| UROLOGY MAIN SITE | GEN. ADULT UROLOGY | UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY | MALE UROLOGY | TRANSPLANT PROGRAM | |
| PELVIC MEDICINE, INCONTINENCE & RECONST. SURGERY | PEDIATRIC UROLOGY | MIN. INVASIVE SURGERY | |||
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Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH
a Curriculum Vitae
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| Educational Background | |
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| Undergraduate: | A.B., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina |
| Medical School: | M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 1985 M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles, California, 1993 |
| Residency: | Harvard Program in Surgery, 1987 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Program in Urology, 1991 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Board Certifications & Fellowships: |
Board Certified, American Board of Urology Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners Fellow, American College of Surgeons Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, 1991-93 American Foundation for Urologic Disease, Health Policy Scholar, 1991-93 |
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| American College of Surgeons American Urological Association American Medical Association California Medical Association California Urological Association American Association of Physicians for Human Rights Los Angeles Urological Society Society of University Urologists Society of Urologic Oncology |
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| Attending Urologist, UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA Attending Urologist,Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center Attending Urologist, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA Attending Urologist, Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, CA Director of Medical Student Education, UCLA Department of Urology |
| Research & Clinical Interests | |
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| Quality-of-life measurement, medical outcomes research, medical resource utilization, health policy, resource utilization, utilities and medical decision making, urologic oncology, practice patterns and burden of illness in urologic disease Principal Investigator: IMPACT: Improving Access, Counseling, & Treatment in Californians with Prostate Cancer (California Department of Health Services) Principal Investigator, Urologic Diseases in America (NIH) Principal Investigator, Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network (NIH) Co-Investigator, Professional Education in Prostate Cancer Screening: Primary Care Providers Co-Investigator, Survivor Quality-of-Life and Spouse Satisfaction after Prostate Therapy |
| Awards & Honors | |
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| 1996 - American Urological Association Socioeconomics Research winner 1996 - UCLA School of Medicine, Doctoring Program, Certificate of Distinction in Medical Education 1997 - UCLA School of Medicine, Commencement Marshall 1997 - UCLA School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Education 2001 - American Urological Association Gold Cystoscope Award for outstanding contributions to urology |
| Personal | |
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| Languages Spoken: | French |
| Philosophy of Care: | I believe in treating the whole patient. My patients come to me not as "cases" but as people with cancer. I pay attention to the larger issues to help individuals and families deal with their disease. |
| Hobbies & Interests: | Weightlifting, spending time with my family. |
| Why I entered Medicine: | I am a long-time cancer survivor. I am committed to helping other patients become cancer survivors. |
Additional Information |
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1. Maliski SL, Clerkin B, Litwin MS. Describing a nurse case manager intervention to empower low-income men with prostate cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 2004; 31: 57-64.
2. Hu JC, Elkin EP, Pasta DJ,
3. Cooperberg, MR, Broering JM, Litwin MS,
4. Cooperberg, MR, Broering JM, Latini DM, Litwin MS, Wallace KL, Carroll PR. Patterns of practice in the
5. Calhoun EA, McNaughton Collins M, Pontari MA, O’Leary MP, Leiby B, Landis JR, Kusek JW, Litwin MS. The economic impact of chronic prostatitis: the chronic prostatitis collaborative research network. Arch Int Med 2004 164:1231-1236.
6. Maliski SM, Kwan L, Krupski T, Fink A, Orecklin J, Litwin MS. Confidence in the ability to communicate with physicians among low-income prostate cancer patients. Urology 2004; 64: 329-334.
7. Walling AM, Maliski S, Bogorad A, Litwin MS. Adequacy of prostate cancer patient education materials: Development of an evaluation tool. Patient Educ Couns 2004; 54: 337-343.
8. Alexander RB, Propert KJ, Schaeffer AJ, Landis JR, Nickel JC, O'Leary MP, Pontari MA, McNaughton-Collins M, Shoskes D, Comiter CV, Datta NS, Fowler JE, Nadler R, Zeitlin S, Knauss JS, Kusek JW, Nyberg LM, Litwin MS. A randomized trial of ciprofloxacin and tamsulosin in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Ann Int Med 2004; 141: 581-589.
9. Litwin MS, Sadetsky N, Pasta DJ,
10. Krupski TL, Smith MR, Lee WC, Pashos CL, Brandman J, Wang Q, Botteman B, Litwin MS. Natural history of bone complications in men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy. Cancer 2004; 101: 541-549.
11. Speight JL, Elkin E, Pasta DJ, Silva S, Lubeck DP, Carroll PR, Litwin MS. Longitudinal assessment of changes in sexual function and bother in patients treated with external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy, with and without neoadjuvant androgen ablation: data from CaPSURE. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004; 60: 1066-1075.
12. Weintraub D, Maliski SL, Fink A, Choe S, Litwin MS. Suitability of prostate cancer education materials: Applying a standard assessment tool to currently available materials. Patient Educ Couns 2004; 55: 275-280.
13. Spencer BA, Fung CH, Wang M, Litwin MS. Geographic variation across veterans affairs medical centers in the treatment of early-stage prostate cancer. J Urol 2004; 172: 2362-2365.
14. Maliski SL, Kwan L, Orecklin JR, Saigal CS, Litwin MS. Predictors of fatigue after treatment for prostate cancer. Urology 2005; 65: 101-108.
15. Litwin MS, Saigal CS, Yano EM, Avila C, Geschwind SA, Hanley JM, Joyce GF, Madison R, Pace J, Polich SM, Wang M. Urologic Diseases in America: analytic methods and principal findings. J Urol 2005; 173: 933-937.
16. Gore J, Krupski T, Kwan L, Fink A, Litwin MS. Mental health in low income, uninsured men with prostate cancer. J Urol 2005; 173: 1323-1326.
17. Eton DT, Lai J, Cella D, Reeve BB, Talcott JA, Clark JA, McPherson CP, Litwin MS, Moinpour CM. Data pooling and analysis to build a preliminary item bank: an example using bowel function in prostate cancer. Eval Health Prof 2005; 28: 142-159.
18. Cooperberg MR, Pasta DJ, Elkin EP, Litwin MS, Latini DM, DuChane J, Carroll PR. The UCSF Cancer of the prostate risk assessment (CAPRA) score: a straightforward and reliable preoperative predictor of disease recurrence after radical prostatectomy. J Urol 2005; 173: 1938-1942.
19. Krupski TK, Fink A, Kwan L, Maliski S, Connor S, Clerkin B, Litwin MS. Health-related quality of life in low-income, uninsured men with prostate cancer. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2005; 16: 375-390.
20. Krupski T, Kwan L, Litwin MS. Sociodemographic factors associated with post-prostatectomy radiotherapy. Prost Ca Prost Dis 2005; 8: 184-188.
21. Gore JL, Krupski T, Kwan L, Maliski S, Litwin MS. Partnership status influences quality of life in men with prostate cancer. Cancer 2005; 104: 191-198.
22. Krupski TL, Sonn G, Kwan L, Maliski S, Fink A, Litwin MS. Ethnic variation in health related quality of life among low-income men with prostate cancer. Ethn Dis 2005; 15: 461-468.
23. Gacci M, Livi L, Detti B, Litwin MS, Bartoletti R, Giubilei G, Cai T, Mariani M, Carini M. Quality of life after radical treatment of prostate cancer: Validation of the Italian University of California, Los Angeles Prostate Cancer Index. Urology 2005; 66: 338-343.
24. Krupski TL, Bergman J, Kwan L, Litwin MS. Quality of prostate cancer care in a statewide public assistance program. Cancer 2005; 104: 985-982.
25. Krupski TL, Kwan L, Fink A, Sonn G, Maliski S, Litwin MS. Spirituality influences health related quality of life in men with prostate cancer. Psychooncology 2005; May 3 (e-pub ahead of print).
26. Gore JL, Kwan L, Saigal CS, Litwin MS. Marriage and mortality in bladder cancer. Cancer 2005; 104: 1188-1194.
27. Pontari MA, McNaughton-Collins M, O'Leary MP, Calhoun EA, Jang T, Knauss J, Kusek JW, Landis JR, Litwin MS. Epidemiologic risk factors in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome: case-control study. BJU Int 2005;96:559-565.
28. Brar R, Kwan L, Maliski SL, Krupski T, Litwin MS. Changes in quality of life among low-income men treated for prostate cancer. Urology 2005; 66: 344-349.
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30. Krupski TL, Kwan L, Afifi A, Litwin MS. Geographic and socioeconomic variation in the treatment of prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23: 7881-7888.
31. Propert KJ, McNaughton-Collins M, Leiby BE, O’Leary MP, Litwin MS. A prospective study of symptoms and quality of life in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: the NIH chronic prostatitis cohort study. J Urol 2006; 175: 619-623.
