The Peter D. Fugelso, M.D., Urology Center

As a Center of Excellence, the Urology Service offers proven expertise and superb results. An experienced, patient focused team uses the best of recent medical technology, including state-of-the-art treatment modalities, to eliminate pain and treat disorders.

Among the Center's outstanding programs is a Kidney Stone Service, the busiest in the western United States, treating over 900 cases per year. More than 99% of patients are treated on an outpatient basis. Some 95% of those treated for kidney stones will not have a recurrence within three months of treatment; many have no recurrence at all. National retreatment rates for lithotripsy run as high as 35%.

The Center has introduced a high dose radiation (HDR) implant program as a treatment option for patients with prostate cancer. In the near future, Good Samaritan Hospital will add a transurethral microwave thermography program, as an adjunct treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia.

How you can help the Peter D. Fugelso, M.D., Urology Center

For a physician referral, call 1-800-GS-CARES.

The Center is named for the late Peter Fugelso, M.D., a pioneer in the use of percutaneous approaches and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy.