| - About Dr. Golden -
Dr. Brian Golden earned his medical degree in 2000 from the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) school of medicine. He then completed two years of general surgery and four years of urology residency at the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver. He subsequently completed a clinical fellowship in laparoscopic and robotic surgery with Urology San Antonio in Texas. This specific training and subsequent surgical experience combine to make Dr. Golden one of the most experienced surgeons in the Southwest U.S. in robotic prostatectomy and laparoscopic kidney and adrenal surgery.
No-Needle No-Scalpel Vasectomy is another area of Dr.Golden's special expertise.
Dr. Golden is an advocate for screening men for prostate cancer. He is spokesman and consultant for the promotion of PSA screenings by "Prostate Cancer Resource.org," which provides free or low-cost prostate screening to men in Las Vegas. He has been interviewed numerous times on local television and radio stations in support of Prostate Cancer Resource.
Click Here to see Dr. Golden discuss and demonstrate the da Vinci S Surgical System installed in 2007 at St.Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena Campus.
Dr. Golden joined the Urology Institute of Nevada in 2007. Services are provided at offices in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada. Dr. Golden is a member of multiple professional organizations, including the American Urological Association (AUA), Western Section of the AUA, the Endourological Society, and the American Association of Clinical Urologists (AACU).
Dr. Golden provides services primarily at the office in the St.Rose, San Martin Medical Office Building, easily accessible from I-215. He has privileges at most of the area hospitals and accepts all major insurance plans.
Detailed Educational Background
| May 2008 |
Abdominal Ultrasound Course, American Urologic Association Meeting (Orlando, FL) |
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| 9/06 - 8/07 |
Clinical Fellow in minimally invasive urologic surgery (laparoscopy and daVinci robotics) Urology San Antonio (San Antonio, TX) |
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| 7/00 - 6/06 |
Urology Residency (2 yrs general surgery, 4 yrs urology)
University of Colorado Health Science Center(Denver, CO) |
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| February 2004 |
Visiting Resident Scholar, Bin Dan Hospital (urology referral center, southern Vietnam). Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Funded by grants from International Volunteers in Urology & Yamanouchi |
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5/97 - 6/97 |
Intensive Spanish language program, Centro Panamericano de Idiomas (Monteverde & San Jose, Costa Rica) |
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| 8/96 - 6/00 |
Medical School, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) (San Francisco, CA)
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| 1986 – 1991 |
BA in Political Science (magna cum laude), University of Washington (Seattle, WA) |
Credentials & Recent CME Courses
State licensure: Nevada, Texas, Kansas
American Urologic Association Abdominal Ultrasound Level 2 certification (5/08)
American Board of Urology (ABU) - Passed Qualifying Exam 8/06, planning to take Certifying exam on schedule.
Intuitive Surgical daVinci Console Training Course
“Robot University” Houston, TX (10/2006)
Medtronic Interstim Physician Education Program
Urologix Targis Cooled Thermotherapy TUMT Certification (2/2007)
AUA Annual Board Review Course, Dallas, TX (7/20-23, 2006)
American Heart Association BLS/CPR/AED Certification
Urological Prosthetic Surgery Course,
Sponsored by American Medical Systems, San Francisco, CA (Jan 20-21, 2006) |
