Pediatric Urology Associates, P.C.

Lane S. Palmer, MD., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Palmer is the Chief of Pediatric Urology at both Schneider Children’s Hospital and North Shore University Hospital.  He received his medical education at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  His urology residency was also obtained at Einstein.  He did his fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Dr. Palmer has an international, national, and local reputation having authored over 70 articles and serving as a reviewer for every major urology journal.  He sits on the advisory boards of the National Kidney Foundation and the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America.  Dr. Palmer’s areas of expertise include reconstructive urologic surgery, the evaluation and management of prenatal urologic anomalies, and bladder dysfunction, neurourology and urodynamics.

Dr. Palmer sees patients in our Long Island office in Lake Success.  Surgery is performed at Schneider Children’s Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, and Huntington Hospital.

CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Chief Pediatric Urology, Schneider Children’s Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical Center; smithinstituteforurology.com

Chief of Pediatric Urology, North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset

Program Director: Pediatric Urology Fellowship Program at Schneider Children’s Hospital.

Associate Clinical Professor of Urology and Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Education

 B.A.  Columbia College, New York, New York

 M.D.  Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York         

POst-Graduate Training

Residency: General Surgery
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine          
Bronx, New York                                                                               

Residency: Urology  
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine  
Bronx, New York                                                                               

Fellowship: Pediatric Urology    
Children’s Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University Medical School  
Chicago, Illinois                                                                        

BOARD CERTIFICATION 

American Board of Urology                                                                          

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS 

American Urological Association
American College of Surgeons
American Academy of Pediatrics
Society for Pediatric Urology
Society for Fetal Urology
American Urological Association, New York Section
New York Academy of Medicine
Nassau County Medical Society
American Medical Association
Phi Beta Kappa

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Journal of Urology
Urology
British Journal of Urology
Journal of Endourology
Children’s Hospital Quarterly

SELECT PUBLICATIONS ARRANGED BY TOPIC

Kidneys – Hydronephrosis – other

Bilateral Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Heminephroureterectomy.
Pedraza R; Palmer L; Moss V; Franco I
Journal of Urology 171 (6); 2394-2395, 2004.

Metachronous Presentation of Ureterovesical Junction Obstruction Contralateral to a Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney
Weiser, AC, Amukele SA, Palmer LS
Journal of Urology 167 (6): 2538-2539, 2002.

Single System Ureteral Ectopia in Boys.
Matthews R, Jeffs RD, Maizels M, Palmer LS, Docimo S.
Journal of Urology, 161 (4): 1297-1300, 1999

Prenatal Hydronephrosis
Palmer, LS.
Children’s Hospital Quarterly, 11 (1): 33-40, 1999.

Surgical Options for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: The Role of Ureterocalycostomy. Chang B, Levitt SB,
Palmer LS
Children’s Hospital Quarterly, 11(2/3): 107-111, 1999.

Surgery versus Observation in Managing Obstructive SFU Grade 3-4 Hydronephrosis.  A Report from the Society for Fetal Urology.
Palmer LS, Maizels M, Cartwright PC, Fernbach SK, Conway JJ.
Journal of Urology, 159: 222-228, 1998.

A Rare Case of Bilateral Multilocular Renal Cysts.
Cheng EY, Cohn RA, Palmer, LS, Fernbach S, Hseuh W, Firlit, CF.
Journal of Urology, 157, 1861-1862, 1997.

Variability of Resistive Index in Children with Sonographically Normal Kidneys
Gill B, Palmer LS, Koenigsberg M, Laor E
Urology. 44: 897-901, 1994.

Bladder – Dysfunctional Voiding –Neurogenic Bladder - Reflux

Biofeedback Therapy Expedites the Resolution of Reflux in Older Children.
Palmer LS, Franco I, Reda EF, Friedman SC, Kolligian ME, Brock WA, Levitt  SB
Journal of Urology 168 (4): 1699-1703, 2002.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Pediatric Hemorrhagic Cystitis.
Furness III PD, Palmer LS, Palmer JS, Capelli-Schellpfeffer, Cheng EY.
Journal of Urology  161 (5): 1596-1597, 1999.

Primary Nonobstructive Nonrefluxing Megaureter.
Matteson JR, Huang A, Palmer LS.
Children’s Hospital Quarterly, 10(4): 193-196, 1998.

Subclinical Changes in Bladder Function in Children Presenting with Non-Urologic Symptoms of Tethered Cord Syndrome.
Palmer LS, Richards I, Kaplan, WE.
Journal of Urology, 159:231-234, 1998

The Myofascial Wrap to Treat Intractable Urinary Incontinence in Children.
Kolligian ME, Palmer LS, Cheng EY, Firlit CF.
Urology  52(6): 1122-1127, 1998.

A Review of Pharmacological Treatment of Enuresis.
Hakimian O, Savarirayan S, Wise GJ, Friedman SC, Palmer LS.
Children’s Hospital Quarterly. 9(4): 151-154, 1997

Complications of Intravesical Oxybutynin Chloride Therapy in the Pediatric Myelomeningocele Population.
Palmer LS, Zebold K, Firlit CF, Kaplan WE.
Journal of Urology, 157: 638-640, 1997.

Age-Related Bladder Capacity and Bladder Capacity Growth in Children with Myelomeningocele. Palmer LS, Richards I, Kaplan WE.
Journal of Urology, 158: 1261-1264, 1997.

Transrectal Electrostimulation Therapy for Neuropathic Bowel Dysfunction in Children with Myelomeningocele.
Palmer LS, Richards I, Kaplan WE
Journal of Urology,  157:1449-1452, 1997.

Management Considerations for Treating Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with Solitary Kidneys. Palmer LS, Andros G, Maizels M, Kaplan WE, Firlit CF.
Urology,  49: 604-608, 1997.

Surgical Versus Endoscopic Correction of Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction.
Engel JD, Palmer LS, Cheng EY, Kaplan WE.
Journal of Urology, 157, 2291-2295, 1997.

Double Knotted Urethral Catheter in a Child.
Gonzalez C and Palmer LS.
Urology, 49:772, 1997.

Geometric Principles in Predicting Postoperative Capacity of the Augmented Bladder: A Clinical Test. Palmer LS, Franco I, Reda EF, Levitt SB.
Children’s Hospital Quarterly, 8(3): 119-123, 1996.

Penis – Hypospadias, other

Hypospadias
Palmer LS:
Consultant for Pediatricians.  3(8): 387-8, 2004.

The “Long Snodgrass”: Applying the Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty To Penoscrotal Hypospadias In One-Stage Or Two-Stage Repairs.
Palmer LS, Palmer JS, Franco I, Friedman SC, Kolligian ME, Gill B, Levitt SB:
Journal of Urology 168 (4): 1748-1750, 2002.

Optimum Timing of Hypospadias Surgery in Children (EDITORIAL COMMENT)
Palmer LS.
Children’s Hospital Quarterly. 8(4): 204, 1996.

The Small and Buried Phallus
Palmer LS, Kogan SJ.
Advances in Urology, vol. 8, pp. 225-247, 1995

Congenital Urethrocutaneous Fistulae: Two Case Reports.
Tennenbaum SY, Palmer LS.
Urology, 43: 98-99, 1994.

Testicles – undescended, other

 Laparoscopic Orchidopexy:  Report on 203 Cases, Lessons Learned.
Samadi AA, Palmer LS, Franco I:
Journal of Endourology 17: 365-368, 2003.

Meconium Periorchitis Presenting as Scrotal Masses.
Chang B and Palmer LS
Urology  59 (2): 296, 2002.

Laparoscopic Orchidopexy: Review of a Large Clinical Series.
Chang B, Palmer LS, Franco I
BJU International.  87(6): 490-493, 2001.

Laparoscopic Fowler-Stephens Orchidopexy for the High Abdominal Testis. 
Lindgren BW, Blick S, Reda EF, Levitt SB, Brock WA, Palmer LS, Friedman SC, Franco I:
Journal of Urology 162 (3 part 2): 990-994, 1999.

Epidermoid Cyst of the Scrotum Extending into the True Pelvis
Huang, A, Palmer LS, Levitt SB.
Urology  54 (3): 561, 1999.

Influence of Surgical Approach and Intraoperative Venography on the Persistence of Adolescent Varicoceles: A Current Study Outcome Analysis of the Literature.
Palmer LS, Maizels M, Kaplan WE, Stokes S, Firlit CF.
Journal of Urology, 158: 1201-1204, 1997.

Laparoscopic Orchidopexy for the Intraabdominal Testis: Indications, Surgical Procedure and Results.
Franco I, Palmer LS.
Children’s Hospital Quarterly, 9(3): 157-160, 1997.

The Evaluation of Testicular Masses in Prepubertal Boys.
Huang A, Palmer LS.
Children’s Hospital Quarterly, 9(3): 153-156, 1997

Endocrine Analysis of Childhood Monorchia
Palmer LS, Gill B, Kogan SJ..
Journal of Urology, 158: 594-596, 1997.

Massive Epidermal Cysts of the Scrotum.
Bennett RT, Palmer LS, Kreutzer ER.
Urology, 48:781-782, 1996.

Intraoperative Spermatic Venography Reconsidered.
Palmer LS, Cohen S, Reda EF, Gill B, Franco I, Kogan SJ, Levitt SB.
Journal of Urology  154: 225-227, 1995.

Cryptorchidism: The Data to Support Early Repair
Gill, B and Palmer, LS.
Problems in Urology: Advances in Pediatric Urology, Vol.8,  pp. 518-532, 1994.

Testicular Torsion.
Palmer LS.
Pediatrics in Review. 15(11): 455-456, 1994.

Adolescent Varicocele
Bar Chama N, Palmer LS, Cohen S, Kogan SJ
Emergency Medicine., 25: 73-75, 1993.

Stones

Recurrent Urolithiasis Following Augmentation Gastrocystoplasty. 
Palmer LS, Palmer JS, Firlit BM, Firlit CF.
Journal of Urology, 159:1331-1332, 1998.

Endoscopic Management of Bladder Calculi Following Augmentation Cystoplasty.
Palmer LS, Reda E, Franco I, Gill B, Kogan SJ, Levitt SB.
Urology. 44: 902-904, 1994.

Hemostatic Malecot Tamponade Catheter for Bleeding Nephrolithotomy Tracts.
Laor E, Palmer LS, Maldonado, JR, Tolia BM, Karwa G, Reid RE.
British Journal of Urology, 74: 247- 249, 1994.

Urolithiasis in Children After Augmentation Cystoplasty. 
Palmer LS, Franco I, Reda E, Kogan SJ, Gill B, Levitt SB.
Journal of Urology, 150: 726-729, 1993.

Infections

The Role of Gadolinium Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Children with Suspected Acute Pyelonephritis.
Weiser AC, Amukele SA, Leonides JC, Palmer LS
Journal of Urology 169 (6): 2308-2312, 2003.

Clinical Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Screen (URISCREEN) of Bacteriuria in Children. 
Palmer LS, Richards I, Kaplan WE.
Journal of Urology, 157: 654-657, 1997.

Outcome Prediction in Patients with Fournier's Gangrene.  
Laor E, Palmer LS, Tolia BM, Reid RE, Winter HI
Journal of Urology 154: 89-92, 1995.

The Limited Impact of Involved Surface Area and Surgical Debridement on Survival in Fournier's Gangrene.
Palmer LS, Winter HI, Tolia BM, Reid RE, Laor, E.
British Journal of Urology 76: 208-212, 1995

Recurrent Intrarenal Abscess Managed by Percutaneous Drainage, then Iatrogenically Created Communication with the Collecting System.
Bennett RT, Trambert J, Palmer LS, Gill B.
Journal of Interventional Radiology, 10: 135-9, 1995.

TRAUMA

Penetrating ureteral trauma in an urban trauma center: ten-year experience.
Palmer LS, Rosenbaum RR, Gershbaum MD, Kreutzer ER
Urology 54 (1): 34-36, 1999.

Optimal Renal Preservation and Timely Percutaneous Intervention. A Changing Concept in the Management of Blunt Renal Trauma in Children in the 90's. 
Gill B, Palmer LS, Reda E, Franco I, Kogan SJ, Levitt SB.
British Journal of Urology 74: 370-374, 1994.

Laboratory Science

Prevention of Renal Fibrosis by Spironolactone in Mice with Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction.
Trachtman H, Weiser AC, Valderamma E, Morgado M, Palmer LS:
Journal of Urology 172(4) part 2 of 2: 1590-1594, 2004. 

Nitric Oxide In Obstructive  Uropathy: Role Of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase.
Chang B, Mathew R, Palmer LS, Valderrama E, Trachtman H:
Journal of Urology 168 (4): 1801-1804, 2002.

Nitric Oxide Synthase in Obstructive Nephropathy.
Huang A, Palmer LS, Hom D, Futterweit SG, Valderamma E, Trachtman H.
Journal of Urology  163 (4):1276-1281, 2000. 

Ibuprofen Combined with Antibiotics Suppresses Renal Scarring from Ascending Pyelonephritis in Rats.
Huang A, Palmer LS, Hom D, Anderson AE, Kushner L, Franco I
Journal of Urology  162 (4): 1396-1398, 1999.

Urinary Levels of TGF-b1 in Obstructive Uropathy and Vesicoureteral Reflux.
Palmer LS, Maizels M, Kaplan WE, Firlit CF, Cheng EY
Urology, 50: 769-773, 1997. 

The Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade on the Obstructed Rat Bladder
Palmer LS, Lee C, Decker RS, Lang S, Kaplan WE, Firlit CF, Cheng EY.
Journal of Urology, 158: 1100-1104, 1997.

Characterization of Cyclic AMP Accumulation in Cultured Human Corpus Cavernosum Smooth Muscle Cells.
Palmer LS, Valcic M, Melman A, Giraldi AM, Wagner G, Christ GJ.
Journal of Urology 152: 1308-1314, 1994.