Mohammad E. Allaf, MD

Professional Titles

• Urologist-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Jakurski Family Director
• Director, Department of Urology
• Jakurski Family Professor of Urology

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Urology

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Brady Urological Institute
• Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery
• The Johns Hopkins Precision Medicine Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer

X Profile

https://www.twitter.com/allaf_mo

Clinical Trial Keywords

small renal tumor; ablation; robotics; kidney tumor

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Videos

• Cal Ripken Jr.'s Story | Robotic Prosatectomy

• Partial Nephrectomy | Bobby Labonte's Story

• Mohamad E. Allaf, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Department of Urology

• Minimally Invasive Surgery | Eduardo‚Äôs Story

• Robotic Prostate Surgery | Q&A

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Oncology

Research Interests

image guided therapy, Minimally invasive surgery, nerve preservation after radical prostatectomy, robotic surgery, small kidney tumors

Research Summary

Dr. Allaf runs a research laboratory aimed at decreasing the morbidity associated with the treatment of urologic cancers. He oversees a large registry of patients who have small kidney tumors and elect for careful and active observation.

PubMed - Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?cmd=Search&term=Allaf%20ME

Selected Publications

• Allaf ME, Partin AW, Carter HB. The importance of pelvic lymph node dissection in men with clinically localized prostate cancer. Rev Urol. 2006 Summer;8(3):112-9.

• Muntener M, Nielsen ME, Romero FR, Schaeffer EM, Allaf ME, Brito FA, Pavlovich CP, Kavoussi LR, Jarrett TW. Long-Term Oncologic Outcome after Laparoscopic Radical Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma. Eur Urol. Jan, 2007.

• Warlick CA, Allaf ME, Carter HB. Expectant treatment with curative intent in the prostate-specific antigen era: triggers for definitive therapy. Urol Oncol. 2006 Jan-Feb;24(1):51-7.

• Warlick CA, Lima GC, Allaf ME, Varkarakis I, Permpongkosol S, Schaeffer EM, Kavoussi LR, Jarrett TW, Solomon SB. Clinical sequelae of radiographic iceball involvement of collecting system during computed tomography-guided percutaneous renal tumor cryoablation. Urology. 2006 May;67(5):918-22.

• Warlick CA, Mouli SK, Allaf ME, Wagner AA, Kavoussi LR. Bladder irrigation using hydrogen peroxide for clot evacuation. Urology. 2006 Dec;68(6):1331-2.

Honors

• 2018 Top Doctor, Baltimore Magazine
• American Urological Association Foundation Scholar, 1/1/06
• First Place Clinical Research Annual Essay Contest, AUA, 1/1/05
• First Place Laboratory Research Annual Essay Contest, AUA, 1/1/05
• Lapides Annual Essay Contest on Urodynamic and Neurourology Research, Honorable Mention, 1/1/05
• First Place Mid-Atlantic American Urological Association Research Essay Contest, 1/1/04
• Pfizer Research Scholar Award, 1/1/04
• Outstanding Laparoscopic Surgeon Resident Award, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 1/1/03
• Harold Lamport Research Award, JHU SOM, 1/1/99
• Chesapeake Education Summer Research Fellowship, JHU SOM, 1/1/97
• Summa Cum Laude, 1/1/96
• Richard J. Johns Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biomedical Engineering, JHU, 1/1/96
• Howard Hughes Summer Research Fellowship, 1/1/95
• Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Research Award, JHU, 1/1/95
• Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Class Rank=1/200, 1/1/95

Memberships

• American Urological Association
• Endourological Society
• Sexual Medicine Society of North America