Herbert Lepor, M.D. is an internationally-recognized authority in the treatment of prostate cancer. 

His major contributions in the area of prostate cancer include pioneering and improving the surgical technique for the nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, establishing recombinant erythropoietin as a safe and effective blood management strategy for men undergoing radical prostatectomy, the development of an index to predict the return of continence following radical prostatectomy, the development of an algorithm defining criteria for performing nerve-sparing surgery, demonstrating that the urinary catheter can be safely removed one week following surgery, and the evaluation of the Cavermap, a device intended to intraoperatively localize the nerves that are associated with erections.

Men from all over the world have been referred to Dr. Lepor for radical prostatectomy (complete removal of the prostate gland), the "gold standard" of  treatment for localized prostate cancer. He has performed more than 3,400 radical  prostatectomies as of October 2007. Dr. Lepor has performed more radical prostatectomies than any other surgeon in the northeast. Recognized on many occasions among The Best Doctors in America *, America's Top Doctors for Cancer, America's Top Urologists. Dr. Lepor performed 300 radical prostatectomies in 2001 alone, which is more per year than any other surgeon in America.

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