Michael Palese

Michael A. Palese
Portrait of Michael A. Palese M.D., photographed by Julian Walter, used with permission. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
EducationCornell University
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Medical career
ProfessionUrologist
InstitutionsMount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Sub-specialtiesKidney cancer
Kidney stones
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Robotic Surgery

Dr. Michael A. Palese, is an American urologist specializing in robotic, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery, with a special emphasis on robotic surgeries relating to kidney cancer,kidney stone disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

Palese is the Chairman of the Department of Urology at the Mount Downtown. He is Vice Chairman of operations for the department of urology at the Mount Sinai Health System He is a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. He is also the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System and specializes in robotic, laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery.

As a board-certified urologist and fellowship-trained surgeon, Palese specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney, ureter, adrenal, bladder and prostate disease.

Palese performed the first robotic radical nephrectomy, robotic partial nephrectomy, robotic donor nephrectomy, robotic nephroureterectomy, robotic adrenalectomy, and robotic ureteral reimplant & reconstruction at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He holds several patents for the design of novel surgical devices. He pioneered Single Port (SP) Robotic Donor Nephrectomy surgery and performed the world’s first procedrure in 2019.

Palese has been included in the Castle Connolly's List of America's "Top Doctors" every year from 2010 to 2026 and The New York Times publication of "Superdoctors" every year from 2009 to 2026.

Biography

Palese graduated from Cornell University in 1993 with a double major degree as well as a minor degree in Human Biology. He received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1997. He completed his general surgery and urology residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center and performed research at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was a research resident. He finished a fellowship in robotic and laparoscopic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in 2004.

In 2004, Palese joined Mount Sinai Medical Center where he established the robotic surgery program for the Department of Urology. He served as the Chief of Urology at the North General Hospital in New York City from 2004 to 2008.

Palese is on the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation of Greater New York and as a consultant for The Journal of Urology. He is on the steering committee for the Initiative on Kidney Cancer (sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation) and serves on the Medical Advisory Board to the New York Giants. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Urological Association, the New York section of the American Urological Association, and the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons (SLS).

Board Certification

American Board of Urology [citation needed]

Honors and awards

Clinical trials

Current clinical trials include:[when?]

Book chapters

Publications

References

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  2. ↑ Dorian Block (June 25, 2006). "Robot Does Quick Fix on Prostate". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 23, 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. 1 2 "Michael A. Palese — Profile". Mount Sinai Health System Profiles. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  4. ↑ Garden, EB; Al-Alao, O; Razdan, S; Mullen, GR; Florman, S; Palese, MA (October–December 2021). "Robotic Single-Port Donor Nephrectomy with the da Vinci SP® Surgical System". JSLS. 25 (4): e2021.00062. doi:10.4293/JSLS.2021.00062. PMC 8692076. PMID 34949909.
  5. ↑ "Michael A. Palese, MD – Urology". SuperDoctors.com. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  6. ↑ "Action to Cure Kidney Cancer". Retrieved February 23, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Headlines - New York Giants website". Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  8. ↑ "American Urological Association". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ Society of Laproendoscopic Surgeons Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine