AngioDynamics

Faculty Presenting

Dr. Jonathan Fainberg

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Jonathan Fainberg is a urologic surgeon who specializes in the diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of localized prostate cancer in York, New York and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital.  He received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Timothy McClure

Weill Cornell medical Center

Dr. McClure is an expert in imaging, image-guided therapy, and the minimally invasive treatment of urologic disease. Dr. McClure brings a unique training background to the department as he is not only a urologist, but also a board-certified radiologist who is fellowship trained in vascular and interventional radiology. Dr. McClure is a member of two distinguished centers at Weill Cornell Medicine: The LeFrak Center of Robotic Surgery, as well as the Center for Prostate Cancer Imaging, Diagnosis and Focused Therapy.

Dr. McClure has been utilizing Irreversible Electroporation for select localized prostate cancer cases since 2017. He is also a Principal Investigator at Weill Cornel for the “Pivotal Study of the NanoKnife System for Ablation of Prostate Tissue in an Intermediate-Risk Patient Population” that is currently enrolling.

Dr. L. Spencer Krane

Touro Infirmary, LCMC Health

Dr. L. Spencer Krane is a New Orleans native, he graduated from Isidore Newman School in uptown New Orleans. He then attended University of Michigan for his undergraduate. Upon graduating Dr. Spencer Krane then returned home to New Orleans to attend Tulane School of Medicine, from which he graduated in 2007. After completing medical school he pursued a fellowship in minimally invasive and robotic urology at Henry Ford Hospital under the guidance of Dr Mani Menon, the father of robotic surgery. From there he continued his education at Wake Forest Baptist Health for training on regenerative medicine techniques with Dr. Anthony Atala and thus completing his Urology Residency. Following completion of his residency training he entered into a fellowship program at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda Maryland. While at the National Cancer Institute he was trained in the latest treatments for prostate cancer and in diagnostic techniques including MRI fusion guided biopsies.

Now working at Tulane Medical Center, Dr. Krane is currently specializing in patient specific customized medicine for treating urologic malignancies. He is incorporating new biomarkers, genomic classifications, epigenetic signatures, and imaging modalities to create individualized plans for his patients.

In his spare time Dr. Spencer Krane enjoys spending time with his wife and kids. Together they enjoy experiencing the New Orleans culture, attending festivals and outdoor venues.

Dr. Alice Yu

Moffitt Cancer Center

Dr. Yu received her MD from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She completed a Urology Residency at the McGill University Health Center. Subsequently, she spent two years in Boston, Massachusetts where she completed a Urologic Oncology Fellowship in the Combined Harvard Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Yu’s clinical practice focuses on the surgical treatment of urologic cancers including prostate, bladder, kidney, penile and testicular cancer, using minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) and open techniques. She is interested in surgical outcomes research and quality improvement with a focus on bladder and prostate cancers.