Current Positions

• Private Practice in Urology
  Urology Surgeons, P.C.
  Grand Rapids, Michigan

• Director of Urologic Oncology
  Lacks Cancer Center
  Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center
  Grand Rapids, Michigan

• Instructor
  Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center

• Urologic Surgeon
  Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center Renal Transplant Program

Post-graduate Training

• Residency
  Mayo Clinic
  Department of Urology
  Rochester, Minnesota
  1993 to 1999

Education

• M.D., with high distinction
  Wayne State University School of Medicine
  Detroit, Michigan
  1989 to 1993

• B.A. in chemistry, magna cum laude
  Carleton College
  Northfield, Minnesota
  1985 to 1989

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa, 1989
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1989
• Franz B Exner Award for Achievement in Chemistry, 1989
• Medical School Year I completed with Honors, 1990
• Medical School Year II completed with Honors, 1991
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1991
• Medical School Year III completed with Honors, 1992
• Wayne State University Academic Achievement Award - ranked #1 in class, during the 1991-1992 academic year.
• Medical School Year IV completed with Honors, graduated with High Distinction, 1993
• American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award, 2001

Certification

• Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, 1994
• Mayo Microvascular Training Course, 1996
• Contigen Certification, 1998
• Microwave prostate thermal therapy certification, 2000
• Diplomate American Board of Urology, 2001

Current Professional Memberships

• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
• American Medical Association
• Michigan State Medical Society
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
• American Urological Association
• North Central Section of American Urological Association
• American Association of Clinical Urologists
• Endourological Society
• Kent County Medical Society
• Michigan State Urologic Society

Presentations

1. January 29-30, 1996. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Biomedical optics Meeting 1996, Laser Prostatectomy and Lasers in Urology, San Jose, California. LASER EVAPORATION OF THE PROSTATE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN CANINES.

2. October 28, 1996. North Central Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Tuscon, Arizona. KTP LASER VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE: A COMPARITIVE FUNCTIONAL AND PATHOLOGIC STUDY IN CANINES.

3. February 9, 1997. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Biomedical optics Meeting 1997, Lasers in Urology, San Jose, California. HIGH POWER KTP LASER PROSTATECTOMY.

4. April 14, 1997. American Urological Association Meeting, New Orleans. THE SIGNIFICANGE OF FINDING ONLY PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA ON PROSTATE BIOPSY.

5. April 16, 1997. American Urological Association Meeting, New Orleans. HIGH-POWER (60-WATT) POTASSIUM-TITANYL-PHOSPHATE LASER VAPORIZATION PROSTATECTOMY IN LIVING CANINES AND IN HUMAN AND CANINE CADAVERS

6. June 2, 1998. American Urological Association Meeting, San Diego. EARLY OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE SUCCESS WITH KTP LASER VAPORIZATION PROSTATECTOMY.

7. October 16, 1998. North Central Section of the American Urological Association Meeting, Amelia Island. KTP/532 LASER PROSTATECTOMY: ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH A PROMISING NEW TECHNIQUE.

8. October 17, 1998. North Central Section of the American Urological Association Meeting, Amelia Island. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ISOLATED PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA ON PROSTATE BIOPSY.

9. May 2, 1999. American Urological Association Meeting, Dallas. PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA (PIN) IS A MARKER OF SIGNIFICANT PROSTATE CANCER.

10. May 5, 1999. American Urological Association Meeting, Dallas. KTP/532 LASER PROSTATECTOMY: ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH A PROMISING NEW TECHNIQUE.

11. September 23, 1999. American Urological Association Meeting, Chicago. SEXTANT BIOPSY OF THE PROSTATE IS INADEQUATE FOR CANCER DETECTION IN MEN WITH HIGH GRADE PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA.

12. June 6, 2001. American Urological Association Meeting, Anaheim. KTP LASER PROSTATECTOMY: LONGTERM EXPERIENCE.

Publications

1. PHOTOSELECTIVE POTASSIUM-TITANYL-PHOSPHATE LASER VAPORIZATION OF THE BENIGN OBSTRUCTIVE PROSTATE: OBSERVATIONS ON LONG-TERM OUTCOMES. Malek RS, Kuntzman RS, Barrett DM. J Urol, 174 (4 Pt 1), 1344–1348, 2005.

2. PERCUTANEOUS MANAGEMENT OF RENAL CYSTS. Kuntzman RS, Segura JW. Chapter in: Smith’s Textbook of Endourology. Preminger GM, Segura JW, Bagley DH, Lingeman JE, Jordan GH, Clayman RV, Kavoussi LR, Badlani GH, Smith AD, Eds. Chapter 34, pp338-351, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc, 1996.

3. LASER EVAPORATION OF THE PROSTATE: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN CANINES. Kuntzman RS, Malek RS, Barrett DM, Bostwick DG. SPIE Proceedings 2671, pp288-291, 1996.

4. POTASSIUM-TITANYL-PHOSPHATE LASER VAPORIZATION OF THE PROSTATE: A COMPARITIVE FUNCTIONAL AND PATHOLOGIC STUDY IN CANINES. Kuntzman RS, Malek RS, Barrett DM, Bostwick DG. Urology 48: 575-583, 1996.

5. HIGH POWER (60-WATT) POTASSIUM-TITANYL-PHOSPHATE LASER VAPORIZATION PROSTATECTOMY IN LIVING CANINES AND IN HUMAN AND CANINE CADAVERS. Kuntzman RS, Malek RS, Barrett DM, Bostwick DG. Urology 49: 703-708, 1997.

6. HIGH POWER KTP LASER VAPORIZATION PROSTATECTOMY. Kuntzman RS, Malek RS, Barrett DM. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 73(8):798-801, 1998.

7. HIGH POWER KTP/532 LASER VAPORIZATION PROSTATETOMY: 24 HOURS LATER. Malek RS, Barrett DM, Kuntzman RS. Urology, 51(2):254-6, 1998.

8. HIGH POWER POTASSIUM-TITANYL-PHOSPHATE LASER VAPORIZATION PROSTATECTOMY. Malek RS, Kuntzman RS, Barrett DM. J Urol, 163(6): 1730-1, 2000.

Other

1. HIGH POWER KTP/532 LASER VAPORIZATION PROSTATETOMY. Malek RS, Barrett DM, Kuntzman RS. Film 1997.

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