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David B. Samadi
David B. Samadi
Born	Iran
Nationality	American
Education	B.S. Stony Brook University; M.D. SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine; Henri Mondor - Creteil, France; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Occupation	Urologist Former Chairman of Urology Dept. at Lenox Hill Hospital Newsmax Medical Contributor
Website	samadimd.com

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David B. Samadi is an American urologist, a Newsmax contributor, and the former chairman of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Biography

Born and raised in the Persian Jewish community of Iran, at age 15 Samadi and his younger brother left in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution. They continued their education in Belgium and the UK before coming to the United States where Samadi completed high school in Roslyn, New York. He attended Stony Brook University and earned his degree in biochemistry. He earned his M.D from S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York in 1994, and completed his postgraduate training in urology at Montefiore Medical Center and in urology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1996 and Montefiore Medical Center in 2000. He completed an oncology fellowship in urology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2001 and a robotic radical prostatectomy fellowship at Henri Mondor Hospital Creteil in France under the mentorship of Professor Claude Abbou in 2002.^[1]

Career

He first practiced at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, then joined the faculty of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in 2007 where he became the Vice Chair of the Department of Urology, and the Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery.^[2] In 2012, he was the highest paid doctor in New York City, earning $7.6 million.^[3]

He invented the Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Treatment for prostate cancer surgeries. The technique was designed to replace open surgery with a minimally invasive alternative using the da Vinci Surgical System.^[4]

In November 2019, Lenox Hill agreed to pay $12.3 million to settle a Medicare fraud lawsuit brought because Samadi performed multiple surgeries at the same time, leaving patients unsupervised by a urologist when he left one operating room for another; billing for unnecessary procedures; and inadequately supervised residents. The suit was the result of an investigation by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, who characterized the approach as "assembly line medicine" in violation of Medicare and hospital regulations.^[5]

Patients were distressed to learn that Samadi was not actually performing their surgical procedures and was often not in the operating room, according to an investigation by the Boston Globe.^[6]^[7]

In June 2020, He joined conservative news outlet Newsmax as a medical contributor.^[8]

He is currently director of men's health at St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill, New York.^[9]

References

^ Gupte, Pranay (January 17, 2006). "Doctor Discusses Plans To Perform Tele-Surgery". The New York Sun.
^ Fern Siman for Jewish Voice NY. July 10, 2013. Sitting on Top of the World with Dr. David Samadi
^ Melissa Klein for the NY Post. April 13, 2014 City’s hospital specialists are raking in millions of dollars
^ Ferguson, Michael (October 13, 2014). "Experience Matters: David B. Samadi, MD — Advancing Robotic Prostate Surgeries Worldwide". MD News.
^ Saul, Emily (November 8, 2019). "Lenox Hill Hospital will shell out $12.3M for submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare". New York Post. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
^ "Star surgeon is scrutinized on concurrent procedures - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
^ Saltzman, Jonathan (October 5, 2017). "Federal prosecutors launch investigation of prominent surgeon who double-booked operations". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via Boston.com.
^ Eggerton, John (June 8, 2020). "Samadi Named Newsmax Medical Contributor". Multichannel News. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ "Men's Health". St. Francis Hospital. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] Gupte, Pranay (January 17, 2006). "Doctor Discusses Plans To Perform Tele-Surgery". The New York Sun.

[voiceNY-2] Fern Siman for Jewish Voice NY. July 10, 2013. Sitting on Top of the World with Dr. David Samadi

[3] Melissa Klein for the NY Post. April 13, 2014 City’s hospital specialists are raking in millions of dollars

[4] Ferguson, Michael (October 13, 2014). "Experience Matters: David B. Samadi, MD — Advancing Robotic Prostate Surgeries Worldwide". MD News.

[5] Saul, Emily (November 8, 2019). "Lenox Hill Hospital will shell out $12.3M for submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare". New York Post. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

[6] "Star surgeon is scrutinized on concurrent procedures - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

[7] Saltzman, Jonathan (October 5, 2017). "Federal prosecutors launch investigation of prominent surgeon who double-booked operations". The Boston Globe. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via Boston.com.

[8] Eggerton, John (June 8, 2020). "Samadi Named Newsmax Medical Contributor". Multichannel News. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

[9] "Men's Health". St. Francis Hospital. Retrieved July 5, 2020.

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+'''David B. Samadi''' is an American [[urologist]], a [[Newsmax]] contributor, and the former chairman of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery at [[Lenox Hill Hospital]].
-'''David B. Samadi''' is a [[celebrity doctor]]<ref name=Globe/> and is the Chairman of Urology, Chief of Robotic Surgery at [[Lenox Hill Hospital]]. He is a board-certified [[urologist]] trained in the diagnosis and treatment of [[urologic]] diseases, [[prostate cancer]], [[kidney cancer]] and [[bladder cancer]], and specializes in advanced minimally invasive treatments for prostate cancer, including [[laparoscopic radical prostatectomy]] and laparoscopic robotic radical [[prostatectomy]].
 ==Biography==
-Born and raised in the [[Persian Jewish]] community of [[Iran]], at age 15 Samadi and his younger brother left in 1979 after the [[Iranian Revolution]]. They continued their education in [[Belgium]] and [[London]] before coming to the United States where Samadi completed high school in [[Roslyn, New York]]. After high school, Samadi attended [[Stony Brook University]] and earned his degree in [[biochemistry]] on a full [[scholarship]]. He earned his M.D from S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York in 1994.  Samadi completed his postgraduate training in urology at [[Montefiore Medical Center]] and in proctology at [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]] in 1996 and [[Montefiore Medical Center]] in 2000. He completed an oncology fellowship in proctology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2001 and a robotic radical prostatectomy fellowship at Henri Mondor Hospital Creteil in [[France]] under the mentorship of Professor Claude Abbou in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |first=Pranay |last=Gupte |date=January 17, 2006 |title=Doctor Discusses Plans To Perform Tele-Surgery |url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/doctor-discusses-plans-to-perform-tele-surgery/25973/ |work=[[The New York Sun]]}}</ref><ref name=BloomProfile/>
+Born and raised in the [[Persian Jewish]] community of Iran, at age 15 Samadi and his younger brother left in 1979 after the [[Iranian Revolution]]. They continued their education in Belgium and the UK before coming to the United States where Samadi completed high school in [[Roslyn, New York]]. He attended [[Stony Brook University]] and earned his degree in [[biochemistry]]. He earned his M.D from S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York in 1994, and completed his postgraduate training in urology at [[Montefiore Medical Center]] and in urology at [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]] in 1996 and Montefiore Medical Center in 2000. He completed an oncology fellowship in urology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2001 and a robotic radical prostatectomy fellowship at Henri Mondor Hospital Creteil in France under the mentorship of Professor Claude Abbou in 2002.<ref>{{cite news |first=Pranay |last=Gupte |date=January 17, 2006 |title=Doctor Discusses Plans To Perform Tele-Surgery |url=http://www.nysun.com/new-york/doctor-discusses-plans-to-perform-tele-surgery/25973/ |work=[[The New York Sun]]}}</ref>
 ==Career==
-He first practiced at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, then joined the faculty of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in 2007 where he became the Vice Chair of the Department of Urology, and the Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery.<ref name=voiceNY>Fern Siman for Jewish Voice NY. July 10, 2013. [http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=4703:sitting-on-top-of-the-world-with-dr-david-samadi&Itemid=295 Sitting on Top of the World with Dr. David Samadi]</ref>  In 2012, he was the highest paid doctor in New York City, earning $7.6 million.<ref>Melissa Klein for the NY Post. April 13, 2014 [https://nypost.com/2014/04/13/citys-hospital-specialists-are-raking-in-millions-of-dollars/  City’s hospital specialists are raking in millions of dollars]</ref>
+He first practiced at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, then joined the faculty of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in 2007 where he became the Vice Chair of the Department of Urology, and the Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery.<ref name=voiceNY>Fern Siman for Jewish Voice NY. July 10, 2013. [http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=4703:sitting-on-top-of-the-world-with-dr-david-samadi&Itemid=295 Sitting on Top of the World with Dr. David Samadi]</ref> In 2012, he was the highest paid doctor in New York City, earning $7.6 million.<ref>Melissa Klein for the NY Post. April 13, 2014 [https://nypost.com/2014/04/13/citys-hospital-specialists-are-raking-in-millions-of-dollars/ City’s hospital specialists are raking in millions of dollars]</ref>
+He invented the Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Treatment for prostate cancer surgeries. The technique was designed to replace open surgery with a minimally invasive alternative using the da Vinci Surgical System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://midhudson.mdnews.com/experience-matters-david-b-samadi-md-%E2%80%94-advancing-robotic-prostate-surgeries-worldwide|title=Experience Matters: David B. Samadi, MD — Advancing Robotic Prostate Surgeries Worldwide|author=Ferguson, Michael|date=13 October 2014|work=MD News}}</ref>
-On August 27, 2013, Samadi appeared as a guest on a segment of the ''[[Fox & Friends]]'' morning television show to discuss whether [[Gender disparities in health|women should pay more than men for health insurance]]. Samadi argued that women pay more for health insurance because they tend to use the health care system more than men.<ref>{{cite AV media | people = Brian Kilmeade, Gretchen Carlson, David Samadi | date = August 27, 2013 | title = Fox and Friends | medium = TV | url = http://video.foxnews.com | archiveurl = https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20130827_100000_FOX_and_Friends# | archivedate = August 27, 2013 | minutes= 23:30–27:15 | location = New York| publisher = Fox News}}</ref>
+In November 2019, Lenox Hill agreed to pay $12.3 million to settle a Medicare fraud lawsuit brought because Samadi performed multiple surgeries at the same time, leaving patients unsupervised by a urologist when he left one operating room for another; billing for unnecessary procedures; and inadequately supervised residents. The suit was the result of an investigation by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, [[Geoffrey Berman]], who characterized the approach as "assembly line medicine" in violation of Medicare and hospital regulations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/11/08/lenox-hill-hospital-will-shell-out-12-3m-for-submitting-fraudulent-claims-to-medicare/|title=Lenox Hill Hospital will shell out $12.3M for submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare|last=Saul|first=Emily|date=2019-11-08|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref>
-Samadi's comments attracted criticism online.<ref name="Yahoo_Health_Insurance">{{cite web|publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |first=Beth |last=Greenfield |title=Fox News Contributor's 'Sexist' Comments on Women's Health Care Spark Outrage |url=http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/fox-s-sexist-comments-on-women-s-healthcare-spark-outrage-172914267.html |date=August 28, 2013 |accessdate=August 28, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828212907/http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/fox-s-sexist-comments-on-women-s-healthcare-spark-outrage-172914267.html |archivedate=August 28, 2013 }}</ref>
+Patients were distressed to learn that Samadi was not actually performing their surgical procedures and was often not in the operating room, according to an investigation by  ''[[the Boston Globe]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/12/star-surgeon-scrutinized-concurrent-procedures/YgyMjLLbxHjIZIbWCNtOMO/story.html|title=Star surgeon is scrutinized on concurrent procedures - The Boston Globe|website=BostonGlobe.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Saltzman |first=Jonathan |date=October 5, 2017 |title=Federal prosecutors launch investigation of prominent surgeon who double-booked operations |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/10/05/federal-prosecutors-launch-investigation-of-prominent-surgeon-who-double-booked-operations/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |via=[[Boston.com]]|access-date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>
-Samadi visited the Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus in July 2015 to perform surgeries and educate doctors about robotic procedures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biotechin.asia/2015/07/19/new-dr-david-b-samadi-institute-of-robotic-surgery-at-the-mediterranean-hospital-of-cyprus/|title=New Dr David B. Samadi Institute of Robotic Surgery at the Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus|author=Sriram, Sandhya|date=19 July 2015|work=Biotech in Asia}}</ref>
+In June 2020, He joined conservative news outlet [[Newsmax]] as a medical contributor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eggerton |first=John |date=June 8, 2020|title=Samadi Named Newsmax Medical Contributor|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/samadi-named-newsmax-medical-contributor|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Multichannel News|language=en}}</ref>
-On March 12, 2017 the Boston Globe reported that Samadi is under investigation for a practice of booking multiple simultaneous surgeries and having medical residents perform many of the surgeries without proper supervision or training, while promising patients that he will personally treat them.<ref name=Globe>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/12/star-surgeon-scrutinized-concurrent-procedures/YgyMjLLbxHjIZIbWCNtOMO/story.html|title=He’s a celebrated urologist, but authorities are investigating his surgical practice - The Boston Globe|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=2017-03-12}}</ref> In October 2017 the NY Post published an article noting that the investigation was ongoing, and also noted that although both Lenox Hill Hospital and Samadi's marketing material said that he was an associate professor at Hofstra/Northwell School of Medicine, he actually had no such appointment as of the date the article went to press.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/10/14/one-of-citys-highest-paid-surgeons-allegedly-overcharges-patients/|title=One of city’s highest-paid surgeons allegedly overcharges patients|date=2017-10-15|work=New York Post|access-date=2017-12-16|language=en-US}}</ref>
+He is currently director of men's health at [[St. Francis Hospital (Flower Hill, New York)|St. Francis Hospital]] in [[Flower Hill, New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stfrancisheartcenter.chsli.org/mens-health|publisher=St. Francis Hospital|access-date=July 5, 2020|title=Men's Health}}</ref>
-Samadi is a member of the [[American Urological Association]]<ref name=Globe/> and the [[American Medical Association]].<ref name=BloomProfile>{{cite web|title=David B. Samadi M.D.: Executive Profile & Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=36181474&privcapId=4208858|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=24 April 2017}}</ref>
-He invented the Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Treatment for prostate cancer surgeries. The technique was designed to replace open surgery with a minimally invasive alternative using the da Vinci Surgical System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://midhudson.mdnews.com/experience-matters-david-b-samadi-md-%E2%80%94-advancing-robotic-prostate-surgeries-worldwide|title=Experience Matters: David B. Samadi, MD — Advancing Robotic Prostate Surgeries Worldwide|author=Ferguson, Michael|date=13 October 2014|work=MD News}}</ref>
-==Selected publications==
-*{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65162-2 |last1=Hoznek |first1=András |last2=Zaki |first2=Safwat K. |last3=Samadi |first3=David B.|last4=Salomon |first4=Laurent |last5=Lobontiu |first5=Adrian |last6=Lang |first6=Philippe |last7=Abbou |first7=Clément-Claude |title=Robotic assisted kidney transplantation: an initial experience |journal=The Journal of Urology |volume=167 |issue=4 |pages=1604–6 |year=2002 |pmid=11912372}}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Herman |first1=MP |last2=Raman |first2=JD |last3=Dong |first3=S |last4=Samadi |first4=D |last5=Scherr |first5=DS |title=Increasing body mass index negatively impacts outcomes following robotic radical prostatectomy |journal=JSLS |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=438–42 |year=2007 |pmid=18246641 |pmc=3015841}}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Samadi |first1=David |last2=Levinson |first2=Adam |last3=Hakimi |first3=Ari |last4=Shabsigh |first4=Ridwan |last5=Benson |first5=Mitchell C. |title=From proficiency to expert, when does the learning curve for robotic-assisted prostatectomies plateau? The Columbia University experience |journal=World Journal of Urology |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=105–10 |year=2007 |pmid=17192816 |doi=10.1007/s00345-006-0137-4}}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Capodice |first1=Jillian L. |last2=Jin |first2=Zhezhen |last3=Bemis |first3=Debra L. |last4=Samadi |first4=David |last5=Stone |first5=Brian A. |last6=Kapan |first6=Steven |last7=Katz |first7=Aaron E. |title=A pilot study on acupuncture for lower urinary tract symptoms related to chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain |journal=Chinese medicine |volume=2 |pages=1 |year=2007 |pmid=17284322 |pmc=1800847 |doi=10.1186/1749-8546-2-1}}
-*{{cite journal| last1=Pinkhasov| first1=Ruben M| last2=Shteynshlyuger| first2=Alex| last3=Hakimian| first3=Payam| last4=Lindsay| first4=Gaius K| last5=Samadi| first5=David B | last6=Shabsigh| first6=Ridwan| title=Are men shortchanged on health? Perspective on life expectancy, morbidity, and mortality in men and women in the United States| journal=International Journal of Clinical Practice| volume=64| issue=4| pages=465–474}}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Brajtbord |first1=Jonathan S. |last2=Lavery |first2=Hugh J. |last3=Nabizada-Pace |first3=Fatima |last4=Senaratne |first4=Prathibha |last5=Samadi |first5=David B. |year=2010 |title=Endorectal magnetic resonance imaging has limited clinical ability to preoperatively predict pT3 prostate cancer |journal=Department of Urology, the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY}}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Lavery |first1=HJ |last2=Brajtbord |first2=JS |last3=Levinson |first3=AW | last4=Nabizada-Pace |first4=F | last5=Pollard | first5=ME | last6=Samadi | first6=DB | title=Unnecessary imaging for the staging of low-risk prostate cancer is common. |journal=Urology | volume=77 | issue=2 |pages=274–8 |year=2011 |pmid= 20932557 |doi=10.1016/j.urology.2010.07.491}}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Lavery |first1=HJ |last2=Small |first2=AC |last3=Samadi |first3=DB | last4=Palese |first4=MA | title=Transition from laparoscopic to robotic partial nephrectomy: the learning curve for an experienced laparoscopic surgeon. |journal=Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons | volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=291–7 |year=2011 |pmid=21985712 |doi=10.4293/108680811X13071180407357 | pmc=3183539}}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adrien N. |last2=Lavery |first2=Hugh J. |last3=Hobbs |first3=Adele R. |last4=Chin |first4=Edward |last5=Samadi |first5=David B.| title=Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and previous surgical history: a multidisciplinary approach |journal= Journal of Robotic Surgery| volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=143–151 |year=2013 |doi= 10.1007/s11701-012-0358-z }}
-*{{cite journal |last1=Leapman |first1=Michael |last2=Kwon |first2=Young Suk |last3=Collingwood |first3=Shemille A. |last4=Chin |first4=Edward |last5=Katsigeorgis |first5=Maria | last6=Hobbs | first6=Adele R. | last7=Samadi | first7= David B. | title=Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy in Men with Proctocolectomy and Resotorative Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis |journal= Case Reports in Urology | volume=2014 | pages= 2 |year=2014 |doi= 10.1155/2014/538382 }}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * {{Official website|https://www.davidsamadi.com/}}
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