary clinical areas are prostate diseases, including prostate cancer and BPH, as well as the evaluation and treatment of sexual function. Dr. McVary has had extensive experience conducting clinical trials for the National Institutes of Health and numerous private and industry foundations.

Dr. McVary has an active research laboratory which investigates the molecular mechanisms controlling the neural role in erectile dysfunction as well as the neural control of prostate development and function. He is one of four principal investigators on Northwestern University's prestigious prostate cancer SPORE award as well as the principal investigator on two NIH basic research grants (R01) and two NIH clinical trials (U01) studying medical and surgical therapies for prostate disease. In addition, he is a member of the Lurie Cancer Center and the graduate school faculty. Dr. McVary recently received a 5 year NIH $1.1 million grant for studying the effect of microwave technology for the non-invasive treatment of BPH.

He is currently a member of the National Institutes of Health MTOPS Steering Committee and an Executive Board member of the National Institutes of Health Minimally Invasive Surgeries Trial (MIST) for BPH. Dr. McVary contributes regularly to national, federal and international panels to establish the guidelines for management of erectile dysfunction and treatment of BPH.

Education

Undergraduate: Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Medical school: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Internship: General Surgery, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Surgery residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Urology residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Postdoctoral research training: Riba Fellowship, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Selected Publications
The following publications are selected from a complete CV. For more information on Dr. McVary's scholarly productivity, please contact his office.

Journal Articles

1. McKenna KE, Chung SK, McVary KT. A model for the study of sexual function in anesthetized male and female rats. Am J Physiol.  261(5 Pt 2):R1276-85. 1991.
2. Pearle MS, Oyasu R, Hidvegi D, Sutkowski D, Rademaker A, Cajulis R, Grayhack JT, McVary KT. Touch preparation of cytological evaluation of radical prostatectomy specimens. J Urol. 152(1):124-8. 1994.
3. Kim ED, McVary KT. Long-term followup of treatment of Peyronie’s disease with plaque incision, carbon dioxide laser plaque ablation and placement of a deep dorsal vein patch graft. J Urol. 153(6):1843-6. 1995.
4. Oefelein MG, Colangelo LA, Rademaker AW, McVary KT. Intraoperative blood loss and prognosis in prostate cancer patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy. J Urol. 154(2 Pt 1):442-7. 1995.
5. Oefelein MG, Grayhack JT, McVary KT. Survival after radical retropubic prostatectomy of men with clinically localized high grade carcinoma of the prostate. Cancer. 76(12):2535-42. 1995.
6. McVary KT, Rathnau CH, McKenna KE. Sexual dysfunction in the diabetic BB/WOR rat: a role of central neuropathy. Am J Physiol. 272(1 Pt 2):R259-67. 1997.
7. Wang X, Brannigan RE, Rademaker AW, McVary KT, Oyasu R. One core positive prostate biopsy is a poor predictor of cancer volume in the radical prostatectomy specimen. J Urol. 158(4):1431-5. 1997.
8. Oefelein MG, Smith ND, Grayhack JT, Schaeffer AJ, McVary KT. Long-term results of radical retropubic prostatectomy in men with high grade carcinoma of the prostate. J Urol. 158(4):1460-5. 1997.
9. Brannigan RE, Kim ED, Oyasu R, McVary KT. Comparison of tunica albuginea substitutes for the treatment of Peyronie's disease. J Urol. 159(3):1064-8. 1998.
10. Brannigan RE, Shin E, Rademaker A, Oyasu R, Huang CF, Pearle MS, McVary KT. The usefulness of touch preparation cytological evaluation and prostatic capsule involvement in prediction of prostate cancer recurrence. J Urol. 160(5):1741-7. 1998.
11. Althof SE, Corty EW, Levine SB, Seftel A, Levine F, Burnett A, McVary K, Stecher V. EDITS: development of questionnaires for evaluating satisfaction with treatments for erectile dysfunction. Urology. 53(4):793-9. 1999.
12. Gonzalez CM, Bervig T, Podlasek C, Huang CF, McKenna KE, McVary KT. Sildenafil causes a dose and time dependent downregulation of phosphodiesterase type 6 expression in the rat retina. Int J Impot Res. 11(S1):S9-14. 1999.
13. Jain P, Rademaker AW, McVary KT. Testosterone supplementation for erectile dysfunction: results of a meta-analysis. J Urol. 164(2):371-5. 2000.
14. Gonzalez CM, Bervig T, Zelner D, Brannigan R, McKenna K, McVary KT. Protein and gene expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms I and III in the rat penile shaft. J Androl. 22(1):54-61. 2001.
15. Podlasek CA, Zelner D, Bervig TR, Gonzalez CM, McKenna KE, McVary KT. Characterization and localization of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the BB/WOR diabetic rat. J Urol. 166(2):746-55. 2001.
16. McVary KT, Carrier S, Wessells H. Smoking and erectile dysfunction: evidence based analysis. J Urol. 166(5):1624-32. 2001.
17. Podlasek CA, Gonzalez CM, Zelner D, Jiang HB, McKenna KE, McVary KT. Analysis of nitric oxide synthase isoform changes in post radical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction. Int J Imp Res. 13(S5):S1-15. 2001.
18. Podlasek C, Houston J, McKenna KE, McVary KT. Posterior Hox gene expression in developing genitalia. Evol Dev. 4(2):142-63. 2002.
19. User H, Hairston J, Zelner D, McKenna K, McVary KT. Penile weight and cell subtype specific changes in a post-radical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction. J Urol. 169(3):1175-9. 2003.
20. Podlasek CA, Zelner DJ, Jiang HB, Tang Y, Houston J, McKenna KE, McVary KT. Sonic hedgehog cascade is required for penile postnatal morphogenesis, differentiation, and adult homeostasis.  Biol Reprod. 68(2):423-38. 2003.
21. User H, Zelner DJ, McKenna KE, McVary KT. Microarray analysis and description of SMR1 gene in rat penis in a post-radical prostatectomy model of erectile dysfunction. J Urol. 170(1):298-301. 2003.
22. Podlasek CA, Zelner DJ, Harris JD, Meroz CL, Tang Y, McKenna KE, McVary KT. Altered Sonic hedgehog signaling is associated with morphological abnormalities in the penis of the BB/WOR diabetic rat. Biol Reprod. 69(3):816-27. 2003.
23. McVary KT. Sexual dysfunction in men with lower urinary tract symptoms and benign prostatic hyperplasia: an emerging link. BJU Int. 91(9):770-1. 2003. 
24. McConnell JD, Roehrborn CG, Bautista OM, Andriole GL Jr, Dixon CM, Kusek JW, Lepor H, McVary KT, Nyberg LM Jr, Clarke HS, Crawford ED, Diokno A, Foley JP, Foster HE, Jacobs SC, Kaplan SA, Kreder KJ, Lieber MM, Lucia MS, Miller GJ, Menon M, Milam DF, Ramsdell JW, Schenkman NS, Slawin KM, Smith JA; Medical Therapy of Prostatic Symptoms (MTOPS) Research Group. The long-term effects of doxazosin, finasteride and the combination on the clinical progression of BPH. N Engl J Med. 349(25):2387-98. 2003.
25. Brown JS, Wessells H, Chancellor MB, Howards SS, Stamm WE, Stapleton AE, Steers WD, Van Den Eeden SK, McVary KT.  Urologic complications of diabetes. Diabetes Care. Accepted. 2004.

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