Seth A. Strope, M.D., MPH

Urology Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Urologic Surgery

Specialty Areas:
Genitourinary Oncology
Urologic Surgery
Urologic Oncology
Urology
Kidney Cancer

Areas of Clinical Interest:
Genital and urinary cancer in men and women, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, testes cancer.

Medical School:
M.D., Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, 2000

Postdoctoral Education:
General Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, 2000-2002

Urology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, 2002–2005

Chief Resident in Urology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, 2005-2006

Clinical Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006-2009

  • Health Services Research Fellow with John T. Wei, M.D. and Brent K. Hollenbeck, M.D.

  • Clinical Urologic Oncology Fellow with James E. Montie, M.D. and David P. Wood, M.D.

  • Clinical Laparoscopy Fellow with J. Stuart Wolf, Jr., M.D.



Graduate Education:
M.P.H. in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2007

Patients Seen At:
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, Suite C , 11th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-362-8200
Fax: 314-454-5244

Medical Building One
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
1040 N. Mason Road, Suite 122
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
314-362-8200
Fax: 314-454-5244

Hospital Affiliations:
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Research Interest:
Health Services Research, Physician Incentives, Prostate Cancer Epidemiology, Bladder Cancer Epidemiology.

Awards/Honors:
2004, Ferdinand Valentine Resident Essay Competition, First Place (Laboratory Category)
2005, Ferdinand Valentine Resident Essay Competition, Second Place (Laboratory Category)
2006, Ferdinand Valentine Resident Essay Competition, First Place (Miscellaneous Category)
2006, Honorable Mention for the Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award to an Outstanding Resident Role Model from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Class of Two Thousand and Seven

Selected or Recent Publications:
Strope SA, Ye Z, Hollingsworth JM, Hollenbeck BK. Patterns of care for early stage bladder cancer. Cancer. (in press)

Strope SA, Wolf JS Jr, Hollenbeck BK. Prevalence of stone disease: changes in gender distribution Urology. (in press)

Hollingsworth JM, Ye Z, Strope SA, Krein SL, Hollenbeck AT, Hollenbeck BK. Rates of ambulatory surgery and physician ownership of surgery centers. Health Affairs. (in press)

Strope SA, Sarma A, Ye Z, Wei JT, Hollenbeck BK. Disparities in the use of ambulatory surgical centers. BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Jul 21;9(1):121.

Gabr AH, Gdor Y, Strope SA, Roberts WW, Wolf JS Jr. Patient and pathological correlates with peri-operative and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. Urology. 2009 Jul 17(epub ahead of print)

Gabr AH, Gdor Y, Strope SA, Roberts WW, Wolf JS Jr. Approach and specimen handling do not influence peri-operative and long-term oncologic outcomes after laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. Journal of Urology. 2009 Sept;182(3):874-880.

Strope SA, Wolf JS, Faerber GJ, Roberts WW, Hollenbeck BK. Changing practice locations for upper urinary tract stone disease. Journal of Urology. 2009 Sept;182(3):1005-1011.

Weizer AZ, Strope SA, Wood DP. Margin control in robotic and laparoscopic prostatectomy: what are the real outcomes? Urologic Oncology. (in press)

Strope SA, Wolf JS Jr, Hafez KS, Dunn RL, Hollingsworth JM, Gilbert SM, Hollenbeck BK. Understanding the relationship between health care quality and the renal mass. Urologic Oncology. 2009 Jul-Aug;27(4):443-447.

Hollingsworth JM, Ye Z, Strope SA, Krein SL, Hollenbeck AT, Hollenbeck BK. Urologist ownership of ambulatory surgery centers and urinary stone surgery use. Health Services Research. 2009 Aug;44(4):1370-1384.

Strope SA, Ye Z, Dunn R, Wei JT, Hollenbeck BK. Weekend admission and treatment of patients with renal colic: A case of avoidable variation? Urology. 2009 Apr;73(4):720-724.

Strope SA, Daignault S, Hollingsworth JM, Ye Z, Hollenbeck BK. Physician ownership of ambulatory surgery centers and practice patterns for urological surgery: evidence from the state of florida. Med Care. 2009 Apr;47(4):403-410.

Strope SA, Daignault S, Wei JT, Hollenbeck BK. Effect of proposed Medicare reimbursement changes for ambulatory surgery centers on the remuneration to physician-owners. Journal of Urology. 2008 Sep;180(3):1070-1074.

Strope SA, Wolf JS Jr. Biopsy of the small renal mass: time to shift the clinical paradigm? Urolologic Oncology. 2008 Jul-Aug;26(4):337-338.

Strope SA, Montie JE. The causal role of cigarette smoking in bladder cancer initiation and progression, and the role of urologists in smoking cessation. Journal of Urology. 2008 Jul;180(1):31-37.

Pub Med page for Seth A. Strope, M.D., MPH

Selected or Recent Chapters:
Strope SA, Hafez K. Urologic Emergencies. In: DeVita, Hellman, Rosenberg (eds.). CANCER: Principles and Practice of Oncology. 8th Edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, in press.

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