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BENJAMIN H. LOWENTRITT, M.D.

 

Chesapeake Urology Associates, P.A.

Union Memorial Hospital
3333 N. Calvert Street, Suite 600
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 467-7665

Chesapeake Urology Associates, P.A.

8322 Bellona Avenue, Suite 202
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 825-6310

 

 

EDUCATION:

Tulane University Department of Urology    2005-2006    New Orleans, LA

-         Clinical Instructor, Fellow in Laparoscopic, Robotic, and Endourology -Raju Thomas, Mentor

University of Maryland Medical System 1999-2005      Baltimore, MD

-         Resident, General Surgery   1999-2001

-         Resident,  Urology   2001-2005

Baylor College of Medicine 1995 - 1999       Houston, TX

-         M.D. Program

-        Member and Student Co-Coordinator, Admissions Committee; Co-Founder, Student Charity Ball; President Baylor Chapter of Texas Medical Association (TMA);

Harvard College 1991-1995    Cambridge, MA

-         A.B., History of Science Department

-         Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List, Harvard College Honorary Scholarship

-         Manager of Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Team; Recipient, 1995 Caroll F. Getchel award for Manager of the Year by Harvard Varsity Club

Metairie Park Country Day School 1987 - 1991    Metairie, LA

-         Cum Laude Honor Society, Harvard Book Award, Student Council Vice-President, newspaper editor-in-chief, band, chorus, drama, captain of baseball and soccer teams

-         Recipient of Jefferson Scholarship (University of Virginia) and Harvard National Scholar award  

 

BOOK CHAPTERS:

 

Castle EP, Woods M, Lowentritt BH, Atug F, and R Davis; Robotic-Assisted Radical Cystectomy, In: Smith's Textbook of Endourology. AD Smith, Editor: Hamilton, ON, B.C. Decker, Inc., 2006.

 

Lowentritt BH, Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex, In: The Brady Urology Manual. Parsons JK and EJ Wright, Editors: London, UK, Informa Healthcare, 2006.

 

Lowentritt BH, Pediatric Urinary Infections, Vesicoureteral Reflux, and Voiding Dysfunction; In: The Brady Urology Manual. Parsons JK and EJ Wright, Editors: London, UK, Informa Healthcare, 2006

 

Van Zijl PS, Lowentritt BH, and GN Sklar, Erectile Dysfunction and Other Urological Management of the Renal Transplant Patient, In: Medical Management of Kidney Transplantation. MR Weir, Editor: Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004.

 

ARTICLES, ABSTRACTS & RESEARCH PROJECTS:

 

           

Lowentritt BH, Castle EP, Woods M, Davis R, and R Thomas, Robot-assisted radical cystectomy in women: technique and initial experience, J Endourology 2008 Apr, 22 (4): 709-712.

-                     Virtual Poster Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

 

Lowentritt B, Phelan MW, VanZijl PS, Philosophe B, and GN Sklar, Venacavoscopy During Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma with Inferior Venal Caval Thrombus, J Urol 2006 Aug; 176 (2): 468-71.

-                  Video Presented at 2004 AUA Annual Meeting

-                 Presented at 2005 World Congress of Endourology

 

Sun Y, Chen M, Lowentritt BH, Chai TC, et. al., EGF and HB-EGF Modulate Inward Potassium Current in Human Bladder Urothelial Cells from Normal and Interstitial Cystitis Patients, Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006 July12.

      -                B Lowentritt, Winner, 2nd prize 2004 AUA/ACMI Laboratory Prize Essay

                Contest

     _                   Presented at 2004 AUA Annual Meeting

 

Lowentritt BH, VanZijl PS, Gearhart JP, et al, Variants of the Exstrophy Complex; A Single Institution Experience, J Urol 2005 May, 173 (5): 1732-7.

 

Lowentritt BH, Parsons JK, and JP Gearhart, Pediatric Epithelioid Sarcoma of the Penis, J Urol 2004 Jul, 172(1): 296-7.

 

Lowentritt BH, Scardino PT, Kim ED, et. al., Sildenafil Citrate after Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy, J Urol 1999 Nov, 162(5): 1614-17.

 

Robotic-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy in 6 Patients, Erik Castle, Raju Thomas and Rodney Davis, Mentors

       -      Poster Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

-          Video Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

 

Complex Uretero-Pelvic Junction Obstruction: The Robotic Approach, Erik Castle, Raju Thomas and Rodney Davis, Mentors

-         Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

 

Management of Uretero-Pelvic Junction Obstruction in the Presence of Crossing Vessels During Robotic Pyeloplasty,  Erik Castle, and Raju Thomas, Mentors

-         Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

 

Robotic-Assisted Pyeloplasty: A Step-By-Step Approach to Enhance UPJO Management, Erik Castle, and Raju Thomas, Mentors

-         Video Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

 

Robotic-Assisted Extended Pelvic Lymphadenectomy: Technical Points and Considerations, Erik Castle, Raju Thomas and Rodney Davis, Mentors

-       Video Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

 

  Technical Considerations and Pitfalls During Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy, Erik Castle, Raju Thomas and Rodney Davis, Mentors

-         Video Presented at 2006 World Congress of Endourology

 

The Effect of Erectile Dysfunction on Patient Medication Compliance, Geoffrey Sklar, Mentor

-                  Presented at 2004 AUA Annual Meeting

 

How Many Pills Will a Man Take to Get an Erection? ? An analysis of patient expectations and oral therapy for erectile dysfunction., Geoffrey Sklar, M.D., Mentor

-                   Presented at 2004 AUA Mid-Atlantic Annual Meeting

 

Predictors of the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the semen, Larry Lipshultz, Mentor

-                     Presented at 1999 AUA Annual Meeting

 

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES, INTERESTS & AFFILIATIONS:

         Diplomate, American Board of Urology: Certified 2008.

         Reviewer for The  Journal of Endourology

         Team Leader for Medical Clinics in Central Louisiana Red Cross Shelters after Hurricane Katrina

         Member of American Urological Association, American Medical Association, Endourological Society

         Member, Mardi Gras Krewe of Bacchus