Professor of Urology, Indiana University
Urology
Dr. Chandru P. Sundaram, MD
Chandru P. Sundaram is an expert in the field of Urology. He studied medicine at Madras Medical College. He received 21 awards: "Board of Directors", "Chair, Laparoscopy, Robotics and New Surgical Technology Committee", "Olympus Prize for Best Paper in Clinical Research, World Congress of Endourology, 2014", "President, Society of Urological Robotic Surgeons", "President, North Central Section", "America's Top Doctors", "Third Prize: Best Video", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Indianapolis Monthly", "Americas Top Doctors for urology and cancer", "Graduate of the Leadership Program", "Trustee Teaching Award", "Best Urology Video, Methods of Vascular Control During Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy", "Honorable Mention for Urology Scientific Paper, Randomized Prospective Trial of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy With and Without Hand Assistance", "Third prize for the annual Endourology Essay Contest", "Best Doctors in America listing", "Whos Who", "Honorary Membership", "Charles Manley Teaching Award", "RD Birla Scholarship for post-graduate studies" and "Fellow (FACS)". Chandru Sundaram is also a published MD. He has 94 paper published. The most recent paper is: Laparoscopic Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension Due to Medication Intolerance: A Case Report. He accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Effect of Renal Reconstruction on Renal Function After Partial Nephrectomy.
- Trends and Outcomes in Right versus Left Living Donor Nephrectomy: An Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Database of Donor and Recipient Outcomes. Should we be doing more Right...
- Calibration of a Novel, Laparoscopic, 12-mm, Ultrasound, Image-guided, High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Probe for Ablation of Renal Neoplasms.
- Feasibility of Omitting Cortical Renorrhaphy During Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: A Matched Analysis.
- Reducing Operating Room Costs Through Real-Time Cost Information Feedback: A Pilot Study.
- Risk factors associated with 30 day hospital readmission following partial nephrectomy.
- Management of Pain in ADPKD and Anatomy of Renal Innervation.
- Training in Robotic Surgery: Simulators, Surgery, and Credentialing.
- The impact of hospital volume on postoperative complications following robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.
- Changing USA national trends for Adrenalectomy: the influence of surgeon and technique.
- Does robotic-assistance confer an economic benefit during laparoscopic radical nephrectomy?
- Correlation between CT based measured renal volumes and nuclear renography based split renal function in living Kidney donors. Clinical diagnostic utility and practice...
- Economic and utilization analysis of robotic-assisted vs. laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy.
- Comparison of Measured Renal Tumor Size Versus R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score in Predicting Patient Outcomes After Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy.
- COMPARISON OF MEASURED Renal TUMOR SIZE VERSUS R.E.N.A.L. NEPHROMETRY SCORE IN PREDICITING PATIENT OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY.
- A comparison of robotic, laparoscopic and open partial nephrectomy.
- Trends in Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty in Pediatric Patients.
- A comparison of pathologic outcomes of matched robotic and open partial nephrectomies.
- Emerging trends with robotic pyeloplasty for the management of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in adults.
- Comparison of donor and early and late recipient outcomes following hand-assisted and laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
- The role of R.E.N.A.L. Nephrometry Score in the era of robot assisted partial nephrectomy.
- Factors That Impact the Outcome of Minimally Invasive Pyeloplasty: Results of the Multi-Institutional Laparoscopic and Robotic Pyeloplasty Collaborative Group.
- Global robotic experience and the type of surgical system impact the types of robotic malfunctions and their clinical consequences: an FDA MAUDE review.
- Determination of Patient Concerns in Choosing Surgery and Preference for Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery and Assessment of Satisfaction with Postoperative Cosmesis.
- Robotics Training Program: Evaluation of the Satisfaction and the Factors That Influence Success of Skills Training in a Resident Robotics Curriculum.
- Conversions in Laparoscopic Renal Surgery: Causes and Outcomes.
- Best practices for robotic surgery training and credentialing.
- Transperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty with and without a Ureteral stent.
- Staged nephrectomy versus bilateral laparoscopic nephrectomy in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic Kidney disease.
- Bleeding after right laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.
- Complications and conversions of upper Tract urological laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (less): multicentre experience: results from the NOTES Working Group.
- Comparison of robot-assisted nephrectomy with laparoscopic and hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy.
- Comparison of laparoscopy training using the box trainer versus the virtual trainer.
- Does training on a virtual reality robotic simulator improve performance on the da Vinci surgical system?
- Usefulness of diffusion-weighted imaging in the evaluation of Renal masses.
- Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for nephrectomy as a feasible alternative to traditional laparoscopy.
- Symptoms related to ureteral stents in Renal transplants compared with stents placed for other indications.
- The use of a Doppler ultrasound probe during vascular dissection in laparoscopic Renal surgery.
- Validation of a novel virtual reality robotic simulator.
- Testicular pain following laparoscopic Renal surgery.
- Use of a warming bath to prevent lens fogging during laparoscopy.
- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma versus other surgical indications.
- Pathologic upstaging after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.
- Anomalous Renal vasculature: a laparoscopic perspective.
- An innovative medical student clinical clerkship in advanced urologic laparoscopy: a preliminary experience.
- Unilateral idiopathic Adrenal hematomas with a preoperative diagnosis of indeterminate Adrenal tumors.
- Pathologic characteristics of exophytic Renal masses.
- Prospective randomized comparison of laparoscopic and hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.
- Laparoscopic resection of an interaortocaval paraganglioma: diagnosis following a needle biopsy.
- Asymptomatic urolithiasis in living donor transplant Kidneys: initial results.
- Prospective randomized comparison of cutting and dilating disposable trocars for access during laparoscopic Renal surgery.
- Limitations of laparoscopy for bilateral nephrectomy for autosomal dominant polycystic Kidney disease.
- Randomized trial of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy with and without hand assistance.
- Methods of vascular control during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for Renal masses: effect of tumor location.
- Laparoscopic vascular control techniques in donor nephrectomy: Effects on vessel length.
- Evaluation of hydrogel tissue sealant in porcine laparoscopic partial-nephrectomy model.
- Pulmonary sequestration presenting as retroperitoneal cyst: case report.
- Optical-access visual obturator trocar entry into desufflated abdomen during laparoscopy: assessment after 96 cases.
- Comparison of laparoscopic pyeloplasty with and without robotic assistance.
- Determination of cell viability after laparoscopic tissue stapling in a porcine model.
- Absorbable laparoscopic cigarette sponge.
- Impact of a double-pigtail stent on Ureteral peristalsis in the porcine model: initial studies using a novel implantable magnetic sensor.
- Instrumentation for laparoscopic Renal surgery--Padron Endoscopic Exposing Retractor (PEER) and Endoholder: point of technique.
- Smooth-muscle regeneration after electrosurgical endopyelotomy in a porcine model as confirmed by electron microscopy.
- Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for the correction of vaginal vault prolapse.
- Laparoscopic mid sagittal hemicystectomy and Bladder reconstruction with small intestinal submucosa and reimplantation of ureter into small intestinal submucosa: 1-yea...
- Prospective comparison of the immunological and stress response following laparoscopic and open surgery for localized Renal cell carcinoma.
- Laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy: Washington University initial experience and prospective evaluation of quality of life.
- Laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy: a multi-institutional study of conversion to open surgery.
- Evaluation of synchronous twin pulse technique for shock wave lithotripsy: determination of optimal parameters for in vitro stone fragmentation.
- Surgical treatment of Renal neoplasia: evolving toward a laparoscopic standard of care.
- Evaluation of synchronous twin pulse technique for shock wave lithotripsy: in vivo tissue effects.
- Laparoscopic pyeloplasty for secondary ureteropelvic junction obstruction.
- Renal hypothermia achieved by retrograde endoscopic cold saline perfusion: technique and initial clinical application.
- Hemostatic laparoscopic partial nephrectomy assisted by a water-cooled, high-density, monopolar device without Renal vascular control.
- Characterization of intrapelvic pressure during ureteropyeloscopy with Ureteral access sheaths.
- Combined percutaneous and retrograde approach to staghorn calculi with application of the Ureteral access sheath to facilitate percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
- Effect of single-dose subarachnoid spinal anesthesia on pain and recovery after unilateral percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
- Re: The uncertainty of radio frequency treatment of Renal cell carcinoma: findings at immediate and delayed nephrectomy..
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy with a novel electrosurgical snare in a porcine model.
- Use of titanium staples during upper Tract laparoscopic reconstructive surgery: initial experience.
- Comparison of intraRenal pressure and irrigant flow during percutaneous nephroscopy with an indwelling ureteral catheter, ureteral occlusion balloon, and ureteral acce...
- Renal hypothermia achieved by retrograde intracavitary saline perfusion.
- Ferromagnetic self-regulating reheatable thermal rod implants for in situ tissue ablation.
- Hand assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for Renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena caval thrombus.
- Bare naked baskets: ureteroscope deflection and flow characteristics with intact and disassembled ureteroscopic nitinol stone baskets.
- Hydrophilic guide wire technique to facilitate organ entrapment using a laparoscopic sack during laparoscopy.
- Comparison of helical computerized tomography and plain radiography for estimating Urinary stone size.
- Small bowel injury during laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for simple nephrectomy.
- Quality of life following laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy.
- Laparoscopic Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension Due to Medication Intolerance: A Case Report.
Schools
Madras Medical College Tamil Nadu Dr Mgr Medical University
Bangalore University
University Of Minnesota
Beth Israel Hospital
Harvard Med School
American College Of Surgeons
Procedures Preformed
- AdRenalectomy
- Complete Nephrectomy With Robotic Assistance
- Cystectomy
- Cystometry
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Conditions Treated
- AdRenal Cortex Neoplasms
- Bladder Atony
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Infection
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Doctors Specialties
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Board of Directors
- Chair, Laparoscopy, Robotics and New Surgical Technology Committee
- Olympus Prize for Best Paper in Clinical Research, World Congress of Endourology, 2014
- President, Society of Urological Robotic Surgeons
- President, North Central Section
- America's Top Doctors
- Third Prize: Best Video
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Indianapolis Monthly
- America’s Top Doctors for urology and cancer
- Graduate of the Leadership Program
- Trustee Teaching Award
- Best Urology Video, Methods of Vascular Control During Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
- Honorable Mention for Urology Scientific Paper, Randomized Prospective Trial of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy With and Without Hand Assistance
- Third prize for the annual Endourology Essay Contest
- Best Doctors in America listing
- Who’s Who
- Honorary Membership
- Charles Manley Teaching Award
- RD Birla Scholarship for post-graduate studies
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Minnesota
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Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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Madras Medical College
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER |
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1609861384 |
| NPPES Provider LastName |
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SUNDARAM |
| NPPES Provider FirstName |
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CHANDRU |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode |
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462025112 |
| NPPES Provider State |
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IN |
| Specialty Description |
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Urology |
| Total Claim Count |
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375.0 |
| Distinct Opioid Count |
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1.0 |
| Opioid Claim Count |
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23.0 |
| Percent Opioid Claims |
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6.13 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] |
1609861384 |
| Last Name Of The Provider |
SUNDARAM |
| First Name Of The Provider |
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