Laurence A. Levine MD FACS
Urologist
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“Dr. Levine came highly recommended and gave me first class treatment. All my questions were answered, he spent a considerable amount of time with me and I am confident the surgical procedure will be successful."
Laurence A. Levine MD FACS
Laurence A. Levine, MD is a Professor of Urology in the Department of Urology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He is a nationally and internationally recognized authority in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s disease. In addition to general urology, his primary focus for the past 25 years has been in the fields of Andrology and Reconstructive Urology; including disorders of male sexual function, male infertility, congenital deformities, and deformities of the penis caused by Peyronie’s disease. His other areas of clinical expertise include urethral reconstruction for stricture disease, chronic scrotal content pain, and male hypogonadism (low testosterone).
Dr. Levine was trained at the Harvard program of Urology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was previously a faculty member and clinician at the University of Chicago, before joining the Department of Urology at Rush Medical Center in 1992.
He has been an active teacher both nationally and internationally for the past 28 years. His academic contributions include 220 published articles and 50 book chapters, as well as 2 books specifically on Peyronie’s disease. His innovative contributions to Urology include the treatment of Peyronie’s disease with intralesional verapamil injections and traction therapy, suppression of recurrent prolonged erections, or priapism, with Ketoconazole, microdenervation of the spermatic cord for chronic scrotal content pain, and he was the first in America to utilize a minimally invasive approach for retrieving sperm in men with severe forms of infertility using TESA (testicular sperm aspiration).
His special honors include being past President of the Chicago Urologic Society as well as the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, and was, in 2015, given a Lifetime Achievement award by the Sexual Medicine Society of North America for his contributions to the field. He has been selected since 1998, by his peers to be included in the ‘Best Doctors in America’, and has been recognized for the past 18 years as a Top Doctor in the field of Urology by Chicago Magazine. Dr. Levine maintains a busy clinical practice while also teaching residents and physicians worldwide in the fields of reconstructive urology and andrology.
Dr. Levine recently became one of the first urologists in the Midwest to offer the Aquablation Therapy procedure to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Aquablation therapy uses the power of water delivered with robotic precision to provide long-lasting BPH relief without compromise. It is precise, consistent, and predictable, and provides long-term relief no matter how large your prostate. Click here for more information on Aquablation Therapy.
Awards and Credentials
- America's Top Doctors (book series): 10th Edition, 11th Edition, 12th Edition, 13th Edition, 14th Edition, 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition, 4th Edition, 5th Edition, 6th Edition, 7th Edition, 8th Edition, 9th Edition
- Chicago Magazine's Top Doctors in Chicago: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors (digital guide): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Hospital Affiliation
Rush University Medical Center -
Chicago,
IL
Education and Training
1983 - 1987
Harvard Program in Urology
Residency - Urology
1982 - 1983
American Hospital of Paris
Chief Residency
1980 - 1982
Tufts-New England Medical Center
Residency - General Surgery
1976 - 1980
University of Colorado Medical School
Doctor of Medicine
1975
Trinity College
Bachelor of Arts
Certification
Illinois State Medical License
Florida State Medical License
American Board of Urology
Societies
Society for Male Reproduction and Urology
Sexual Medicine Society of North America
American Association of Clinical Urologists
International Society of Sexual Medicine
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
American Urological Association
Chicago Urological Society
Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons
Society of Urologic Prosethic Surgeons
Special Interests
Professor and an attending surgeon in the Department of Urology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois
Director of the Male Sexual Function and Fertility Program
Peyronie's Disease Intervention Studies: An Exploration of Modern-Era Challenges in Study Design and Evaluating Treatment Outcomes
Microsurgical Denervation of the Spermatic Cord for Chronic Orchialgia: Long-Term Results From a Single Center
Matthew J. Ziegelmann, MD, Landon W. Trost, MD, Giorgio I. Russo, MD, PhD, Laurence A. Levine, MD Published:January 13, 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.11.271
Examining Postoperative Outcomes after Employing a Surgical Algorithm for Management of Peyronie’s Disease: A Single-Institution Retrospective ReviewDimitri Papagiannopoulos, MD, Emily Yura, BS, and Laurence Levine, MD Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12910
Outcomes of surgical treatment of Peyronie's diseaseCulley C. Carson and Laurence A. Levine* Department of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, and *Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Peyronie’s disease: contemporary review of non-surgical treatmentLaurence A. Levine Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Correspondence to: Laurence A. Levine, MD. RUSH University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison Street Suite 352, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: drlevine@hotmail.com.
Peyronie’s Disease Plaque Calcification—Prevalence, Time to Identification, and Development of a New Grading ClassificationLaurence Levine, MD,* James Rybak, MD,* Christopher Corder, MD,† and Michael Ryan Farrel, MS, MPH† *Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; †Rush University School of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12334
Partial Plaque Excision and Grafting (PEG) for Peyronie’s DiseaseLaurence A. Levine, MD Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Standard Operating Procedures for Peyronie’s DiseaseLaurence A. Levine, MD* and Arthur L. Burnett, MD, MBA† *Department of Urology, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; †Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.03003.x
Surgery for Peyronie’s diseaseLaurence A Levine and Stephen M Larsen
A Retrospective Comparative Study of Traction Therapy vs. No Traction Following Tunica Albuginea Plication or Partial Excision and Grafting for Peyronie’s Disease: Measured Lengths and Patient PerceptionsJames Rybak, MD, Dimitri Papagiannopoulos, BS, and Laurence Levine, MD Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02849.x
Effects of varicocelectomy on serum testosteronePatrick Whelan, Laurence Levine Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Contributions: (I) Conception and design: All authors; (II) Administrative support: All authors; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: All authors; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: P Whelan; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: All authors; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Laurence Levine, MD, FACS. Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W Harrison St, Suite 352, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: drlevine@hotmail.com.
Microdenervation of the Spermatic Cord for Chronic Scrotal Content Pain: Single Institution Review Analyzing Success Rate After Prior Attempts at Surgical CorrectionMicrosurgical Denervation of the Spermatic Cord for Chronic Orchialgia: Long-Term Results From a Single Center
Kurt H. Strom and Laurence A. Levine*,† From the Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
An overview of the management of post-vasectomy pain syndromeWei Phin Tan, Laurence A Levine Asian Journal of Andrology (2016) 18, 1–6; doi: 10.4103/1008-682X.175090; published online: 4 March 2016
Chronic orchialgia: evaluation and discussion of treatment optionsLaurence Levine Ther Adv Urol (2010) 2(5-6) 209214 DOI: 10.1177/ 1756287210390409 ! The Author(s), 2010. Reprints and permissions: http://www.sagepub.co.uk/ journalsPermissions.nav
Single Center Outcomes after Reconstructive Surgical Correction of Adult Acquired Buried Penis: Measurements of Erectile Function, Depression, and Quality of LifeJames Rybak, MD, Stephen Larsen, MD, Michelle Yu, BS, and Laurence A. Levine, MD Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12417
Aspiration and Sclerotherapy: a Nonsurgical Treatment Option for HydrocelesJohn J. Francis and Laurence A. Levine*,† From the Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois