Mani Menon

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Mani Menon
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Dr. Mani Menon at VGR 2012
Born (1948-07-09) 9 July 1948 (age 77) in Trichur, Kerala, India
OccupationsDirector of the Vattikuti Urology Institute, Detroit, MI
SpouseDr. Shameem Menon
Children2
Website www.henryford.com/physician-directory/m/menon-mani

Mani Menon, born 9 July 1948 in Trichur, India, is an American surgeon whose work has helped to lay the foundation for modern Robotic Cancer Surgery. He is the founding director and the Raj and Padma Vattikuti Distinguished Chair of the Vattikuti Urology Institute at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, where he established the first cancer-oriented robotics program in the world. Menon is widely regarded for his role in the development of robotic surgery techniques for the treatment of patients with prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers, [1] [2] [3] as well as for the development of robotic kidney transplantation.

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Menon is the recipient of the Gold Cystoscope Award (American Urological Association, 2001), Hugh Hampton Young award (American Urological Association, 2011), the Keyes Medal (American Association of Genitourinary surgeons, 2016), the prestigious B.C. Roy award (Awarded by the President of India, for his achievements in the fields of urology and robotics). [4]

Early years and urological career

He started his medical journey in 1964 from JIPMER where he did his MBBS. Menon developed a novel technique to measure androgen receptors in the human prostate. [5] At the age of 34, Menon became the chairman of the Urology department at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. [5] During early career, his major contributions were in the field of kidney stone disease where he helped develop the use of intra-operative ultrasonography as an aid to renal stone management [6] and also devised methods to quantify citrate and oxalate levels in urine using ion chromatography. [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "American Dreamers: Mani Menon, 58 | Crain's Detroit Business".
  2. ↑ ""Robots in the OR" - WJR Radio". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.
  3. ↑ "Newsweek". The Daily Beast . Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "B.C. Roy awards for 55 doctors". The Hindu. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Bio - Henry Ford Health System". Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  6. ↑ Marshall, F. F.; Smith, N. A.; Murphy, J. B.; Menon, M; Sanders, R. C. (1981). "A comparison of ultrasonography and radiography in the localization of renal calculi: Experimental and operative experience". The Journal of Urology. 126 (5): 576–80. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)54634-0. PMID   6795364.
  7. ↑ Menon, M; Mahle, C. J. (1983). "Urinary citrate excretion in patients with renal calculi". The Journal of Urology. 129 (6): 1158–60. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)52618-x. PMID   6854790.
  8. ↑ Mahle, C. J.; Menon, M (1982). "Determination of urinary oxalate by ion chromatography: Preliminary observation". The Journal of Urology. 127 (1): 159–62. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)53652-6. PMID   7057492.
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