Advanced Urology Centers of New York - White Plains North Division

Bios

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  Carl Gerardi, MD, FACS

  Urologist

  Dr. Carl Gerardi is originally from the New York area and comes from a family of physicians. His medical training began in High School where he spent several hundred hours volunteering on an ambulance and at a local hospital. His undergraduate training was at Fordham University at Rose Hill and medical school at SUNY Health Science center at Brooklyn. After completing medical school he was accepted to New York University Medical Center Urology program. His training included general surgical and urologic training at NYU, Bellevue and the Manhattan Veteran Hospital. He also spent time in specialized cancer training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then became board certified by the American Board of Urology. He is currently an executive board member of Integrated Medical Professionals. Dr. Gerardi began practicing Urology in New York City and Westchester County where he was then involved in teaching residents at both locations. He became Associate Clinical Professor at New York University. He continued to develop his practice over multiple office sites in the New York area and has 5 urologists included in his division. The pursuit of the highest quality of patient care combined with the level of personal commitment by IMP physicians attracted Dr. Gerardi and his division to become members. The group now provides comprehensive state of the art care predominantly in the Westchester community as well as NYC.

  Link: Carl Gerardi, MD, FACS

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  Thomas Rechtschaffen, MD, FACS

  Urologist

  Dr. Rechtschaffen grew up and still lives in lower Westchester. He has been in practice for more than twenty years. He specializes in urinary difficulties, pelvic pain/Interstitial cystitis/recurrent UTIs, enlarged prostate, prostate cancer diagnosis and the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. He also enjoys being the preferred male infertility choice of several of the local fertility treatment offices in lower Westchester. His mission is to be current with leading edge diagnostic and treatment options as they emerge including Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in UTI management, MRI-fusion prostate biopsies, genomic and germline testing in prostate cancer and innovative nerve stimulation procedures for urinary frequency. He is amongst the most experienced in the UroLift procedure in the NYC metro area. This procedure is the first of its kind for the treatment of the symptoms of enlarged prostate which preserves sexual functioning, fixes the obstructive prostate gland and has on average the shortest recovery time. Dr. Rechtschaffen’s other full time job is raising his three teenaged children. Personal interests include coaching youth lacrosse, playing blues guitar and cheering on the New York Yankees. He has also been involved in physician leadership for many years including holding many national leadership positions in the American Urological Association. He has enjoyed regular trips to Capitol Hill in DC to advocate for physicians and our patients.

  Link: Thomas Rechtschaffen, MD, FACS