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Dr. Nadler, Associate Professor of Urology and Head of the Section of Endourology, Laparoscopy, and Stone Disease, joined the Department of Urology in January 1996. During his residency training at Barnes Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Nadler was twice named outstanding resident by the faculty and was awarded both an American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Fellowship and an American Foundation of Urologic Disease National Kidney Foundation Fellowship during his research year. After residency, he was appointed to the faculty of the Division of Urology at Barnes Hospital/Washington University, where he concentrated on minimally invasive treatment for kidney stones, kidney tumors, and prostate cancer.

Dr. Nadler's specific areas of interest currently include laparoscopic urology, where he is concentrating his efforts on laparoscopic nephrectomy for benign and malignant disease. Specifically, he is developing new renal preserving laparoscopic techniques which utilize cryosurgery (freezing of tumors) and radiofrequency ablation (heating of tumors) to treat small solid kidney tumors, as well as laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. He is also utilizing his laparoscopic skills in combination with his experience in open prostate surgery to perfect the new technique of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Dr. Nadler is also experienced in minimally invasive endoscopic techniques (percutaneous nephrolithotomy, ureteroscopy, and laser lithotripsy) to treat kidney and ureteral stones, strictures, and tumors. He is Director of the Kidney Stone Center and coordinates metabolic stone evaluations (24-hour blood and urine tests) at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Finally, Dr. Nadler (in conjunction with Dr. Anthony Schaeffer) has an NIH grant to study prostatitis. Together, Drs. Nadler and Schaeffer are looking at new techniques to diagnose (cytokine analysis) and treat (biofeedback, microwave thermotherapy, laparoscopy) prostatitis.

Undergraduate: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Medical school: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Internship: General Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Surgery residency: Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Urology residency: Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Research fellow: American Foundation for Urologic Disease, National Kidney Foundation Research Fellow and American Cancer Society Clinical Oncology Research Fellow, Division of Urologic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Selected Publications
The following publications are selected from a total of 78 journal articles.  For more information on Dr. Nadler's scholarly productivity, please contact his office.

Journal Articles

1. Eggener SE, Matschke MH, Nadler RB, McVary KT, Ignatoff JM, Campbell S. Emphysematous cystitis: review of current management. Infect Urol. 15(3):12-4. 2002.
2. Nadler RB, Rubenstein JN, Kim SC, Weiser AC, Montejo MN, Vogelzang RL, Parsons WG. Percutaneous hepatolithotomy (PHL): the Northwestern University experience. J Endourol. 16(5):293-7. 2002.
3. Schaeffer AJ, Landis JR, Knauss JS, Propert KJ, Mazurick CA, Nickel JC, Shoskes DA, Alexander RB, Zeitlin SI, Kishel L, Nadler RB, Pontari MA, O’Leary MP, Kusek JW, Nyberg LM. Demographic and clinical characteristics of men with prostatitis: National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study. J Urol. 168(2):593-8. 2002.
4. Schaeffer AJ, Landis JR, Knauss JS, Propert KJ, Mazurick CA, Nickel JC, Shoskes DA, Alexander RB, Zeitlin SI, Kishel L, Nadler RB, Pontari MA, O’Leary MP, Kusek JW, Nyberg LM. Leukocyte and bacterial counts do not correlate with severity of symptoms in men with chronic prostatitis: the National Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Cohort Study. J Urol. 168(3):1048-53. 2002.
5. Nadler RB. Bladder training biofeedback and pelvic floor myalgia.
   Urology. 60(6 Suppl):42-3; discussion 44. 2002.
6. Schaeffer AJ, Datta NS, Fowler JE Jr, Krieger JN, Litwin MS, Nadler RB, Nickel JC, Pontari MA, Shoskes DA, Zeitlin SI, Hart C. Overview summary statement. Diagnosis and management of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Urology. 60(6 Suppl):1-4. 2002.
7. Nadler RB, Rubenstein JN, Eggener SE, Loor MM, Smith ND. The etiology of urolithiasis in HIV infected patients. J Urol. 169(2):475-7. 2003.
8. Siston AK, Knight SJ, Slimack NP, Chmiel JS, Nadler RB, Lyons TM, Kuzel TM, Moran EM, Sharifi R, Bennett CL. Quality of life after a diagnosis of prostate cancer among men of lower socioeconomic status: results from the Veterans Affairs Cancer of the Prostate Outcomes Study. Urology. 61(1):172-8. 2003.
9. Nadler RB, Luo Y, Zhao W, Ritchey JK, Austin JC, Cohen MB, O'Donnell MA, Ratliff TL. Interleukin 10 induced augmentation of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) enhances Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) mediated antitumor activity. Clin Exp Immunol. 131(2):206-16. 2003.
10. User HM, Nadler RB. Novel technique of renal entrapment for morcellation. J Urol. 169(6):2287-8. 2003.
11. Nadler RB, Kim SC, Rubenstein JN, Yap RL, Campbell SC, User HM. Laparoscopic renal crysosurgery: the Northwestern experience. J Urol. 170(4 Pt 1):1121-5. 2003.
12. User HM, Nadler RB. Applications of FloSeal in nephron-sparing surgery. Urology. 62(2):342-3. 2003.
13. Rubenstein JN, Blunt LW Jr, Pazona J, Lin WW, Nadler RB, User HM, Gonzalez CM. Safety and efficacy of 12-mm radial dilating ports for laparoscopic access. BJU Int. 92(3):327-9. 2003.
14. Eggener SE, Rubenstein JR, Smith ND, Nadler RB, Kontak J, Flanigan RC, Waters WB, Campbell SC. Renal tumors in young adults. J Urol. 171(1):106-10. 2004.
15. Nadler RB, Thaxton CS, Kim SC. Hand-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty and isthmectomy in a patient with a horseshoe kidney. J Endourol. 17(10):909-10. 2003.
16. Elstein AS, Chapman GB, Chmiel JS, Knight SJ, Chan C, Nadler RB, Kuzel TM, Siston AK, Bennett CL. Agreement between prostate cancer patients and their clinicians about utilities and attribute importance. Health Expect. 7(2):1-11. 2004. 
17. Eggener S, Kim SC, User HM, Pazona J, Nadler RB. Urolithiasis associated with topiramate. Br J Urol. 30(1):29-31. 2004.
18. Jain PM, Goharian N, Weiser AC, User HM, Kimm S, Kim SC, Stern JA, Pazona J, Wambi C, Yap R, Blunt LW, Nadler RB. Efficacy and safety of the Healthtronics LithoTron lithotripter. J Endourol. 18(1):1-5. 2004. 
19. Stern JA, Nadler RB. Pneumothorax masked by subcutaneous emphysema after laparoscopic nephrectomy. J Endourol. 18(5):457-8. 2004.
20. Alexander RB, Propert KJ, Schaeffer AJ, Landis JR, Nickel JC, O'Leary MP, Pontari MA, McNaughton-Collins M, Shoskes DA, Comiter CV, Datta NS, Fowler JE Jr, Nadler RB, Zeitlin SI, Knauss JS, Wang Y, Kusek JW, Nyberg LM Jr, Litwin MS. Ciprofloxacin or tamsulosin in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a randomized, double-blind trial. Ann Intern Med. 141(8):581-9. 2004.
21. Nadler RB, User HM. Percutaneous urethral catheter retraction of the prostate during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Urology. 63(6):1168-69. 2004.
22. Nadler RB, Stern JA, Kimm S, Hoff F, Rademaker AW. Coronal imaging to assess urinary tract stone size. J Urol. 172(3):962-4. 2004.
23. Rubenstein JN, Gonzalez CM, Blunt LW Jr, Clemens JQ, Nadler RB. Safety and efficacy of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Urology. 63(4):636-40. 2004.
24. Antenor JA, Han M, Roehl KA, Nadler RB, Catalona WJ. Relation between initial PSA level and subsequent prostate cancer detection in a longitudinal screening population. J Urol. 172(1):90-3. 2004.
25. Nadler RB, Blunt LW Jr, User HM, Vallancien G. Preperitoneal laparoscopic simple prostatectomy. Urology. 63(4):778-9. 2004.

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