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Stephen Y. Nakada, MD Print Friendly Page

Chair, Department of Urology
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Nakada is certified by the American Board of Urology. He is an internationally renowned expert in urinary stones disease (urolithiasis) and urologic laparoscopy. In 1997, he performed and reported the first hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy, in the United States, using a sleeve. In 2001, he was named Chairman of Urology and the first David T. Uehling Chair and Professor of Urology.

 

In 2003, Dr. Nakada became the 15th Dornier/A.F.U.D. Award Winner for Innovative Research in Urology. He has also been named the 2004 recipient of the Gold Cystoscope Award from the American Urological Association. Dr. Nakada has served on both the Staghorn Stone Guidelines Committee and the Distal Stones Guidelines Panel of the American Urological Association and will Chair the Surgical Stone Guidelines Panel in 2013. He is currently listed in Best Doctors in America, Castle Connelly's Top Doctors, and Madison Magazine's Top Docs.

 

Dr. Nakada has authored or coauthored more than 200 scientfic articles and 50 book chapters, and he has edited four textbooks. He has served on the ABU/AUA Examination Committee as well as editorial boards for Urology, the Journal of Endourology and Urology Times. Dr. Nakada is the Secretary General of the Endourology Society and he is currently a member of the AUA Board of Directors, the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons, among other societies. Dr. Nakada is also a Trustee of the American Board of Urology.

Specialties

Urology

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Other Locations

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Hospital Affiliation(s)

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (primary)
Meriter Hospital (secondary)

Languages Spoken

English
Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000.

UW School of Medicine and Public Health

Department of Urology

Professional Certifications and Education

Board Certification Urology
Fellowship Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
Residency University of Rochester, NY
Internship University of Rochester, NY
Medical School University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1988

Awards/Honors

Madison Magazine Top Docs 2012

Best Doctors® in America 2011

Procedures

Our doctors provide a wide range of services. The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this physician.

Research

Dr. Nakada's research focuses on pathophysiology of the ureter and all aspects of urinary stone disease. His research is currently supported by the American Urologic Association.

PubMed Articles
Sivalingam S Nakada SY . Contemporary minimally invasive treatment options for renal angiomyolipomas. Curr Urol Rep. 2013 Apr;14(2):147-53
[PubMed ID: 23378161]
Penniston KL Nakada SY . Development of an instrument to assess the health related quality of life of kidney stone formers. J Urol. 2013 Mar;189(3):921-30
[PubMed ID: 23017521]
Sivalingam S Tamm-Daniels I Nakada SY . Office-based ureteral stent placement under local anesthesia for obstructing stones is safe and efficacious. Urology. 2013 Mar;81(3):498-502
[PubMed ID: 23295135]
Owusu-Ofori K Learned MK Mellon WS Nakada SY . PI3K mediates stretch-induced COX-2 expression during urinary tract obstruction. J Endourol. 2013 Feb;27(2):220-9
[PubMed ID: 22998445]
Patel SR Abel EJ Hedican SP Nakada SY . Ablation of small renal masses: practice patterns at academic institutions in the United States. J Endourol. 2013 Feb;27(2):158-61
[PubMed ID: 22974005]
Penniston KL Nakada SY . Diet and alternative therapies in the management of stone disease. Urol Clin North Am. 2013 Feb;40(1):31-46
[PubMed ID: 23177633]
Patel SR Wells S Ruma J King S Lubner MG Nakada SY Pickhardt PJ . Automated volumetric assessment by noncontrast computed tomography in the surveillance of nephrolithiasis. Urology. 2012 Jul;80(1):27-31
[PubMed ID: 22578829]
Pooler BD Pickhardt PJ O'Connor SD Bruce RJ Patel SR Nakada SY . Renal cell carcinoma: attenuation values on unenhanced CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 May;198(5):1115-20
[PubMed ID: 22528901]
Patel SR Hinshaw JL Lubner MG Lee FT Jr Nakada SY Hedican SP . Hydrodissection using an iodinated contrast medium during percutaneous renal cryoablation. J Endourol. 2012 May;26(5):463-6
[PubMed ID: 22332600]
Patel SR Penniston KL Iwicki L Saeed I Crenshaw TD Nakada SY . Dietary induction of long-term hyperoxaluria in the porcine model. J Endourol. 2012 May;26(5):433-8
[PubMed ID: 21923275]
Patel SR McLaren ID Nakada SY . The ureteroscope as a safety wire for ureteronephroscopy. J Endourol. 2012 Apr;26(4):351-4
[PubMed ID: 22092498]
Patel SR Stanton P Zelinski N Borman EJ Pozniak MA Nakada SY Pickhardt PJ . Automated renal stone volume measurement by noncontrast computerized tomography is more reproducible than manual linear size measurement. J Urol. 2011 Dec;186(6):2275-9
[PubMed ID: 22014818]
Patel SR Hedican SP Bishoff JT Shichman SJ Link RE Wolf JS Jr Nakada SY . Skill based mentored laparoscopy course participation leads to laparoscopic practice expansion and assists in transition to robotic surgery. J Urol. 2011 Nov;186(5):1997-2000
[PubMed ID: 21944138]
Patel SR Nakada SY . Quantification of preoperative stone burden for ureteroscopy and shock wave lithotripsy: current state and future recommendations. Urology. 2011 Aug;78(2):282-5
[PubMed ID: 21296390]
Moore NW Nakada SY Hedican SP Moon TD . Complications of hand-assisted laparoscopic renal surgery: single-center ten-year experience. Urology. 2011 Jun;77(6):1353-8
[PubMed ID: 21356546]
Penniston KL McLaren ID Greenlee RT Nakada SY . Urolithiasis in a rural Wisconsin population from 1992 to 2008: narrowing of the male-to-female ratio. J Urol. 2011 May;185(5):1731-6
[PubMed ID: 21420112]
Patel SR Kaplon DM Moon TD Hedican SP Nakada SY . Hand-assisted laparoscopy confers equal efficacy in simple and radical nephrectomy. JSLS. 2011 Apr-Jun;15(2):203-7
[PubMed ID: 21902976]
Patel SR Nakada SY . Hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. J Endourol. 2011 Feb;25(2):217-23
[PubMed ID: 21254933]
Patel SR Penniston KL Nakada SY . Trends in the medical management of urolithiasis: a comparison of general urologists and endourology specialists. Urology. 2011 Feb;77(2):291-4
[PubMed ID: 20951418]
Kaplon DM Penniston KL Nakada SY . Patients with and without prior urolithiasis have hypocitraturia and incident kidney stones while on topiramate. Urology. 2011 Feb;77(2):295-8
[PubMed ID: 20888032]
Best SL Nakada SY . Flexible ureteroscopy is effective for proximal ureteral stones in both obese and nonobese patients: a two-year, single-surgeon experience. Urology. 2011 Jan;77(1):36-9
[PubMed ID: 20947149]