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  • Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS

    Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS

    Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS

    Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS is the Medical Director for the Carolina Urologic Research Center. He practices with Atlantic Urology Clinics in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

    Dr. Shore has conducted more than 350 clinical trials, focusing mainly on GU Oncology, and serves on the Executive Boards of: Society of Urologic Oncology Board, Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, and is Immediate Past President, Large Urology Group Practice Association. He is a founder for both: CUSP Clinical Trials Consortium, as well as for DASHKO, large urology practices data registries. He serves as the National Urology Research Director for 21st Century Oncology. He has served on the AUA Male Health Committee and the AUA Data Committee, the SITC Task Force for Prostate Cancer, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Think Tank and the editorial boards of Reviews in Urology, Urology Times, Chemotherapy Advisor, OncLive, PLOS ONE(Academic Editor), Urology Practice, World Journal of Urology, and serves as Editor, Everyday Urology-Oncology. He has more than 175 peer reviewed publications and numerous book chapters; he performs peer review for Lancet Oncology, New England Journal of Medicine, European Urology, Journal Urology, Urology, BJUI, PCPD, and numerous other high impact scientific journals.

    A graduate of Duke University and Duke University Medical School, Dr. Shore completed a 6-month clinical research fellowship in Pretoria, South Africa, and then completed his General Surgery/Urology training at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center and at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
  • Jason M. Hafron, MD

    Jason M. Hafron, MD

    Jason M. Hafron, MD

    Director of Clinical Research

    Jason M. Hafron, MD, is a partner and the director of research at the Michigan Institute of Urology, P.C. in Troy; associate professor of urology, William Beaumont School of Medicine, Oakland University; and the director of robotic surgery at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak. Dr Hafron specializes in the minimally invasive treatment of cancers involving the prostate, kidney, and bladder utilizing laparoscopic and robotic surgery. He received his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago-Stritch School of Medicine, and completed his general surgery and urology residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center. He completed an advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute.
  • Vahan Kassabian, MD

    Vahan Kassabian, MD

  • Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc

    Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc

    Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc

  • Daniel Lee, MD, MS

    Daniel Lee, MD, MS

    Daniel Lee, MD, MS

  • Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS

    Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS

    Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS

    Medical Director, CPI

    Neal Shore, MD, is the Medical Director for the Carolina Urologic Research Center and practices with Atlantic Urology Clinics in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dr. Shore has conducted more than 400 clinical trials, focusing on GU Oncology indications. He is the Chief Medical Officer, Surgery/Urology, for GenesisCare,US. Dr. Shore serves on the SITC Guidelines Committee for Bladder Cancer and the boards of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network and the Duke Global Health Institute. He is the Chair of the LUGPA Education Committee. Dr. Shore is on the editorial boards of Reviews in Urology, Urology Times, Chemotherapy Advisor, OncLive, PLOS ONE, Urology Practice, World Journal of Urology, and serves as Editor for Everyday Urology-Oncology. Also, he’s a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
  • Rian Dickstein, MD, FACS

    Rian Dickstein, MD, FACS

    Rian Dickstein, MD, FACS

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery