Dr. Karim A.Touijer

Top urologic surgeon specializing in prostate cancer, bladder cancer, adrenal cancer and kidney cancer.

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About

Dr. Karim A. Touijer, MD, MPH, is a distinguished urologic oncologist and surgical innovator with a global reputation for advancing the care of patients with prostate and other genitourinary cancers. He serves as a senior member of the Urology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he also holds a faculty appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Touijer earned his medical degree from the University of Lille in France, followed by surgical residency training in New York and a fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Board-certified in urology, he has dedicated his career to the precise, minimally invasive surgical management of complex genitourinary malignancies.

Why they are a top doctor

Research papers · PubMed

182

Published, peer-reviewed work, the clearest public measure of expertise in a specialty.

Cited by other doctors

11.5k

How often other doctors and researchers build on their work.

Known for

Minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, nerve-sparing surgery and image-guided surgery

The distinction that sets them apart from other urologic surgeons.

Background

Education

Medical school

Universite Hassan II

Residency

Urology - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire · Family Medicine - University of Kansas Medical Center · General Surgery - University of Kansas Medical Center · Urology - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Fellowships

Urologic Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Advanced Laparoscopy - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board certification

Urology

Areas of focus

Prostate Cancer

Bladder Cancer

Kidney Cancer

Awards

Gold Cystoscope Award, American Urological Association

Memberships and affiliations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

Scientific Consultant, ROC Clinic

American Urological Association

European Association of Urology

Selected publications

Organoid cultures derived from patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Limited versus Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Prostate Cancer: Update from a Randomized Clinical Trial of Limited Versus Extended Dissection.

Point-Counterpoint: Radioisotope-guided Lymphadenectomy for Pelvic Node Staging: The SENTINELLE Study.

Gene-based Confirmatory Germline Testing Following Tumor-only Sequencing of Prostate Cancer.

Active surveillance for prostate cancer.

Contemporary Role of Lymph Node Dissection in Genitourinary Cancers: Where Are We in 2023?

The future of salvage lymph node dissection in the prostate-specific membrane antigen era.

Titles as indexed on PubMed.

Where they practice

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

One of the world’s oldest and largest private cancer centers, in New York City, focused only on cancer and treating every type, including rare ones.

Trials for prostate cancer

All trials ›

Reviewing Standard Therapy Alone or with Surgery for Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Recruiting · Phase 3

Tests a better surgery for prostate cancer. It compares it with the usual care. Open to adults (men only) across the US.

Studying New Treatment for Prostate Cancer That Returns After Surgery

Recruiting · Phase 3

Tests a better surgery for prostate cancer. It compares it with the usual care. Open to adults (men only) in 34 states.

Examining a New Treatment for Men with Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer

Recruiting · Phase 3

Tests a new treatment for prostate cancer. It compares it with the usual care. Open to adults (men only) in 23 states.

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About

Why they are a top doctor

Research papers · PubMed

182

Published, peer-reviewed work, the clearest public measure of expertise in a specialty.

Cited by other doctors

11.5k

How often other doctors and researchers build on their work.

Known for

Minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, nerve-sparing surgery and image-guided surgery

The distinction that sets them apart from other urologic surgeons.

Background

Education

Medical school

Universite Hassan II

Residency

Fellowships

Urologic Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Advanced Laparoscopy - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Board certification

Urology

Areas of focus

Prostate Cancer

Bladder Cancer

Kidney Cancer

Awards

Gold Cystoscope Award, American Urological Association

Memberships and affiliations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

Scientific Consultant, ROC Clinic

American Urological Association

European Association of Urology

Selected publications

Organoid cultures derived from patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Limited versus Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Prostate Cancer: Update from a Randomized Clinical Trial of Limited Versus Extended Dissection.

Point-Counterpoint: Radioisotope-guided Lymphadenectomy for Pelvic Node Staging: The SENTINELLE Study.

Gene-based Confirmatory Germline Testing Following Tumor-only Sequencing of Prostate Cancer.

Active surveillance for prostate cancer.

Contemporary Role of Lymph Node Dissection in Genitourinary Cancers: Where Are We in 2023?

The future of salvage lymph node dissection in the prostate-specific membrane antigen era.

Titles as indexed on PubMed.

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