Samer Traboulsi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Urology
Clerkship Director in Urology
Dr. Samer Traboulsi is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Urology at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine and medical centers. He received his medical degree in 2008 and completed his residency in Urology in 2014 at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Traboulsi then traveled to Canada where he obtained a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship in Biology and Therapy of Urothelial Carcinoma at McGill University in Montreal. He subsequently joined the University of Montreal in 2016 where he completed a two-year clinical fellowship in Urologic Oncology; there he was involved in major therapeutic trials for prostate cancer, whose results have recently been published. Subsequently, from 2018-2019, he pursued a fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery through a joint program at McGill University and the University of Montreal.
Dr. Traboulsi is the author of more than 16 peer-reviewed publications and two book chapters. He is also a reviewer for several international scientific journals including the Journal of Urology, the Gold Journal and the Canadian Urological Association Journal. Dr. Traboulsi furthermore is the recipient of the University of Montreal Research Center Scholarship in 2016 and 2017.
His clinical and surgical focus are open and minimally invasive treatment of urologic malignancies in addition to benign genitourinary diseases. Dr. Traboulsi will be covering our main clinical campus at LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, as well as the new LAU Medical Center- Saint John’s Hospital in Jounieh.
Selected Publications
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Traboulsi SL, Nguyen DD, Zakaria AS et al. Functional and perioperative outcomes in elderly men after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. World J Urol (2020)
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Traboulsi SL, Saad F. Management of nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care (2018 Sep) 12(3):366-371
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Traboulsi SL, Saad F. The role of bone-targeted therapies for prostate cancer in 2017. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care (2017) 11(3):216-224
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Traboulsi SL, Brimo F, Yang Y et al. Pathology review impacts clinical management of patients with T1‒T2 bladder cancer. Can Urol Assoc J (2017) 11(6):188-193
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Kassouf W, Traboulsi SL, Schmitz-Dräger B et al. Follow-up in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer – IBCN recommendations. Urol Oncol Semin Orig Investig(2016) 34:460-468
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Traboulsi SL, Witjes JA, Kassouf W. Contemporary management of primary distal urethral cancer. Urol Clin North Am (2016 Nov) 43(4):493-503
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Duivenvoorden WC, Daneshmand S, Canter D, Lotan Y et al. Incidence, Characteristics and Implications of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Muscle Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. J Urol (2016) 196(6):1627-1633
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Wang HJ, Solanki S, Traboulsi SL et al. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy–related histologic changes in radical cystectomy: Assessment accuracy and prediction of response. Hum Pathol (2016) 53:35-40
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Kassouf W, Traboulsi SL, Kulkarni GS et al. CUA guidelines on the management of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Can Urol Assoc J (2015) 9(9-10):E690-E704
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Florianova L, Xu B, Traboulsi S et al. Evaluation of RNA-binding motif protein 3 expression in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: An immunohistochemical study. World J Surg Oncol (2015 Nov) 13:317
Professional and Research Interests
- General urology
- Urologic Oncology
- Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery
Education and Training
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M.D. degree, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2008
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Residency in Urology, American University of Beirut, 2008-2014
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Research Fellowship in Biology and Therapy of Urothelial Carcinoma, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2014-2016
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Fellowship in Urologic Oncology, University of Montreal, Canada, 2016-2018
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Fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Montreal, 2018-2019
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Fellowship in Laparoscopic Surgery, Belgian Laparoscopic Urological Group (BLUG), Belgium, 2020
Professional Organizations and Memberships
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American University of Beirut Medical Center Resident Staff Organization Award, 2013
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Best Poster, Meeting of the American Urological Association, 2015
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The University of Montreal Research Center Scholarship, 2016 and 2017
Keywords
Benign bladder diseases, benign prostate diseases, male infertility, priapism, urinary obstruction, urinary stone disease, urologic infections, UTI, sexually transmitted diseases, STD, vasectomy, adrenal cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, penile cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, ureteral cancer