Professor of Urology, UC Irvine
Urology
Dr. Thomas E. Ahlering, MD
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Thomas E. Ahlering is an expert in the field of Urology. He attended Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Saint Louis University School of Medicine is ranked 67/57 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:LA Area", "Top Doctors:San Diego Area", "2012 NCI Clinician Award", "Certificates of Recognition in Accrual (2)", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "Top Investigator Award", "Best Poster Award", "Certificate of Recognition", "SURP Fellow, Mentor", "Honorable Mention Sci. Paper", "Honorable Mention for Urology Scientific Paper", "Outstanding Paper", "Best of Poster Session", "Best of Meeting Poster, 2 posters", "Physician of Excellence", "Distinquished Robotic Surgeon Award; Pioneer of da Vinci Urology Surgery", "Specialist of the Month", "Teaching Award", "Honorary Professor", "Who's Who in America", "Best Clinical Service for Teaching Award", "America's Best Doctors", "1992 Essay Award (1st place)", "Joseph F. McCarthy Essay Contest Second Place", "Student Research Grant Award", "1982 Essay Award (2nd place)", "Outstanding Urologic In-Service Score", "Academic Achievement Scholarship Winner", "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Thomas E. Ahlering is also a published physician. He has 98 paper published. The most recent paper is: Vena caval resection for bulky metastatic germ cell tumors: an 18-year experience.
Publications
- Re: risk of incisional hernia after minimally invasive and open radical Prostatectomy.
- Long-term Outcomes in Severe Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men Undergoing Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy.
- A Comparative Analysis of Complications After Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Men Aged ≤69 and ≥70 Years.
- Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Vesicare(™) (Solifenacin) in the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence After Radical Prostatectomy.
- Urinary nerve growth factor as an oncologic biomarker for prostate Cancer aggressiveness.
- Generation of "virtual" control groups for single arm prostate Cancer adjuvant trials.
- Robotic surgery: review of prostate and Bladder cancer.
- Detailed analysis of patients with metastasis to the prostatic anterior fat pad lymph nodes: a multi-institutional study.
- Preventing Perioperative Complications of Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy.
- Preserving Continence During Robotic Prostatectomy.
- Robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy: 5-year oncological and biochemical outcomes.
- The Application of Regional Hypothermia Using Transrectal Cooling During Radical Prostatectomy: Mitigation of Surgical Inflammatory Damage to Preserve Continence.
- Athermal Tension Adjustable Suture Ligation of the Vascular Pedicle During Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy( * ).
- Rectal injury during robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy: incidence and management.
- Positive surgical margins after robotic assisted radical Prostatectomy: a multi-institutional study.
- Transverse Versus Vertical Camera Port Incision in Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Effect on Incisional Hernias and Cosmesis.
- Preliminary analysis of the feasibility and safety of salvage robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy after radiation failure: multi-institutional perioperative and short...
- The impact of cavernosal nerve preservation on continence after robotic radical Prostatectomy.
- PCA3 molecular urine assay for prostate Cancer: association with pathologic features and impact of collection protocols.
- Continence definition after radical Prostatectomy using urinary quality of life: evaluation of patient reported validated questionnaires.
- Sacrifice of accessory pudendal arteries in normally potent men during robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy does not impact potency.
- Hypothermic robotic radical Prostatectomy: impact on continence.
- Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: current evaluation of surgical margins in clinically low-, intermediate-, and high-risk prostate Cancer.
- Hypothermic nerve-sparing radical Prostatectomy: rationale, feasibility, and effect on early continence.
- Long-term impact of a robot assisted laparoscopic Prostatectomy mini fellowship training program on postgraduate urological practice patterns.
- Single institution 2-year patient reported validated sexual function outcomes after nerve sparing robot assisted radical Prostatectomy.
- Evaluation of long-term thermal injury using cautery during nerve sparing robotic Prostatectomy.
- Prostate weight and early potency in robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy.
- Transrectal ultrasound-guided, energy-free, nerve-sparing laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy.
- Vascular pedicle control during robot-assisted and laparoscopic Prostatectomy: bulldog clamp and suturing technique.
- Case report: omental splenosis discovered during robotic Prostatectomy.
- Overcoming obstacles: nerve-sparing issues in radical Prostatectomy.
- Robotic radical Prostatectomy: long-term outcomes.
- Prostate volume estimation using the ellipsoid formula consistently underestimates actual gland size.
- The effect of difluoromethylornithine on decreasing Prostate size and polyamines in men: results of a year-long phase IIb randomized placebo-controlled chemoprevention...
- Anatomic excision of anterior prostatic fat at radical Prostatectomy: implications for pathologic upstaging.
- Spread of thermal energy and heat sinks: implications for nerve-sparing robotic Prostatectomy.
- Combined inguinal hernia repair with prosthetic mesh during transperitoneal robot assisted laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy: a 4-year experience.
- Radical Prostatectomy: a current perspective.
- Impact of urethral stump length on continence and positive surgical margins in robot-assisted laparoscopic Prostatectomy.
- Fossa navicularis strictures due to 22F catheters used in robotic radical Prostatectomy.
- Reduced annexin II protein expression in high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostate Cancer.
- Impact of cautery versus cautery-free preservation of neurovascular bundles on early return of potency.
- Post-robotic Prostatectomy urinary continence: characterization of perfect continence versus occasional dribbling in pad-free men.
- Robotic Prostatectomy: is it the future?
- Rapid communication: early potency outcomes with cautery-free neurovascular bundle preservation with robotic laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy.
- Feasibility study for robotic radical Prostatectomy cautery-free neurovascular bundle preservation.
- Impact of obesity on clinical outcomes in robotic Prostatectomy.
- Initial impact of a dedicated postgraduate laparoscopic mini-residency on clinical practice patterns.
- Robotic radical Prostatectomy: a technique to reduce pT2 positive margins.
- Robotic versus laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy.
- Role of robotics in laparoscopic urologic surgery.
- Anatomic guide for port placement for daVinci robotic radical Prostatectomy.
- Laparoscopic assisted radical cystectomy with ileal neoBladder: a comparison with the open approach.
- Robotic laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy with a single assistant.
- Robot-assisted versus open radical Prostatectomy: a comparison of one surgeon's outcomes.
- Successful transfer of open surgical skills to a laparoscopic environment using a robotic interface: initial experience with laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy.
- Technique for laparoscopic running urethrovesical anastomosis:the single knot method.
- Seminal vesicle involvement in patients with D1 disease predicts early Prostate specific antigen recurrence and metastasis after radical Prostatectomy and early androg...
- Bilateral asynchronous paraTesticular leiomyosarcomas.
- Mechanisms of human Bladder tumor invasion: role of protease cathepsin B.
- Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: clinical findings and surgical considerations.
- Depth of penetration of the neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser in the human Prostate at various dosimetry.
- Depth of penetration of the neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser in the human Prostate and clinical results of high-dose laser energy in 50 patients.
- Screening cystoscopy and survival of spinal cord injured patients with squamous cell cancer of the Bladder.
- Practice guidelines for prostate Cancer.
- Robotic revelation: laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy by a nonlaparoscopic surgeon.
- Re: an evaluation of the decreasing incidence of positive surgical margins in a large retropubic Prostatectomy series.
- Robotic equipment malfunction during robotic Prostatectomy: a multi-institutional study.
- Impact of regional hypothermia on urinary continence and potency after robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy.
- Simple method to predict return of continence after robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy.
- Words of wisdom. Re: Impact of posterior musculofascial reconstruction on early continence after robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy: results of a prospective paralle...
- Training, credentialing, proctoring and medicolegal risks of robotic urological surgery: recommendations of the society of urologic robotic surgeons.
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the recovery of potency after radical Prostatectomy: effect of unilateral vs bilateral nerve sparing.
- Zero positive surgical margins after radical Prostatectomy: is the end in sight.
- Radical Prostatectomy stabilizes peak urinary flow rates.
- Update on robotic laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy.
- [Radical robot Prostatectomy: oncological outcomes].
- Nerve-sparing techniques in open and laparoscopic Prostatectomy.
- Short-term impact of a robot-assisted laparoscopic Prostatectomy ''mini-residency'' experience on postgraduate urologists'' practice patterns.
- Long-term outcome of detectable PSA levels after radical Prostatectomy.
- Laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy: review and assessment of an emerging technique.
- Retrospective analysis of urologic complications in male patients with spinal cord injury managed with and without indwelling Urinary catheters.
- Vena caval resection for bulky metastatic germ cell tumors: an 18-year experience.
- Adenocarcinoma in an Indiana pouch Urinary diversion.
- Simplified technique with short and long-term followup of conversion of an ileal conduit to an Indiana pouch.
- Prostate needle biopsy infection after four or six dose ciprofloxacin.
- A comparative study of postoperative complications associated with the modified Indiana pouch in elderly versus younger patients.
- Continent Urinary diversion using a Modified Indiana Pouch in elderly patients.
- Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the contralateral ureter.
- Urological evaluation and management of renal-proximity stab wounds.
- Late complications of the modified Indiana pouch.
- Use of an anti-ras ribozyme to alter the malignant phenotype of a human Bladder cancer cell line.
- The pathogenesis and management of urothelial malignancies.
- Angiosarcoma of the Bladder after therapeutic irradiation for prostate cancer.
- Vena caval resection in bulky metastatic germ cell tumors.
- A comparative study of the ileal conduit, Kock pouch and modified Indiana pouch.
Schools
Saint Louis University School Of Medicine
L a Co Usc Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Prostate Removal
- Prostatectomy With Robotic Assistance
Conditions Treated
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Stones
- Blood in Urine (Hematuria)
- Elevated PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen)
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Doctors Specialties
- Urology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors:LA Area
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area
- 2012 NCI Clinician Award
- Certificates of Recognition in Accrual (2)
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- Top Investigator Award
- Best Poster Award
- Certificate of Recognition
- SURP Fellow, Mentor
- Honorable Mention Sci. Paper
- Honorable Mention for Urology Scientific Paper
- Outstanding Paper
- Best of Poster Session
- Best of Meeting Poster, 2 posters
- Physician of Excellence
- Distinquished Robotic Surgeon Award; Pioneer of da Vinci Urology Surgery
- Specialist of the Month
- Teaching Award
- Honorary Professor
- Who's Who in America
- Best Clinical Service for Teaching Award
- America's Best Doctors
- 1992 Essay Award (1st place)
- Joseph F. McCarthy Essay Contest Second Place
- Student Research Grant Award
- 1982 Essay Award (2nd place)
- Outstanding Urologic In-Service Score
- Academic Achievement Scholarship Winner
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center -
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Children's Hospital of Orange County -
UC Irvine Medical Center
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