Lee Zhao (@lee_c

Lee Zhao

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Lee Zhao

@lee_c_zhao

Reconstructive Urologist, NYU Langone Health, views are my own leezhaomd.org youtube.com/@lee_c_zhao

New York

nyulangone.org/doctors/167972…

Joined March 2011

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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Feb 10
Surgery is a "wicked" environment: feedback is delayed, noisy, and often biased. My essay on why experience doesn't always equal mastery, and how to learn when the feedback loops are broken. leezhaomd.org/post/the-wicke… #MedTwitter #Surgery #MedEd
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The Wicked Problem of Surgical Failure | Lee Zhao MD
Or: Why the Best Surgeons Cannot Escape Variance, and What That Teaches Us About Learning in Complex Systems 1. The Ether Dome and the Statistician On October
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Oct 29, 2023
Eliminating unnecessary maneuvers is the first step to efficiency in surgery. The bipolar can be used to burn/cut dyed monofilament sutures. No need to pass in an instrument to cut or to use the needle driver to twist and break.
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Jul 15, 2023
Taking some time to reflect this summer weekend. Almost 10 yrs ago, I started @NYUUrology after training @NM_Urology @UTSWUrology. Just got promoted to Professor @nyulangone. Grateful to my patients, partners, fellows, residents, students for an incredible decade.
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Feb 12, 2022
When I was a resident (~>10 yrs ago), I said that I wanted do robotic reconstructive urologic surgery & I was told there was no such field. Now: tables for lunch with experts in recon #NARUS2022 Thanks to pals @mdstifelman @md_eun for being on this incredible journey together
Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Sep 9, 2023
@nyuurology series of 105 robotic posterior urethroplasty. Take home: high success rates for a variety of etiology, possible to preserve continence for VUAS @societygurs #GURS23 authors.elsevier.com/a/1hjyZKZx3c9Je
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Jun 30, 2020
When I was a resident, I stated that I plan to go into robotic reconstructive surgery, & I was told that there was no such thing. Thanks to @NYUUrology for giving me the opportunity, esp the collaboration w @mdstifelman Soon there will be a textbook!
Michael Stifelman
@mdstifelman
Jun 30, 2020
One step closer to publication. Looking forward to helping pushing this field forward and promoting adoption. So great to see EVERYONE’s hard work come to fruition. @lee_c_zhao @md_eun Cheste Koh @SpringerNature
Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Nov 29, 2021
@NYUUrology technique of SP robotic posterior urethroplasty w buccal graft in @GoldJournal, minimally invasive repair of difficult stenoses, potential to avoid perineal urethral mobilization @SocietyGURS Full article: authors.elsevier.com/a/1e76pKZx3UXbk
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Dec 28, 2024
Annual review: 2024 was productive. ~600 cases, ⬇️urethroplasty (⬆️Optilume),⬆️ureter recon, ⬆️robot📈innovation. Lucky to be at the right place @nyulangone, privileged to train residents, fellows, colleagues, & grateful for the trust patients have placed in me. Happy New Year!
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Mar 27, 2025
asked by folks #imoru25, #eau25 Non-transecting concept for UPJO. One operation to treat them all: high insertion, adynamic segment, crossing vessel. preserves vascularity. Urethroplasty is now non-transecting, why not ureter? @IMORU @Uroweb. illustration by @ratt_watt
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Apr 25, 2025
After 20 yrs of urology meetings, I'm still excited to learn #AUA25. Grateful to have found this great field. Thank you to all my patients for entrusting me with their health (including the one who gave me this shirt!). @AmerUrological
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Sep 21, 2023
Recently surpassed 1000 cases using @IntuitiveSurg SP Robot. Advantages: narrow profile gets into small tight spaces (retro, intravesical), easy peritoneal access in reoperative cases. For recon cases where its mostly dissection and suturing, can pretty much do any case.
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
May 5, 2024
Proud to have been part of this work -- BMG ureteroplasty -- versatile for strictures of various length & location, low morbidity, high success rates. #aua24
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Michael Stifelman
@mdstifelman
May 5, 2024
⁦@raver_michael⁩ presents CORRUS data on a DECADE of BMG for management of ureteral stricture. Transformative work. It works well - check out the data. We will continue to report out long term data. ⁦the power of collaboration. ⁦@lee_c_zhao⁩ ⁦@md_eun⁩ ⁦
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Oct 30, 2023
This technique is especially useful for SP robot to improve efficiency. Here is bipolar cutting on 3-0 stratafix in transvesical post-prostatectomy stenosis repair with buccal graft.
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Oct 29, 2023
Eliminating unnecessary maneuvers is the first step to efficiency in surgery. The bipolar can be used to burn/cut dyed monofilament sutures. No need to pass in an instrument to cut or to use the needle driver to twist and break.
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Lee Zhao
@lee_c_zhao
Mar 6, 2022
Strange to read an article @AmerUrological and I'm the subject! 1st class of the novel residency program @NM_Urology. Look at my elective rotations. Prep me for fellowship @UTSWUrology & now my closest collaborators are plastic & colorectal surgeons @nyulangone. Kudos @SKielb_MD