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Christopher Saigal, MD, MPH
a Curriculum Vitae

Christopher Saigal, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Urology
Urologist Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Urologist, Wadsworth Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Urologist, Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, CA

Phone: 310-451-8751
Educational Background
Undergraduate: A.B., Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, with honors in Human Biology
Medical School: M.D., UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
M.P.H. (Health Services), UCLA School of Public Health , Los Angeles, CA

Professional Memberships
1996 - present American Urological Association
2005 - present Society of University Urologists

Academic & Medical Staff Appointments
2000 - present Attending Urologist, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

2000 - present Attending Urologist, Wadsworth Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2000 - present Attending Urologist, Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, CA

2001 – present Attending Urologist, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2005 - present Attending Urologist, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA

Research & Clinical Interests
Cost-effectiveness analyses, patient utility assessment, quality of care, costs of care, and assessment of national urologic practice patterns.

Awards & Honors
2000 Named American Foundation for Urologic Disease Scholar
2000 Awarded Jonnson Comprehensive Cancer Center Fellowship
2001 Kane Scholar Award for research, Jonnson Comprehensive Cancer Center


  Additional Information


Selected Bibliography:

Publications in Refereed Journals

1.         Saigal, CS.  Obesity and Erectile Dysfunction: Common Problems, Common Solution?. 
            JAMA 2004 June 23; 291(14): 3011-3014. (Editorial)

2.         Maliski SL, Kwan L, Orecklin JR, Saigal CS, Litwin MS.  Predictors of

fatigue after treatment for prostate cancer.  Urology. 2005 Jan;65(1):101-8.

 

3.         Litwin, MS, Saigal, CS, Yano, EM, Avila, C, Geschwind, SA, Hanley,

JM, Joyce, GF, Madison, R, Pace, J, Polich, SM, and Wang, M

Urologic diseases in America: analytic methods and principal findings. J Urol. 2005 Mar;173(3):933-7

 

4. Saigal CS, Joyce G.  Economic Costs of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in the Private Sector. J Urol. 2005 Apr;173(4):1309-13

 

5.        Freedland SJ, Haffner MC, Landis PK, Saigal CS, and Carter HB. Obesity

           does not adversely affect health related quality of life outcomes after anatomic retropubic 

           radical prostatectomy. Urology 2005 Jun;65(6):1131-6

 

 

6.        Haffner MC, Landis PK, Saigal CS, Carter HB, and Freedland SJ. Health related quality of 

           life outcomes after anatomic retropubic radical prostatectomy in the PDE 5 era: impact of

           neurovascular bundle  preservation. Urology. 2005 Aug;66(2):371-6.

 

7.        Litwin MS, Saigal CS, Beerbohm EB. The burden of urologic diseases in America.
          J Urol. 2005 Apr;173(4):1065-6. (editorial)

 

8.       Anger JT, Saigal CS, Litwin MS. The prevalence of urinary incontinence among community-         dwelling adult women: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 

         Urology. 2006 Feb;175(2):601-4

 

9.      Gore, J, Saigal CS, Kwan L, Litwin MS. Marriage and mortality in bladder cancer. Cancer.

         2005 Sep 15; 104(6):1188-94.

 

10.    Saigal CS, Timilsina A, Joyce, G. Direct and Indirect Costs of Nephrolithiasis in an  

         Employed Population: Opportunity for Disease Management? Kidney Int. 2005 Oct;68

         (4):1808-14.

 

11.     Saigal CS, Wessells H, Pace J, Schonlau M, Wilt TJ, Urologic Diseasees in America

          Project Predictors and prevalence of erectile dysfunction in a racially diverse population.

          Arch Int Med. 2006 Jan 23;166(2):207-12

 

12.     Anger JT, Saigal CS, Pace J. Rodriquez LV, Litwin MS; Urologic Diseases of America

         Project. True prevalence of urinary incontinence among female nursing home residents.

         Urology. 2006 Feb;67(2): 281-7.

 

13.     Anger JT, Saigal CS, Stothers L, Thom D, Rodriguez L, Litwin MS. The Prevalence of

         Urinary Incontinence Among Community-Dwelling Adult Men: Results from the National

         Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Urol. 2006 Feb;175(2):601-4.

 

14.     Gore J, Saigal, CS, Hanley J, Litwin MS. Variations in reconstruction after radical

          cystectomy. Cancer.  2006 Aug 15;107(4):729-37.

 

15.       Krupski T, Saigal CS, Hanley J, Litwin MS. Patterns of Care for Men with Prostate Cancer

            Following Failure of Primary Treatment Cancer. 2006 Jul 15;107(2):258-65.

 

16.       Anger J, Saigal CS, Madison R, Joyce G, Litwin MS, and the Urologic Diseases in \

           America Project. Increasing costs of urinary incontinence among female Medicare

           beneficiaries. J Urol. 2006   Jul;176(1):247-51; discussion 251.

 

17.       Saigal CS, Movassaghi M, Pace J, Joyce G, and the Urologic Diseases in America

            Project. Economic evaluation of treatment strategies for benign prostatic hyperplasia: is

            medical therapy more costly in the long run?. J Urol 2007 in press.

 

18.      Sohn M, Zhang H, Taylor BC,  Fischer MJ, Yano E, Saigal C, Wilt T and the Urologic

           Diseases in America Project. Prevalence and trends of selected urologic conditions for

           VA  healthcare users.  BMC Urology 2006, (03 Nov 2006)

 

19.      Saigal, CS. Quality Indicators for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Vulnerable Elders. J Am

           Geriatrics Society 2007. In press.