Urologic Surgical Oncologist Ahmed Eldefrawy, M.D., joins Miami Cancer Institute
“We would like to welcome Dr. Eldefrawy to Miami Cancer Institute,” said Leonard Kalman, M.D., executive deputy director and chief medical officer at Miami Cancer Institute. “His specialized training in treating urologic cancers will make him an asset to our patients and to our program.”
Dr. Eldefrawy joins Miami Cancer Institute from San Diego, where he completed a urologic oncology fellowship at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
His research has been featured in a number of peer-reviewed publications, including Urology, European Urology and Urologic Oncology. He is a member of the American Urological Association and Society of Urologic Oncology and serves as a reviewer for several urology journals, including the Journal of Urology.
Dr. Eldefrawy earned his medical degree from Alexandria University. He completed his urology residency at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
He will see patients at Miami Cancer Institute, located at 8900 North Kendall Drive in Miami.
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About Miami Cancer Institute
Miami Cancer Institute brings to South Florida access to personalized clinical treatments and comprehensive support services delivered with unparalleled compassion. No other cancer program in the region has the combination of cancer-fighting expertise and advanced technology—including the first proton therapy center in South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean, and one of the only radiation oncology program in the world with each of the newest radiation therapies in one place—to diagnose and deliver precise cancer treatments that achieve the best outcomes and improve the lives of cancer patients. The Institute offers an impressive roster of established community oncologists and renowned experts, clinical researchers and genomic scientists recruited from the nation’s top cancer centers. Selected as Florida’s only member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer (MSK) Alliance, Miami Cancer Institute is part of a meaningful clinical collaboration that affords patients in South Florida access to innovative treatments and ensures that the standards of care developed by their multidisciplinary disease management teams match those at MSK.
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