Israel Franco, M.D., F.A.C.S, F.A.A.P
Dr. Franco joined Pediatric Urology Associates in 1991. He received his education at New York University and subsequently at The Albert Einstein Medical College. Dr. Franco's did his pediatric urological fellowship training in Chicago at The Children's Memorial Hospital. Dr. Franco is Associate Professor of Urology at New York Medical College and director of Pediatric Urology at Nyack Hospital.
Dr. Franco's has multiple publications in the field of neuro-urology and minimally invasive procedures. Dr. Franco has written numerous articles and chapters regarding the management of pediatric calculus disease, pediatric laparoscopy, neurourology and dysfunctional voiding in children.
Dr. Franco has also had an interest in pediatric urologic laparoscopic surgery since it’s inception. At a presentation at the American Urological Association meeting in May of 1997, the largest U.S. series of laparoscopic orchidopexies was presented with an overall success rate of 96 % compared to a success rate of 74% for open procedures these numbers continue to be the same and the laparoscopic orchidopexy experience continues to be the largest in the world from a single surgeon.
Dr Franco is actively involved in the use of robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery in children. There are only a few centers in the country that are actively involved in this cutting edge surgery. Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty and ureteral reimplantation are perfectly suited for such surgery. Older children are the ones that benefit the most from these procedures since they have less pain and return to full activity within 10 days of the surgery. Dr Franco has taught several courses on pediatric laparoscopy at national meetings.
Education:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461
August, 1979 ‑ June, 1983
Degree: MD, June, 1983
New York
University
Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
September, 1977 ‑ June, 1979
Degree: BA (Biochemistry), June, 1979
Brooklyn College
Bedford Ave and Ave. H, Brooklyn, NY
September, 1975 ‑ June, 1977
Stuyvesant High School
345 E. 15 St.,
New York, NY
September, 1972 ‑ June, 1975
Postgraduate Training
Fellowships:
Pediatric Urology and Renal Transplantation
Children's Memorial Hospital, Division of Urology
2300 Children's Plaza, Chicago, IL 60614
July, 1990 - June, 1991
Director: Casimir F. Firlit, MD, Ph.D.
Pediatric Urology
Pediatric Urology Associates, Westchester County Medical
Center
Macy Pavilion,
Valhalla,
NY
10595
July, 1989 ‑ June, 1990
Director: Selwyn Levitt, MD
Residency:
Urologic
New York Medical College Affiliated Hospitals
Westchester County Medical Center,
Valhalla,
NY
10595:
July, 1988 ‑ June, 1989
Chief Resident in Urology
July, 1985 ‑ June, 1988
Urology Residency
Director: Joseph C. Addonizio, MD
Surgical
St. Vincent's Hospital
7th Ave. & 11th St., New York, NY 10011
July, 1983 ‑ June, 1985
Surgical Resident (PGY I‑II)
Director: Thomas F. Nealon, MD
Hospital Affiliations:
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY 10595 July 1989 Schneider's Children Hospital - Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY January 1994 Vassar Hospital, Poughkeepsie, NY 1998 Arden Hill Hospital, Goshen, NY 1992 Horton Hospital, Middletown, NY 1992 Nyack Hospital, Nyack, NY 10960 December 1989 Director of Section of Pediatric Urology Putnam Hospital Carmel, NY 1994
Northern Westchester Hospital Medical Center Mt Kisco NY 1998
Resigned Hospital Affiliations:
Flushing Hospital, Flushing, NY 11355 September 1989-2001 New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY 10021 December 1993-1998 Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center (Weiler Division), Bronx, NY 10467 July 1989 – December 2001 Pascak Valley Hospital, Pascak Valley, NJ 1997-2002 Lincoln Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10451 July 1989-June 1997 Director of Pediatric Urology St. Agnes Hospital, White Plains, NY 10605 October 1991-1998
Faculty Appointments:
Associate Professor of Urology and Pediatrics New York Medical College Valhalla, NY Dec 2002 - present Assistant Professor of Urology and Pediatrics New York Medical College Valhalla, NY July 1991 - 2002 Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology Cornell University Medical College New York, NY Nov. 1993 - 1997 Clinical Instructor in Urology Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY July, 1989 - 1999 Assistant Clinical Instructor of Urology New York Medical College Valhalla, NY July, 1988 - June, 1990
Certification:
American Board of Urology, Board Certified, March 1993 recertified till March 2113 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1984 Electrohydraulic Shock Wave Lithotripsy, AUA Lithotripsy Review Committee's Criteria, August 1991 Robotic surgery (intuitive surgical) December 2001
Society Membership:
American College of Surgeons, Fellow, Oct. 1994 American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow in Section of Urology, Oct. 1993 American Urological Association, January 1994 New York Section, American Urological Association, December, 1992 Endourological Society, January, 1990 Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, March 1991 Society of Fetal Urology, June 1991 The Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, September 1991 American Society of Pediatric Urology, March 1992 Society for Urology and Engineering, 1992 New York State Medical Society, 1998
Westchester Section of New York State Medical Society, 1998 American Lithotripsy Society, 1999 The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 1999 International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, 2000
Committees:
American Urological Association, Pediatric Urologic Procedural Codes, 1995
American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Urology, Nominating Committee 2000-2001
Admissions committee of New York Medical College September 2001- 2005
Visiting Professorship:
Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami, Dept of Urology, April 9, 1999
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, June 17-18 1999
Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, Venezuela Feb 14-16, 2000
Sociedad De
Urologia de Colombia, 50th Anniversary National Conference,
Cartagena, Colombia
August 15-19 2007
Journal reviews:
Journal of Endourology, present
Journal of Urology- present
Urology- present
Pediatrics – present
Expert Review of Medical Devices- present
Session Moderator:
Stone Disease, 1999 Annual Meeting Section of Urology of American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington DC Oct 10, 1999
Oncology/Trauma 2000 Annual Meeting of AAP, Chicago IL Oct 28 2000
Pediatric Urology, Education and Instrumentation, World Congress of Endourology, Genoa, Italy Oct. 2002
Dysfunctional Voiding 2002 Annual meeting of AAP, Boston NY Oct. 2002
Laparoscopy 2005 AAP-ESPU meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, June 2005
Panel Discussions:
Laparoscopy 97 Th Annual Meeting, The New York Section American Urological Association, Dublin, Ireland, Oct 20, 1999
Pediatric Urology , 97 th Annual Meeting, The New York Section American Urological Association, Dublin, Ireland Oct 20, 1999
Dermal Grafts Video Forum on Penile Reconstruction:Chordee repair and epispadias repair 2000 Annual meeting of AAP, Chicago Il Oct 29 2000
Penoscrotal Transposition Repair: The Buttonhole repair Video Session on Non Hypospadiac Surgery Society of Pediatric Urology Meeting, San Francisco Ca 2004
Pediatric Urological Billing panel 2005 Annual meeting of AAP, Oct 14 2005
Pediatric Urological Billing panel 2006 Annual meeting of AAP, Oct 11, 2006
Infrequently performed procedures in pediatric Urology, Video Session on Laparoscopic Fowler Stephens, 2006 Annual meeting of AAP, Oct 11, 2006
Courses Taught:
1. Laparoscopic Orchidopexy: Treatment of Choice for the Undescended Testis Postgraduate Seminar New York Section of AUA New York Academy of Medicine, March 8 1997 2. Hands on Laparoscopy Course: Pediatric Laparoscopy I Franco and C Peters 16 th world congress of Endourology & SWL Sept 4 1998 NYC, NY 3. Laproscopic Orchidopexy Urology Symposium, New York Section of AUA, New York Academy of Medicine, NY, NY June 1999 4. Pediatric Urologic Laproscopic Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, Venezuela Feb14-16, 2000 5. Advanced Pediatric Laparoscopy Instructional course, 2002 AUA Orlando Fl, June 2 2002 6. North American Pediatric Urology Laparoscopic Fellowship Course, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 20-22 2007
Publications:
Guest Editorialship :
1. Neurological Alternatives In Managing High Pressure Neurogenic Bladder, Dialogues in Pediatric Urology 18:4, April 1995 William Miller Publishing 2. Surgical Alternatives in Neurogenic Bladder Management, Dialogues in Pediatric Urology 18:5 , May 1995 William Miller Publishing
Chapters:
1. Calycoureterostomy: S. Levitt, E. Reda I. Franco Atlas of Surgical Techniques in Urology, ed. E. Douglas Whitehead, JB Lippincott Company Philadelphia. 1997 2. Overview: Surgery for Prune Belly Syndrome: S. Levitt, I. Franco, S. Kogan, E. Reda. Current Operative Urology, ed. E. Douglas Whitehead, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1992
3. Endoscopic Surgery of the Upper Tract in Children: M. Eshghi, E. Reda, I. Franco. Clinical Pediatric Urology, ed. Kelalis, King, Belman, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1993 4. Myelomeningocele: I. Franco Current Urologic Therapy, 3rd Edition, ed. Seidman, Hanno and Kaufman, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. 5. “Ectopic Ureter and Incontinence” C. Lee, I Franco, S. Levitt UROLOGIC SURGERY IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN ed. L. King, W.B. Saunders Co 1997 6. Megalourethra: M Kolligian and I Franco 5 Minute Urology Consult L Gomella, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins , Philadelphia, 2000
7. Evaluation and management of impalpable testis: I Franco Clinical Pediatric Urology, 4 th ed. Belman, King and Kramer Martin Dunitz Ltd., London 2001 8. Management of Impalpable Testis: I Franco Operative Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children Najmaldin et al Hodder Arnold Publishers, London 2005
9. Surgical Management of the Undescended Testis: I Franco Clinical Pediatric Urology, 5 th ed. Docimo, Canning and Khoury Martin Dunitz Ltd., London 2007
Other:
1. UROLITHIASIS IN THE PATIENT WITH AUGMENTATION CYSTOPLASTY: PATHOGENESIS AND MANAGEMENT: Israel Franco, MD, Selwyn Levitt, MD AUA Update Series Jan 1998
Videos:
1. Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for the Dysplastic Pelvic Kidney: C Lee, D Eiley, E Goldfischer, I Franco 15th World Congress of Endourology & SWL J Endourol 11: Suppl 1 S76, 1997 2. Laproscopic Orchidopexy. American College of Surgeons; Motion Picture Exhibition, New Orleans La, Oct 9 200 3. Laparoscopic orchidopexy. Video library of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group
4. Penoscrotal Transposition Repair: The Buttonhole repair Video Session on Non Hypospadia Surgery Society of Pediatric Urology Meeting, San Francisco Ca 2004 5. Laparoscopic Fowler Stephens, Video Session: Infrequently performed procedures in pediatric
Urology, 2006 Annual meeting of AAP, Oct 11, 20066. Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy On the Course DVD for North American Pediatric Urology Laparoscopic Fellowship Course, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 20-22 2007. 7. Laparoscopic Heminephrectomy: Retroperitoneal Approach On the Course DVD for
North American Pediatric Urology Laparoscopic Fellowship Course, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 20-22 20078. Robotic Assisted Mitrofanoff Appendicovesicostomy On the Course DVD for North American Pediatric Urology Laparoscopic Fellowship Course, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 20-22 2007 9. Laparoscopic Creation of a Neovagina Utilizing Sigmoid Colon On the Course DVD for North American Pediatric Urology Laparoscopic Fellowship Course, Toronto Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 20-22 2007
Articles:
1. Effects of Vitamin A and Beta Carotene on Intraabdominal Sepsis: Demetriou, A.A., Franco, I., Bark, S., Rettura, G., Seifter, E., Levenson, S. Archives of Surgery, 119(2):161‑5, 1984. 2. Value of Proximal Diversion and Ureteral Stenting in the Management of Ureteral Trauma: Franco, I., Eshghi, M., Schutte, H., Park, T., Fernandez, F., Choudhury, M., Addonizio, J.C. Urology 32:99, 1988. 3. Bladder neck obstruction secondary to Brunn's cyst: Franco, I., Eshghi, M., Schutte, H., Addonizio, J.C. J. Urol. 139:126‑7, 1988. 4. Fibroepithelial Polyps associated with congenital ureteral diverticula: Two case reports: Franco, I., Choudhury, M., Eshghi, M., Bhalodhi, A., Addonizio, J.C. J. Urol. 140:598, 1988. 5. The Minipig As A Practical Endourological Model: Schwalb, D., Eshghi, M., Cord, J., Evans, R. Braga, E. Franco. I., Durso, J. and Addonizio, J.C. J. Endourol. 3:85‑90, 1989. 6. Expanding the Role of the Ureteroscope: Schwalb, D., Eshghi, M., Franco, I., Fernandez, R., Addonizio, J.C. J. Urol., 143(3):485-8, 1990 7. Accessory and Ectopic Scrotum in a Patient with the Vater Association: Spears, T., Franco, I., Reda, E., Kogan, S., Levitt, S. Urology, 40:343-345, 1992. 8. Contrast Induced Central Nervous System Toxicity After Radiographic Evaluation of the Lower Urinary Tract in Myelodysplastic Patients with Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunts: Dalkin, B. Franco, I., Kaplan, W., Reda, E. J. Urol., 148:120-121, 1992.
9. Selective Sacral Rhizotomy in Patients with High Pressure Neurogenic Bladder: Early Results. I. Franco, B. Storrs, C.F. Firlit, MD Ph.D., K. Zebold, M.S.N., I. Richards, R.N., W. Kaplan: J. Urol., 148:648-650, 1992. 10. Genitourinary Malformations Associated with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum: Franco, I., Kogan, S., Fisher, J., Rifkinson-Mann, S., Reda, E., Levitt, S., Rosemann, B. J. Urol. 149:1119-1121, 1993. 11. Morphological and Physiological Changes in the Urinary Tract Associated with Ureteral Dilatation and Ureteropyeloscopy: Experimental Study: Schwalb, D., Eshghi, M., Davidian, M., Franco, I. J. Urol. 149:1576-1585, 1993. 12. Injectable Prosthetic Materials for the Management of Reflux and Urinary Incontinence in Children: Franco, I., Reda, E., Kaplan, W. Semin. Urol., 10:184-193, 1992 13. Urolithiasis in Children Following Augmentation Cystoplasty: Palmer, L., Franco, I., Kogan, J., Reda, E., Gill, B., Levitt, S. J. Urol. Part 2, 150:726-729, 1993. 14. Injectable Prosthetic Materials for the Management of Reflux and Urinary Incontinence in Children: Franco, I., Reda, E., Kaplan, W. Clinical Digest Series, Urology/Nephrology Digest 15. Endoscopic Management of Bladder Calculi Following Augmentation Cystoplasty: Palmer L., Franco I., Reda E., Kogan S., Levitt S.B. Urology, 44:902-904, 1994 16. The Importance of Catheter Size in The Achievement of Urinary Continence in Patients Undergoing A Young-Dees-Leadbetter Procedure: Franco I., Kolligan M., Reda E., Levitt, S.B. J. Urol. 152:710-712, 1994 17. Optimal Renal Preservation with Timely Percutaneous intervention: A Changing concept in the management of blunt renal trauma in children in the 1990’s: Gill, B Palmer L, Reda E, Franco I, Kogan S and Levitt S. Br. J Urol 1994 74(3):370-4 18. Intraoperative Spermatic Venography Reconsidered: Palmer L., Shlomo C., Reda E., Gill B., Franco I., Kogan S., Levitt S. J. Urol. 154:225-227, 1995 19. Selective Sacral Rhizotomy for the Management of Neurogenic Bladders: Long Term Follow up: T. Schneidau I. Franco K. Zebold,W. Kaplan: J. Urol., 154:766-768 1995 20. Is Contralateral Exploration of The Kidney Necessary in Patients With Wilms Tumor ?: Kessler O., Franco I., Jayabose S., Reda E., Levitt S.B., Brock W.: J. Urol. 156:693, 1996
21. Selective Sacral Rhizotomy: I Franco Neurological Alternatives In Managing High Pressure Neurogenic Bladder, Dialogues in Pediatric Urology 18(4), April 1995 William Miller Publishing 22. Laparoscopic Orchiopexy: Procedure of choice for the Non palpable Testis? B Lindgren, E Darby, L Faiella, W Brock, E Reda, S Levitt, I Franco, J Urol vol 159:2132-2135, 1998 23. Single and Multiple Dermal Grafts for Management of severe penile Curvature: B Lindgren, , E Reda, S Levitt, W Brock, I Franco, J Urol vol 160:1128-1130, 1998 24. Prune Belly Syndrome: New and Simplified Technique of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. P Furness, E Cheng, I Franco, C Firlit J Urol vol 160:1195-1197, 1998 25. Optimal Timing of Hypospadias Surgery in Children: I Franco, T Schneidau, E Reda, WA Brock, S Levitt Schneider Children's Hospital Journal Vol 8(4) 201-204, 1996 26. Laproscopic Orchidopexy for the Intraabdominal Testis: Indications, Surgical Procedure and Results. I Franco and L Palmer Children's Hospital Quarterly Vol. 9:2/3 pp59-62 1998 27. Analysis of Outcome of Pediatric Pyeloplasty: Is Postoperative Renal Scan Necessary?, The Journal of Urology, Volume 161, 110, Supplement April 1999, Lane S. Palmer, Andrew Huang, Israel Franco, Edward F. Reda, William A. Brock, Selwyn B. Levitt 28. Laparoscopic Fowler-Stephens orchidopexy for the high abdominal testis. BW. Lindgren I Franco, S Blick, S B. Levitt, W A. Brock, LS. Palmer S C. Friedman and E F. Reda J. Urol Vol 162:990-994, 1999 29. Suppression of Renal Inflammation with Vitamins A and E in Ascending Pyelonephritis in Rats: R Bennett, R Mazzaccaro, N Chopra, A Melman, I Franco J Urol 161, 1681-1684, 1999 30. Ibuprofen combined with antibiotics suppresses renal scarring from ascending pyelonephritis in rats A Huang1, L S. Palmer, D Hom, AE. Anderson, L Kushner, I Franco, J Urol 162:1396-1398, 1999 31. Oral cimetidine for the management of genital and perigenital warts in children. Franco, I : J. Urology 164:1074-1075, 2000 32. Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections and Urinary Tract Abnormalities in Imerslund-Grasbeck Syndrome C Sandoval, P Bolten, I Franco, S Freeman, S Jayabose, Ped Hematology and Oncology, 17:331-334, 2000 33. Correction of penoscrotal transposition: A Novel approach M E. Kolligian; I Franco; E F. Reda: J UROLOGY 2000;164:994-997 34. A Multi institutional analysis of Laproscopic orchidopexy. L Baker, S Docimo, I Surer, C Peters, L Cisek, D Diamond, A Caldamone, M Koyle, W Strand, R Moore, R Mevorach, J Brady, G Jordan, M Erhard, And I Franco BJU international 2001; 87, 484-489 35. Laparoscopic Orchidopexy: A review of a large Clinical series. B Chang, L Palmer and I Franco BJU international 2001; 87, 490-493 36. Use of HCG stimulation for the evaluation and treatment of the impalpable testis. I Franco Hormonal evaluation and treatment in cryptorchidism In Dialogues in Pediatric Urology 2001; 24(8) 37. Editorial comment. (Penoscrotal Transposition: Review of 53 patients) I Franco Urol 2001 166:1868 38. The "Long Snodgrass": Applying the Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty to Penoscrotal Hypospadias in 1-Stage or 2-Stage Repairs, The Journal of Urology, Volume 168, 1748-1750, October 2002, L Palmer, J S. Palmer, I Franco, SC. Friedman, M. Kolligan, B Gill, S B. Levitt 39. Biofeedback Therapy Expedites the Resolution of Reflux in Older Children. L Palmer, I Franco, P Rotario, W Brock, S Levitt J Urol. 2002 168, 1699-1703 40. Editorial Comment. (Role of Laparoscopy in patients with previous negative exploration for impalpable testis) I Franco Urology 2003 61:1237 41.. The Use of Small Intestinal Submucosa (SIS) in the Repair of Complicated Hypospadias. A Weiser, I Franco, D Herz, R Silver, E Reda J Urol. 2003 170:1593 42. Post-Operative Chylous Ascites Following Surgical Treatment for Wilms’ Tumor: A Retrospective Analysis of NWTS 3 and 4. A Weiser, B Lindgren, M Ritchey,I Franco, J Urol 2003 170:1667 43. Bilateral Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Heminephrouretectomy. R Pedraza, L Palmer, V Moss and I Franco Journal of Urology. 171(6, Part 1 of 2):2394-2395, June 2004. 44. Laparoscopic Appendicovesicostomy (Mitrofanoff Procedure) in a Child Using the DaVinci Robotic System. R Pedraza, A Weiser and I Franco Journal of Urology. 171(4, 1652-1653, April 2004. 45. Laparoscopic orchiopexy: report of 203 cases with review of diagnosis, operative technique, and lessons learned. Samadi AA, Palmer LS, Franco I. J Endourol. 2003 Aug;17(6):365-8. 46. Laparoscopic varicocelectomy in the adolescent male. Franco I. Curr Urol Rep. 2004 Apr;5(2):132-6.
47. A need for reevaluation of sports participation recommendations for children with solitary kidneys. B Johnson, C Christensen, S DiRusso, M Choudhury, I Franco. J Urol 174(2):686-689 August 2005 48. Dysfunctional Elimination as an Etiology for Idiopathic Urethritis in Childhood D Herz , A Weiser, E Reda, S Levitt, T Collette, and I Franco J Urol 173(6):2132-2137, June 2005. 49. Laparoscopic Assisted Modification of the Firlit Abdominal Wall Plication I Franco, J Urol, 174(1):280-283, July 2005. 50. Efficacy and safety of Oxybutynin in children with Detrusor Hyperreflexia secondary to Neurogenci bladder dysfunction. Franco, I; Horowitz, M; Grady, R Adams, R C.; de Jong T. P. V. M.; Lindert T, K; Albrecht , D, Journal of Urology. 173(1):221-225, January 2005. 51. Editorial comments , Franco I The Journal of Urology June 2006 (Vol. 175, Issue 6, Pages 2280-2281) 52. Laparoscopic-assisted abdominal wall reconstruction in prune-belly syndrome. Levine E, Taub PJ, Franco I. Ann Plast Surg. 2007 Feb;58(2):162-5. 53. Overactive Bladder in Children: Pathophysiology J Urol Sept 178: 761-768 2007 54. Overactive Bladder in Children: Management J Urol Sept 178:769-774 2007 55. The Use of Botulinum Toxin A Injection for the Management of External Sphincter Dyssynergia in Neurologically Normal Children. Franco I, Landau-Dyer L, Isom-Batz G, Collett T, Reda EF. J Urol. 2007 Aug 16
56. Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty in the Pediatric Patient: Hand Sewn Anastomosis Versus Robotic Assisted Anastomosis-Is There a Difference? Franco I, Dyer LL, Zelkovic P. J Urol. 2007 Aug 14 57. Pediatric Overactive Bladder: Pathophysiology and management I Franco Pediatric Drugs in Press
Abstracts:
1. Effects of Vitamin A and Beta Carotene on Intraabdominal Sepsis. Demetriou, A.A., Franco, I., Bark, S., Rettura, G., Seifter, E., Levenson, S.: Third Annual Meeting, Surgical Infection Society. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 9, 1983 2. Evaluation of the Heterogeneity Index Score in Prostatic Carcinoma. Franco, I., Latino, K., Choudhury, M., Addonizio, J.C.: American Urological Association, Eighty‑Second Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, May 18, 1987. 3. Management of Upper Ureteral Injuries. Franco, I., Fernandez, R., Schutte, H., Choudhury, M., Addonizio, J.C.: American Urological Association, Eighty‑Second Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, May 18, 1987. 4. Success And Complications Of Ureterorenoscopy after Formal Training. Eshghi, M., Franco. I., Addonizio, J.C.: V World Congress Of Endourology And ESWL. Nov., 1987 5. Endourological Management of Ureteral Strictures. Eshghi, M., Franco, I., Addonizio, J.C.: V World Congress On Endourology And ESWL. Nov., 1987 6. Failures and Complications of Ureteroscopy After Formal Training. Franco, I., Eshghi, M., Fiore, A., Choudhury, M., Addonizio, J.C.: American Urological Association, Eighty third Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass. June 4, 1988 7. Endourological Management of 40 Ureteral Strictures. Franco, I., Eshghi, M., Bruder, J., Schutte, H., Addonizio, J.C.: American Urological Association Eighty Third Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass. June 4, 1988 8. Cold Knife Endoureterotomy: New Method of Managing Ureteral Strictures. I. Franco, M. Eshghi, D. Schwalb and J.C. Addonizio. Presented at VI World Congress On Endourology And ESWL. Paris, Sept., 1988 9. Laboratory Investigation of Renal Pelvic Pressure During Ureteral Dilatation and Ureteroscopy. D. Schwalb, M. Eshghi, I. Franco and J.C. Addonizio: Presented at VI World Congress On Endourology And ESWL. Paris, Sept., 1988 10.