Lee Richstone MD

Lee Richstone, MD is the Chairman of Urology and Director of Urology Services for the Western Region. He is also Director of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital and System Vice Chairman for Education for Northwell Health Urology. Dr. Richstone is Professor of Urology at The Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine. Dr. Richstone completed medical school at the Cornell University Medical College in New York City. There he won early acceptance into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the prestigious national medical honor society. He pursued his urologic training and chief residency at New York Presbyterian (Weill-Cornell) and Memorial Sloan Kettering hospitals. Dr. Richstone completed his fellowship training in urologic laparoscopic and robotic surgery and joined the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System in 2007 as Director of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery. He then served as Chief of Urology for the North Shore University Hospital, then Chief of Urology at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, before assuming the role of Chairman of Urology at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Dr. Richstone is an internationally recognized urologic surgeon who has helped pioneer laparoscopic and robotic surgery for cancer of the prostate, kidney and bladder, as well as for various forms of urinary obstructions. He has over 90 peer-reviewed publications in leading national and international journals including The Journal of Urology, Urology, The British Journal of Urology, The Journal of Endourology, Cancer, and Cell.Dr. Richstone is a robotic surgery specialist having performed well over 1000 operations. This includes surgeries for prostate, kidney and bladder cancer and complex neobladder reconstructions completely robotically. His focus is on preserving urinary continence and sexual function. Dr. Richstone has also pioneered Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery (LESS), where entire laparoscopic operations are performed only through the belly button. Dr. Richstone is one of only a few surgeons in the United States to have performed single site partial nephrectomy and prostatectomy.Dr. Richstone is a member of the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO), the America Urological Association (AUA), and the Endourological Society (EUS). Dr. Richstone is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including acceptance into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the E. Darracott Vaughan Prize for Excellence in Urology (2000), The Ferdinand C. Valentine Urology Essay Prize (First Place, 2005), The American Urological Association-Ambrose Reed Socioeconomic Essay Contest (First Place, 2005), and the Weill-Cornell Distinguished House Officer Award (2005). Dr. Richstone was awarded the Stryker and Nagamatsu Fellowship (2007), and won first prize at the Endourology Society Fellowship Paper Award the same year. Dr. Richstone won first prize at the AUA Research Foundation for Outstanding Research awarded at the 2010 AUA National Meeting in San Francisco.