Krishnanath Gaitonde, M.D.
ADDRESS:
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Division of Urology
231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0589
513-558-4699
e-mail: gaitonk@uc.edu
SUBSPECIALTY INTERESTS:
Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery including Endourology, Laparoscopic Urology, and Robotic Urologic Surgery
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
08/1988 – 01/1994 Goa Medical College
Goa, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP):
02/2008 - present Co-Director of Endourology, Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery Fellowship, Division of Urology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
01/2007 - present Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
01/2007 - present Staff Urologist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
12/2004 -11/2006 Fellowship in Endourology, Laparoscopy
and Robotic Surgery
Division of Urology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
02/2004 – 11/2004
Staff Urologist
Mapusa Clinic & Research Center, Goa, India
03/2003 - 01/2004 Laparoscopic
Urology Fellowship
Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
01/2003 - 01/2003
Observer in Laparoscopic Urology
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA
02/2002 - 01/2003 Urology Fellowship
Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
06/2001 - 12/2001 Endourology
and Laparoscopic Urology Fellowship
Klinikum Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
02/2001 – 06/2001 Staff
Urologist
Mapusa Clinic & Research Center, Goa, India
01/1999 – 02/2001
Urology Resident
Urology Residency Program
P D Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre Mumbai, India
08/1998 – 12/1998
Urology Senior Registrar (urology training position)
Department of Urology
Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India
05/1997 – 07/1998
Staff Surgeon
Mapusa Clinic & Research Center, Goa, India
03/1994 – 03/1997
General Surgery Resident
General Surgery Residency Program
Kasturba Medical College, Karnataka, India
01/1993 – 01/1994 Compulsory
Rotatory Internship
Goa Medical College, Goa, India
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Urology
European Board of Urology – 2005
Fellow, European Board of Urology (FEBU)
Urology
National Board of Examinations,
India - 2001
Diplomate of the National Board of Urology (DNB)
General Surgery
Masters in
Surgery (MS), India - 1997
LICENSURE:
State Medical Board of Ohio (License # 35.088458)
ECFMG Certificate (ID 05071386)
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION:
Endourology, Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery - Endourological Society - 2006
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2007 Assistant Professor, Division of Urology, University of Cincinnati
2004-2006 Clinical Instructor, Division of Urology, University of Cincinnati
2002-2004 Associate Lecturer in Urology
University of Queensland Medical School, Queensland, Australia
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reviewer for Indian Journal of Urology
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Medical Association
American Urological Association (NCS)
Endourological Society
Robotic Surgery Working Group of the Endourological Society
Ohio Urological Society
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Second Prize for the poster ‘Y-V Preputioplasty, An Alternative Therapy For The Correction Of Phimosis’ presented at the Urological Society of India(West Zone) Conference held at Goa, India in October 1999
Ranked second at the Second M.B;B.S. (Medical School) University Examination
Certificate of Merit for securing the highest marks with Distinction in Pharmacology at the University Examination (Medical School)
Certificate of Merit for securing the highest marks with Distinction in Forensic Medicine at the University Examination (Medical School)
Ranked second in the State of Goa, India at the Higher Secondary School Examination (H.S.S.C.)
Ranked third in the State of Goa, India at the State Secondary School Examination (S.S.C.)
RESEARCH PROJECT:
99mTechnetium Methylene Diphosphonate Scintimammography In The Evaluation Of Primary Breast Cancer - Thesis project during the Master of Surgery Program at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
GRANTS:
Co-Principal Investigator – ‘Managing Cognitive Workload & Stress in Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery Interfaces’. University Research Council Interdisciplinary Grant 2006, University of Cincinnati. Awarded $ 25,000
Co-Principal Investigator – ‘The Utility of Combined Endo-Rectal MRI and MR Spectroscopic Imaging for Pre-Operative Staging of Prostate Cancer’. Proposal submitted for the University of Cincinnati Research Council Interdisciplinary Grant 2008. Collaborative project with Departments of Radiology and Pathology.
PUBLICATIONS:
Novel Technique of Retrograde Ureteral Stenting During Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty, Krishnanath Gaitonde, Gwen Roesel, James Donovan. Journal of Endourology, 22(6); 1199-1202, June 2008
Perceptual Distortions Produce Multidimensional Stress Profiles in Novice Users of an Endoscopic Surgery Simulator, Martina I. Klein, Joel S. Warm, Michael A. Riley, Gerald Matthews, Krishnanath Gaitonde, James F. Donovan. Human Factors, 50(2), 291-300, April 2008
Specialized ‘Kidney-Sparing’ Procedures Give Cancer Patients More Options; Krishnanath Gaitonde. University of Cincinnati Health News, April 2008
Significance Of Hematuria In Early Diagnosis Of Bladder Cancer; Gaitonde K, Santoshi N, Patil N, Srinivas V. The Indian Practitioner 2003,56(7) 455-457
Migrated Jewett Nail: An Unusual Cause Of Hematuria; Santoshi N, Gaitonde K, Patil N, Sagade SN. Urology, 61(5); 1029-30, May 2003
Transplantation Of Horseshoe Kidney From Living-Related Donors: report of two cases; Goyal A, Gaitonde K, Sagade S N, Shah B V, Kamat M H. Transplant Proc., 35(1); 32-4 February 2003
Incidental Appendectomy During Radical Cystectomy: Is it necessary? ; Santoshi N, Gaitonde K, Patil N, Goyal A, Srinivas V,. Urology 2002 May; 59(5), 678-80
Retrospective Review And Long Term Follow Up Of 105 Radical Cystectomies In A Developing Country; Gaitonde K, Goyal A, Santoshi N, Patil N, Singh D R, Srinivas V. BJU International 2002 Mar; 89 Suppl 1: 57-61
Renal cell carcinoma presenting as Hypertension. Dharam Raj Singh, K. Gaitonde, N. Santoshi, N. Patil, V Srinivas: Indian Journal of Urology 2002;80-81
Abnormal Bone scan; Importance of clinical correlation. Dharam Raj Singh, K. Gaitonde, N. Santoshi, N. Patil, V. Srinivas: Indian Journal of Urology 2002; 179-180.
Penile Gangrene Associated With Chronic Renal Failure - Case Report Of Two Cases and Review Of Literature; Goyal A, Gaitonde K, Sagade S N. Indian Journal of Urology, 18(1); 89-91, September 2001
Spontaneous Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage; Diagnostic And Therapeutic Approach; Goyal A, Gaitonde K, Nagaonkar S, Sagade S N, Kamat M H. Indian Journal of Urology, 18(1); 70-73, 2001
Dual Kidney Transplantation – A Solution For Less Than Ideal Brain Dead Donors; Mehta K, Rathod J, Gaitonde K, Goyal A, Sagade S N, Shah B. Journal Of Association Of Physicians of India (JAPI), 49; 1197-99, September 2001
An Unusual Complication After Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy For Renal Stone; Singh D R, Gaitonde K, Sagade S N. Indian Journal Of Urology, 16(2); 154-156, 2000
Cushing’s Syndrome In A Patient With ACTH Secreting Pheochromocytoma; Singh D R, Gaitonde K, Kulkarni S N, Sagade S N, Shah N F, Bhaduri A. Indian Journal Of Urology, 17(1); 52-53, 2000
BOOK CHAPTERS
‘Acute Scrotal Pain’ Krishnanath Gaitonde – Primary Care Physician Manual (in press)
‘Benign Prostate Hyperplasia’ Sundeep Deorah, Krishnanath Gaitonde – Primary Care Physician Manual (in press)
ABSTRACTS / PRESENTATIONS:
Y-V Preputioplasty, An Alternative Therapy For The Correction Of Phimosis; Gaitonde K, Goyal A, Singh D R, Sagade S N, Tilak G H. Poster presentation at the USICON (West Zone) Conference held at Goa, India in October 1999. Awarded the second prize
Retrospective Review And Long Term Follow Up Of Radical Cystectomy – Our Experience With 105 Cases; Gaitonde K, Goyal A, Srinivas V. Poster presentation at the USICON National Conference held at Hyderabad, India in January 2000
A Simple And Effective Continent Urinary Diversion – Sigma Rectum Pouch (MAINZ II POUCH);Gaitonde K, Goyal A, Nagaonkar S, Srinivas V. Video presentation at the 12th Video Urology World Congress held at Goa, India in March 2000
A Simple And Effective Continent Urinary Diversion – Sigma Rectum Pouch (MAINZ II POUCH)’; Gaitonde K, Goyal A, Nagaonkar S, Srinivas V. Poster presentation at the Millennium International Urology Congress held at New Delhi, India in November 2000
Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy With The Heilbronn Technique: Technical Modifications After 300 Patients; Rassweiler J, Sentkar L, Seemann O, Hatzinger M, Gaitonde K, Niall O. Poster at the World Congress of Endourology held at Bangkok, Thailand in November 2001
Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy With The Heilbronn Technique - The Learning Curve And Complications During the First 300 Cases. Rassweiler J, Gaitonde K, Paz A, Sentker L, Seemann O, Hatzinger M. XVII Congress of the European Association of Urology held at Birmingham, UK in February
Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Prostatectomy – A Comparative Study At A Single Institution. Rassweiler J, Gaitonde K, Paz A, Sentkar L, Seemann O. AUA Annual Meeting held at Florida, USA in May 2002
Laparoscopic Surgery For Urologic Malignancies – The Risk Of Local Recurrence and Port Site Metastases. Rassweiler J, Paz A, Gaitonde K, Sentkar L, Seemann O. AUA Annual Meeting held at Florida, USA in May 2002
Absorbable Clips As A Suturing Aid During Urethrovesical Anastomosis In Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (LRP). Gaitonde K, Braken B, Heiland M, Donovan JF. Poster presentation at the World Endourology Congress held at Amsterdam, The Netherlands in August 2005
Laparoscopic Synchronous Bilateral Nephrectomy – Transperitoneal and Retroperitoneal Techniques. Gaitonde K, Zaki S, Thomas M, Woodle S, Donovan J, Buell J. Poster presentation at the World Endourology Congress held at Amsterdam, The Netherlands in August 2005
Surgical Experience with Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Right Donor Nephrectomy In 49 Living Donors. Zaki S, Gaitonde K, Geisler E, Thomas M, Woodle S, Donovan J, Buell J. Poster presentation at the World Endourology Congress held at Amsterdam, The Netherlands in August 2005
Brachial-“Nerve Sparing” Modification Of Trendelenberg’s Position During Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (LRP): The X-Restraint. Gaitonde K, Nelson L, Braken B, Donovan JF. Poster presentation at the North Central Section of AUA conference held at Chicago, USA in September 2005
Novel Technique Of Retrograde Stent Placement During Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty. Roesel G, Gaitonde K, Donovan J. Poster presentation at the North Central Section of AUA conference held at Chicago, USA in September 2005
Positioning For Optimal Patient Safety During Renal Surgery. Gaitonde K, Bianchi G, Donovan JF. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA in August 2006
Time To Continence After Radical Prostatectomy-Comparison Between Open Surgery And Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALRP). Gaitonde K, Frankl N, Bianchi G, Donovan JF, Bracken RB. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA in August 2006
A Novel Technique For Ureteral Stent Placement Prior To Bladder Neck Reconstruction During Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALRP). K. Gaitonde, G.D.Bianchi, R.B. Bracken, J.F. Donovan. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA in August 2006
Unusual Complication During Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALRP) K. Gaitonde, G.D.Bianchi, R.B. Bracken, J.F. Donovan. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA in August 2006
Brachial-“Nerve Sparing” Modification Of Trendelenberg’s Position During Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (LRP): The X-Restraint. Gaitonde K, Nelson L, Braken B, Donovan JF. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA in August 2006
Positioning For Optimal Patient Safety During Renal Surgery. Gaitonde K, Bianchi G, Donovan JF. Poster presentation at the NCS AUA conference, San Diego, California, USA in September 2006
Time To Continence After Radical Prostatectomy-Comparison Between Open Surgery And Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALRP). Gaitonde K, Frankl N, Bianchi G, Donovan JF, Bracken RB. Poster presentation at the NCS AUA conference, San Diego, California, USA September 2006
The Future: Can We Teach Surgery Remotely? Mohamed Salkini, Krishnanath Gaitonde, James Donovan, Allan Hamilton. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, Cancun, Mexico in November 2007
Low-Cost, Disposable, Simulated Tissues For High Fidelity Simulation. Mohamad Salkini, Krishnanath Gaitonde, James Donovan, Allan Hamilton. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, Cancun, Mexico in November 2007
A Novel Technique For Ureteral Stent Placement Prior To Bladder Neck Reconstruction During Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALRP). Mohamad Salkini, Krishnanath Gaitonde, R Bruce Bracken, James F Donovan. Virtual Poster presentation at the World Robotic Urology Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March 2008
Port Site Hernia after Robotic Radical Prostatectomy – Mohamad Salkini, Krishnanath Gaitonde, R Bruce Bracken, James F Donovan. Presented at the Ohio urologic Society meeting, Sandusky, Ohio April 2008
Vesical manifestations of lymphoma – Eric Shrieve, Rebecca Roedersheimer, Thomas Bell, Krishnanath Gaitonde. Presented at the Ohio urologic Society meeting, Sandusky, Ohio April 2008
Small Cell Carcinoma of the Prostate – Sundeep Deorah, Krishnanath Gaitonde, James F Donovan. Presented at the Ohio urologic Society meeting, Sandusky, Ohio April 2008
TEACHING/GUEST LECTURER
Cryotherapy for renal and prostate cancer – guest speaker at the conference on ‘Current Trends in the Treatment of GU Malignancies’, Cincinnati, July 2008
Genitourinary Trauma: Upper Tract Guest Speaker for Urology Residents April 2008
Urinary Tract Trauma Guest Speaker for Urology Residents April 2008
‘To freeze or not to freeze’ – role of cryotherapy in prostate cancer – guest speaker at the Prostate Cancer Support Group meeting, Cincinnati, April 2008
Overview on Urology - guest speaker at the University of Cincinnati Dual Admissions (BS/MD) Program symposium in April, 2008
Non-Prostatic GU Malignancies – Lecture for Medical students, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, April 2008
Basics of Laparoscopy - Urology Resident teaching seminar, February 2008
Patient Positioning During Urological Surgery – Urology Resident teaching seminar, January 2008
Office Urology – guest speaker at the American Academy of Professional Coders Seminar, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2007
Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery - guest speaker at the UC Surgeons Symposium at Cincinnati, Ohio in September, 2007
Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery - guest speaker at the meeting of the Indian Medical Association, Goa, India in June 2007
Community Cancer Education Day University of Cincinnati, February 2007
Neuroprotective Strategies during Radical Prostatectomy – guest speaker at the Prostate Cancer Working Group meeting, January 2007
Genitourinary Examination – Lecture for Medical Students, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Meeting Tissue Needs – guest speaker at the Cincinnati Prostate Cancer Working Group Meeting in December 2005
FACULTY ADVISOR
Faculty advisor for medical students from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
PHD DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBER
‘Performance, Workload, Stress, and Coping Profiles in First year Medical Students’ Interaction with the Endoscopic/Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques’ - A dissertation submitted to the Division of Research and Advanced Studies of the University of Cincinnati in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the Department of Psychology of the College of Arts and Sciences 2008 by Martina I. Klein, MA
NETWELLNESS UROLOGY EXPERT
NetWellness is an online patient education forum comprising of faculty from University of Cincinnati, Ohio state University and Case Western University
WORKSHOPS COORDINATED
Laparoscopic urology workshop in laparoscopic porcine nephrectomy, pyeloplasty and laparoscopic suturing techniques - conducted for the urology trainee registrars at the Herston Medical Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia in July 2003
Cadaver labs on Da Vinci robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy prostatectomy– conducted for urology residents/fellow at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in October 2005 and January 2006
Training labs (porcine) on laparoscopic nephrectomy – conducted for urology residents at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in April/May 2006
CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Continuing Medical Education Program (CME) - conducted by The Surgical Society and Association of Surgeons of India in Bangalore, India in November, 1996
‘Workshop on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’ - held under the auspices of Society For Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Of India and conducted by the Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India in February 1997
Urological Society of India Conference USICON (West Zone) held at Goa, India in October 1999
Urological Society of India National Conference (USICON) held at Hyderabad, India in January 2000
Continuing Urology Education (CUE) conducted at the USICON National Conference held at Hyderabad, India in January 2000
12th Video Urology World Congress (VUWC) held at Goa, India in March 2000
‘Instructional Course on Imaging in Urology’ – conducted by the Mumbai Urological Society at Mumbai, India in June 2000
Millennium International Urology Congress held at New Delhi, India in November, 2000
‘Course in Laparoscopic Urology’ – conducted at the Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education, Mumbai, India in November 2000
Urological Society of India National Conference (USICON) held at Nagpur, India in January 2001
Annual conference of the Northern Section of the Urological Society of Australasia held at Couran Cove, Queensland, Australia in September 2002
Laparoscopic urology workshop at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia in August 2003
Laparoscopic Prostatectomy workshop at St. Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia in November 2003
Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty workshop at the Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia in December 2003
Ohio Urological Association Conference held at Columbus, Ohio, USA in March 2005
American Urological Association annual meeting held at San Antonio, Texas in May 2005
World Congress of Endourology held at Amsterdam, The Netherlands in August 2005
North Central Section of AUA conference held at Chicago in September 2005
Ohio Urological Association Conference held at Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in March 2006
World Congress of Endourology held at Cleveland Ohio, August 2006
North Central Section of AUA conference held at San Diego in September 2006
Robotic Prostatectomy Conference, Orlando, Florida, February 2007
Training workshop on ‘Cryotherapy for Prostate and Renal Cancer’ – Birmingham, Alabama, April 2007
Hands-on workshop on ‘Urologic Ultrasound’ – Dallas, TX, October 2007
World Congress of Endourology, Cancun, Mexico, November 2007
World Robotic Urology Symposium – Orlando, Florida, March 2008
Ohio Urologic Society meeting – Sandusky, Ohio, April 2008
CLINICAL TRIALS
Study of a Urethral Catheter Coated with Eluting Silver Salts (SUCCESS) Study Number: 6003 Sponsor: C.R. Bard, Inc., Initiated May 2007-Ongoing. Principal Investigator: R. Bruce Bracken, MD Sub-investigators: James F. Donovan, Jr., MD, Ahmad Hamidinia, MD, and Krishnanath Gaitonde, MD
A Randomized, Open Label, Multicenter, Phase III, 2-Arm Study of Androgen Deprivation with Leuprolide, +/- Docetaxel for Clinically Asymptomatic Prostate Cancer Subjects with a Rising PSA Following Definitive Local Therapy PROTOCOL NO: XRP6976J/3503 SPONSOR: sanofi-aventis U.S. Initiated June 2007-ongoing. Principal Investigator: R. Bruce Bracken, MD Sub-investigators: Leslie Oleksowicz, MD, James F. Donovan, Jr., MD, Ahmad Hamidinia, MD, and Krishnanath Gaitonde, MD.
IRB PROTOCOLS
‘Prostate Cancer Registry And Tissue Bank’ 2007
‘Mental Stress During Minimally Invasive Surgery’ (in collaboration with the Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati) 2007
‘The Role of Haptic Feed Back in Laparoscopic Surgery’ 2008
Objective Structured Assessment and Training of cystoscopic skills in OB-GYN residents (in collaboration with the Urogynecology Group, Good Samaritan Hospital) 2008
Partial Nephrectomy Data Review, 2008