Steve Lebovitch, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae

                                                                 

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Education:                           1999-2003            State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center

                                                                                Doctor of Medicine

 

                                                1995-1999            State University of New York at Stony Brook

B.S., in Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude

 

                                               

Post Graduate Training:  07/05-06/09         Temple University Hospital Department of Urology

07/08-06/09         Planned: Chief Resident in Urology at Temple University Hospital

and Abington Memorial Hospital

07/07-06/08                         Senior Resident in Urologic Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center

                                               

                                                06/03-06/05         Temple University Hospital Department of Surgery

                                                                                Intern and Resident in General Surgery

 

 

Employment:                      August 2009         Urologic Institute of NJ, P.A.

-          present          277 Forest Ave, Ste. 206

                                                                                Paramus, NJ 07652

                                                                                Tel. 201-489-8900

                                                                                Fax.201-489-0877

 

                                                2000-2001            Gross Anatomy Tutor for 1st year  students through the Division of

Academic Development at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

                                                Spring 1998          Teaching Assistant in First Aid and CPR, SUNY at Stony Brook

                                                Fall 1997               Teaching Assistant in General Chemistry, SUNY at Stony Brook

                                               

 

 

Membership in Professional Organizations:

                                                American Urologic Association - 2003

                                                Endourologic Society – 2006

                                                American Medical Association 2008

 

Courses:                                4/08                        Attended the AMS Urological Prosthetic Surgery Training Course

at Washington University in St. Louis, MO

                                               

 

Medical Licensure:            New Jersey State Unrestricted Medical License

                                                New Jersey CDS

                                                New Jersey  DEA License 

                                                Pennsylvania State Medical Training License

                                                Pennsylvania State Unrestricted Medical License

                                                Pennsylvania  DEA License 

 

 

Awards:                                5/08                        Winner poster session: AUA National Meeting:

Relationship of Tumor Size and Grade in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma:

A Seer Analysis: Rothman J, Wong YN, Egleston BL, Iffrig K, Lebovitch S, Uzzo RG

 

3/08                        Philadelphia Urologic Society.  Resident Night Competition.

2nd Place Basic Science Award

                                                3/07                        Philadelphia Urologic Society.  Resident Night Competition.

2nd Place Basic Science Award

 

 

Publications:

 

Textbook Chapters:

                                                Lebovitch S & Pontari MA. Prostatitis and Lower Urinary Tract

                                                Infections in Men. In Hanno PM, Malkowicz SB, Wein AJ, eds: Penn

Clinical Manual of Urology. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2007, pp177-188.

 

 

Journal Articles:               

Rothman J, Wong YN, Egleston BL, Iffrig K, Lebovitch S, Uzzo RG.

Relationship of Tumor Size and Grade in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma:

A Seer Analysis. J Urol. 2009 Jan;181(1):29-33; discussion 33-4.

 

                                                Lebovitch S & Mydlo JH. HIV-AIDS - Urologic Considerations.

Urol Clin North Am. 2008 Feb;35(1):59-68.

 

Lebovitch S & Jaffe WI. Is There a Role for

                Minimally Invasive Thermotherapy for the Treatment of Chronic    

                Prostatitis? Current Prostate Reports, June 2006, 4(2).

 

                                                Nagler HM, Gerber EW, Homel P, Wagner JR , Norton J, Lebovitch S,

Phillips JL. Digital rectal examination is barrier to population-based

prostate cancer screening. Urology. 2005; 65(6):1137-1140.

 

Jensen AR, Trankiem CT, Lebovitch S, Grewal H. Gastric outlet

obstruction secondary to a large trichobezoar. J Pediatr Surg. 2005;

40(8):1364-1365.

 

Research:

2006-2007            Temple University Hospital

 

Functional Brain Imaging of Urgency Sensation in Patients with

                                                                                Overactive Bladder

 

                                                 2002- 2003          Beth Israel Medical Center Department of Urology

 

Evaluating different valsalva techniques during ultrasound and how

they influence the diagnosis of varicoceles.

                                             

                                    Digital rectal examination is barrier to population-based prostate cancer

                                    screening. (Published Urology. 2005)

                              

                                                Summer 1997      State University of New York at Stony Brook            

 

                                                                                Genetic Analysis of MUM2, A Yeast Gene Essential For Meiosis.

                                                    This project was funded by NSF Raire Grant.

 

Presentations:

May 2008             AUA National Meeting: Podium presentation.

CNS Findings in Anticholinergic treated Patients with Overactive

Bladder using fMRI For Functional Brain Imaging : Lebovitch S, Lebed B,

Moonat S, Faro SH, Mohamed F, Ruggieri MR, Pontari MA

 

                                                May 2008             AUA National Meeting: Poster presentation

Relationship of Tumor Size and Grade in Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma:

A Seer Analysis: Rothman J, Wong YN, Egleston BL, Iffrig K, Lebovitch S, Uzzo RG

 

March 2008          Philadelphia Urologic Society.  2nd Place Basic Science Award, Resident Night

 Competition CNS Findings in Anticholinergic treated Patients with Overactive

 Bladder using fMRI For Functional Brain Imaging : Lebovitch S, Lebed B, Moonat S,

 Faro SH, Mohamed F, Ruggieri MR, Pontari MA

 

May 2007             AUA National Meeting: Poster  presentation.

Functional Brain Imaging of Urgency Sensation in Patients with

Overactive Bladder. : Lebovitch S, Lebed B, Moonat S, Faro SH, Mohamed F,

 Ruggieri MR, Pontari MA

 

March 2007          Philadelphia Urologic Society.  2nd Place Basic Science Award, Resident Night

 Competition. Functional Brain Imaging of Urgency Sensation in Patients with

Overactive Bladder. : Lebovitch S, Lebed B, Moonat S, Faro SH, Mohamed F,

Ruggieri MR, Pontari MA

 

Grand Rounds Presentations

                                                Effects of Pesticides on Infertility

                                                Adolescent Varicoceles and Journal Article Review

                                                Patient Presentation and Exercise Induced Hematuria

                                                Multilocular Cystic Nephroma

 

 

Community Activities:

                                                Healing the Children: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Urology for Children - Pediatric Urology Mission, March 1-9, 2008

                                                                http://www.htcecuador2008.blogspot.com/ 

 

                                                Habitat for Humanity: Worked with other volunteers in building

low cost homes, for underprivileged families. - 1998

                                                 

 

Hobbies and Interests:

                                                Tennis, Carpentry, Computer Repair, Culinary Arts. Spending time with

my wife, Maggie.

 

Languages:

                Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew.