Professor of Urology at University of Michigan
Urology
Dr. James S. Wolf Jr., MD
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James Wolf works in the field of Urology. He attended Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is ranked 19 in research and 29 in primary care medicine He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". James S. Wolf Jr., MD is also published. He has 96 publications published. The lastest publication: "Age, Gender and R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score do not Improve the Accuracy of a Risk-Stratification Algorithm Based on Percutaneous Renal Mass Biopsy and Mass Size for A...' He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Contemporary Practice Patterns of Flexible Ureteroscopy for Treating Renal Stones: Results of a Worldwide Survey.
- Age, Gender and R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score do not Improve the Accuracy of a Risk-Stratification Algorithm Based on Percutaneous Renal Mass Biopsy and Mass Size for A...
- Impact of warm versus cold ischemia on Renal function following partial nephrectomy.
- Ureteral complications after hand-assisted laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy.
- Tumor Enucleation vs Sharp Excision in Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy: Technical Benefit Without Impact on Functional or Oncologic Outcomes.
- Matched Comparison of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy: An Initial Experience.
- Variability in computed tomography diameter measurements of solid Renal masses.
- Validity and Acceptability of a High-Fidelity Physical Simulation Model for Training Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty.
- Population-level assessment of hospital-based outcomes following laparoscopic versus open partial nephrectomy during the adoption of minimally-invasive surgery.
- Open surgical partial nephrectomy for upper Tract urothelial carcinoma.
- Expulsive Therapy Versus Early Endoscopic Stone Removal in Acute Renal Colic: A Comparison of Indirect Costs.
- Adjuvant and salvage radiation therapy after Prostatectomy: american society for radiation oncology/american urological association guidelines.
- Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy After Prostatectomy: AUA/ASTRO Guideline.
- Techniques for holmium laser lithotripsy of intraRenal calculi.
- Accuracy of determining small Renal mass management with risk stratified biopsies: confirmation by final pathology.
- Ureteral Stents for Impassable Ureteroscopy.
- Association of Renal nephrometry score with outcomes of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy.
- Renal Pelvic Recurrence of Renal Cell Carcinoma.
- A matched comparison of perioperative outcomes of a single laparoscopic surgeon versus a multisurgeon robot-assisted cohort for partial nephrectomy.
- Understanding criteria for surveillance of patients with a small Renal mass.
- Surgeon characteristics and long-term trends in the adoption of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.
- Immediate unplanned hospital admission after outpatient ureteroscopy for Stone disease.
- The Future of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Urology.
- Risk factors for conversion to hand assisted laparoscopy or open surgery during laparoscopic Renal surgery.
- Population-level comparative effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open radical nephrectomy for patients with Kidney cancer.
- Clinical practice guidelines to inform evidence-based clinical practice.
- Laparoscopic Triple Neurectomy for Intractable Groin Pain: Technical Report of 3 Cases.
- University of Michigan surgical experience with ureterolysis for retroperitoneal fibrosis: a comparison of laparoscopic and open surgical approaches.
- The alternative to laparoendoscopic single-site surgery: small strategic laparoscopic incision placement (SLIP) nephrectomy improves cosmesis without technical restric...
- Laparoscopic transperitoneal pyeloplasty.
- Multi-institutional assessment of ureteroscopic laser papillotomy for Chronic flank pain associated with papillary calcifications.
- Chronic kidney disease before and after partial nephrectomy.
- Understanding the barriers to the dissemination of medical expulsive therapy.
- Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration versus Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equations for renal function evaluation in patients undergoing partial n...
- Long-term outcomes of nephroureterectomy versus endoscopic management for upper Tract urothelial carcinoma.
- Concomitant carcinoma in situ is a feature of aggressive disease in patients with organ confined urothelial carcinoma following radical nephroureterectomy.
- Impact of ischemia on Renal function after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a multicenter study.
- Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) partial nephrectomy. B. R. Lee, U. Boylu, M. Oommen, G. Fifer, R. Thomas and V. Joshi.
- Localized amyloidosis of the upper Urinary tract: a case series of three patients managed with reconstructive surgery or surveillance.
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for multiple ipsilateral Renal tumors using a tailored surgical approach.
- Changes in gender distribution of urinary Stone disease.
- Medical expulsive therapy for Ureteral calculi in the real world: targeted education increases use and improves patient outcome.
- Laparoscopic heminephrectomy for benign Renal anomalies.
- Trends in medical expulsive therapy use for urinary Stone disease in U.S. emergency departments.
- Approach and specimen handling do not influence oncological perioperative and long-term outcomes after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.
- Patient and pathologic correlates with perioperative and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.
- Changing practice locations for upper urinary tract Stone disease.
- Patient-reported recovery after abdominal and pelvic surgery using the Convalescence and Recovery Evaluation (CARE): implications for measuring the impact of surgical ...
- A multi-institutional study on the safety and efficacy of specimen morcellation after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for clinical stage T1 or T2 Renal cell carcinoma.
- Convenient creation and use of suturing supplies for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
- Understanding the relationship between health care quality and the Renal mass.
- Single-setting bilateral hand-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
- Single-center North American experience with wolf Piezolith 3000 in management of Urinary calculi.
- Advances in bioadhesives, tissue sealants, and hemostatic agents.
- Weekend admission and treatment of patients with Renal colic: a case of avoidable variation?
- Accuracy of percutaneous core biopsy in management of small Renal masses.
- Efficacy and survival associated with cystoscopy and clot evacuation for radiation or cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis.
- Are we underutilizing minimally invasive approaches for upper Tract urothelial carcinoma?
- Nephron-sparing diagnosis and management of Renal keratinizing desquamative squamous metaplasia.
- Obesity and morbid obesity are associated with a greater conversion rate to open surgery for standard but not hand assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.
- Can urologic oncologists help expand the renal donor pool with "restored" Kidneys?
- Success of laser endoureterotomy of ureteral strictures associated with ureteral Stones is related to stone impaction.
- Tailoring technique of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy to tumor characteristics.
- Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy for Renal cell cancer with Renal vein tumor thrombus.
- Skills-based laparoscopy training demonstrates long-term transfer of clinical laparoscopic practice: additional follow-up.
- Acetazolamide is an effective adjunct for urinary alkalization in patients with uric acid and cystine Stone formation recalcitrant to potassium citrate.
- The undoing of ureteral Obstruction from malignancy-who and how?
- The University of Michigan experience with percutaneous nephrostolithotomy for Urinary matrix calculi.
- Biopsy of the small Renal mass: time to shift the clinical paradigm?
- Failure of percutaneous endoscopic resection of a Renal cystic nephroma on longer-term follow-up.
- Understanding potential intraoperative impediments for learning laparoscopic nephrectomy.
- Holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser endoureterotomy for the treatment of transplant Kidney ureteral strictures.
- Prospective randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for lower pole caliceal calculi 1 cm or less.
- Understanding variation in the adoption of a new technology in surgery.
- Hospital characteristics and use of innovative surgical therapies among patients with Kidney cancer.
- Late failures after laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
- Success of ureteral stents for intrinsic ureteral Obstruction.
- Papillary Renal cell carcinoma with oncocytic cells and nonoverlapping low grade nuclei: expanding the morphologic spectrum with emphasis on clinicopathologic, immunoh...
- Guideline for the management of nonmuscle invasive Bladder cancer (stages Ta, T1, and Tis): 2007 update.
- Differential adoption of laparoscopy by treatment indication.
- Short-term health outcome differences between robotic and conventional radical Prostatectomy.
- Retrograde ureteral stents for extrinsic ureteral Obstruction: nine years' experience at University of Michigan.
- Progression of disease despite good endoscopic local control of upper Tract urothelial carcinoma.
- Refining histotripsy: defining the parameter space for the creation of nonthermal lesions with high intensity, pulsed focused ultrasound of the in vitro Kidney.
- Treatment selection and outcomes: Ureteral calculi.
- A plea for judicious treatment of small Renal masses.
- Adoption of new technology and healthcare quality: surgical margins after robotic Prostatectomy.
- Comparison of intraoperative parameters and perioperative complications of retroperitoneal and transperitoneal approaches to laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: support ...
- Measuring convalescence after laparoscopic surgery.
- Growth rates of Renal cell carcinoma and oncocytoma under surveillance are similar.
- Renal mass core biopsy: accuracy and impact on clinical management.
- Characterization and management of postoperative hemorrhage following upper retroperitoneal laparoscopic surgery.
- Importance of perioperative processes of care for length of hospital stay after laparoscopic surgery.
- Cost trends for oncological Renal surgery: support for a laparoscopic standard of care.
- Regionalization of percutaneous nephrolithotomy: evidence for the increasing burden of care on tertiary centers.
Schools
Northwestern University The Feinberg School Of Medicine
University Of CaliforniaSan Francisco
Washington U
Northwestern University
Procedures Preformed
- AdRenalectomy
- Cystometry
- Cystourethroscopy and Transurethral Resection of Bladder Neck
- Kidney and Ureter Removal
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Conditions Treated
- Bladder Infection
- Bladder Stones
- Blood in Urine (Hematuria)
- Chronic Kidney Diseases
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Doctors Specialties
- Urology
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Blue Preferred PPO
- CareSource
- CHAMPVA
- Cigna
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- Golden Rule
- GEHA
- Health Alliance
- Choice Care PPO
- Medica
- Medicaid
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- National Elevator
- NGS CoreSource
- Paramount
- PHP-Physicians Health Plan
- Sagamore Plus
- TriCare for Life
- Choice Plus POS
- Options PPO
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Washington University -
UCSF -
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
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