New York City, New York Mar 11, 2020 (Issuewire.com) - Dr. Libertino is a world-renowned board-certified urologist whose clinical interests include urologic surgery, adrenal cancer, renal cancer, bladder cancer, continent diversions, prostate cancer, urethral cancer, and testes cancer. He can be found on staff at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1911, Emerson Hospital is a full-service hospital with more than 300 primary care doctors and specialists who care for everything from arrhythmias to wound care. Emerson Hospital’s urologists provide comprehensive medical and surgical services for urologic conditions, offering today’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment expertise. These services include world-class expertise for treating urologic cancers, advanced treatments for prostate enlargement and obstruction, minimally invasive treatments for kidney, bladder and ureteral stones, erectile dysfunction (ED) treatments, infertility services, incontinence therapies, and pediatric care.
Throughout his extensive professional background, Dr. Libertino has served as in various roles, including: Associate in Surgery at the University of Rochester School of Medicine (1966 - 1967), Associate in Surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine (1967 - 1969), Instructor in Surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine (1969 - 1970), Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School (1976 - 1979), Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School (1979 - 1999), Premedical Tutor Quincy House at Harvard College (1988 - 1995), Clinical Professor of Urology at Tufts University School of Medicine (1996 - 2006), Senior Staff Urologist within the Department of Urology at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (1970 - 2016), Director of Renal Transplant Service at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (1970 - 1988), Urologist within the Department of Urology at New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston (1970 - 1990), Urologist within the Department of Urology at New England Baptist Hospital, Boston (1970 - 1980), Vice Chairman of the Division of Surgery at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (1983 - 1984), Chairman, of the Division of Surgery at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (1984 - 1995), member of the Physicians Compensation Committee at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (1984 - 1999), Chairman within the Department of Urology at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (1991 - 2016), CEO of Lahey Medical Center (1994 - 1999), Director of the Sophia Gordon Cancer Center at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (2009 - 2013), Member of the Board of Trustees at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (2009 - 2016), and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Lahey Clinic Medical Center (1999 - 2009). At present, he serves as a Consultant within the Department of Urology at Children’s Hospital Medical Center (since 1981) and as a full academic Professor of Urology at Tufts University School of Medicine (since 2006).
A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Urological Association, the doctor is board-certified in urology by the American Board of Urology (ABU). The mission of the ABU is to act for the benefit of the public by establishing and maintaining standards of certification for urologists, as well as to work with certified urologists to achieve lifelong learning to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe, and ethical urologic care.
In the early days of his academic career, Dr. Libertino obtained his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C in 1965. Upon graduation, he completed his residency in urology and his fellowship in surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Urology, also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs. Urologists specialize in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system. Patients may be referred to a urologist if their physician suspects they may need treatment for a condition relating to the bladder, urethra, ureters, kidneys, and adrenal glands.
As a testament to his success, Dr. Libertino has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including: Legends in Urology by Canadian Journal of Urology (2017), Samuel Moschella Educator of the Year Award (2014), Dr. Lahey Award (2012), Lahey Clinic Medical Research Award (2010), Milton and Natalie Zucker Clinical Teaching Prize for Outstanding Clinical Teaching from Tufts University School of Medicine (2006), Hugh Hampton Young Award from the American Urological Association (1988), Nu Sigma Award from the Yale University School of Medicine (1970), Abraham Jacobi Prize and Award in Pediatrics (1965), and Neurology Prize (1965), among others.
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