Ayal M. Kaynan, MD, FACS
Updated: Nov 24, 2015
Employment & Education
Attending & Partner
APU division of Garden State Urology, Morristown, NJ
Aug. 1, 2001 – present
Laparoscopic Urologic Oncology, Honorary Fellow
Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
L’Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France
Clinic Jean d’Arc, Lyons, France
June 1 – 30, 2004
Spinal Cord Injury, Endourology & Laparoscopic Surgery, Fellow
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001
Urology, Resident
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
July 1, 1996 – June 30, 2000
Chief Resident (PGY6), July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000
Administrative Chief, 1997-1999
Delegate of the Committee for Interns and Residents, Jacobi Medical Center, 1997
Peer Representative for the Committee of Graduate Medical Education, MMC, 1999-2000
Coordinator, Male Urologic Exam, Physical Diagnosis Course for Medical School, 2000
Subspecialty Concentrations:
Urologic Oncology: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Pediatric Urology: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Endourology
Erectile Dysfunction
Renal Transplantation
Female Urology
Infertility
Trauma
General Surgery, Consult Resident (PGY2), MMC, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1996
General Surgery, Intern (PGY1), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
June 25, 1994 – June 30, 1995
MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
May 1994
BA, University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Cum Laude; Dean’s List (academic year 1987-88)
Major: Economics; Minor: Chemistry
May 1990
Hospital Privileges
Attending, Department of Surgery / Section of Urology, since 2001
Director, Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery, Mar 2006 – present
Chair of the Section of Urology, Jan 2015 – present
Vice-Chair of the Section of Urology, 2013 – 2014
Secretary of the Section of Urology, 2007 – 2012
Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
Attending, Department of Surgery / Division of Urology
Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
Attending, Department of Surgery / Division of Urology
Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, NJ
Attending, Department of Surgery / Division of Urology
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
Attending, Department of Surgery / Division of Urology
Ambulatory Surgery Center at Morristown, Morristown, NJ
Attending, The Stone Center of New Jersey
Newark, NJ
Attending, Florham Park Surgery Center
Florham Park, NJ
Attending, Denville Surgery Center
Denville, NJ
Visiting Attending, Department of Urology
Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Certification
Board-Certified, American Board of Urology (Feb 28, 2003)
Board-Recertified, American Board of Urology (Feb 2011)
Licensure
New Jersey State (#MA72413)
New York State (#206617-1) – inactive
California State (#A71255) – inactive
Professional Societies
Minimally Invasive Robotic Association, 2005
American College of Surgeons, Fellow, 2004
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2001
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 1999
Endourological Society, 1999
American Urology Association, 1996
Committee Functions at Morristown Medical Center
Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery Committee, Chair
Medical Executive Committee, Delegate for the Department of Surgery
Credentialing Committee
Operating Room Committee
Operating Room Cost & New Technology Committee
Performance Improvement Committee, Department of Surgery/
Atlantic Health Physician Quality Committee
Men’s Urologic Cancer Center Operations Committee
Proprietary Relationships
Ethicon EndoSurgery, Inc.: New Jersey Regional Laparoscopic Urologic Proctor, 2001-2005
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: Robotic Surgery Proctor
Laboratory Research
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dr. Barry R. Bloom, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Forcheimer Science Laboratories, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Used cultures and luminometry to quantify adhesion of BCG to bladder cancer epithelial cells. 1997
Duke Eye Center, Dr. Glenn J. Jaffe, Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University. Used tissue cultures to study the effects of saporin toxin on retinal pigment epithelial cell proliferation. 1993
Orthopaedic Laboratories, Dr. L. Scott Levin, Department of Surgery, Duke University. Developed an organ bath system for measuring the force of contraction of plantar arteries in the rat; techniques in microsurgery were used. A canine model for open tibial fractures was studied. 1993
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. V. Paul Addonizio, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania. Independent study: Platelet physiology and its analytical assessment – the effects of heparin on human platelets.1987
Clinical Investigations
Quality of Life Outcomes Prostate Cancer Database, Ayal M. Kaynan, MD, principal investigator, Peter B. Doherty Men’s Cancer Center at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center, Morristown Medical Center.
Intravesical Targeted Protein Therapy for Superficial Bladder Cancer Failing Use of BCG, Ayal M. Kaynan, MD, principal investigator in collaboration with Viventia Bio Inc., Carol G. Simon Cancer Center, Morristown Medical Center
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- “Thermostasis during laparoscopic urologic surgery.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Howard N. Winfield Journal of Endourology, Volume 16, Number 7, pp.465-470, 2002.
- “Survey of urological laparoscopic practices in the state of California.” Ayal M. Kaynan, Keith L. Lee and Howard N. Winfield. Journal of Urology, Volume 167, June, 2002.
- “Priapism of Ambiguous Classification in a Sickle Cell Patient: A Case Report.” S Hoffman, AM Kaynan, A Melman. International Journal of Impotence Research, Volume 12, Number 1, pp. 59-63, 2000.
- “Air on Radiography of Perineal Necrotizing Fasciitis Indicates Testis Involvement.” Jamil Rehman, Ayal Kaynan, David Samadi, Jonathan Fleischmann. Journal of Urology, Volume 162, Number 6, pp. 2101, 1999.
- “Intraoperative Electrical Stimulation of Cavernosal Nerves with Monitoring of Intracorporeal Pressure in Patients Undergoing Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy.” Rehman J, Christ GJ, Kaynan A, Samadi, D, and Fleischmann J. (Abstract presented at the American Urology Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 1997). BJU International, Volume 84, Number 3, pp. 305-310, 1999.
- “Use of Spiral Computed Tomography In Lieu of Angiography for the Preoperative Assessment of Living Renal Donors.” Kaynan AM, Rozenblit AM, Figueroa K, Hoffman S, Cynamon J, Karwa GL, Tellis VA, Lerner SE. (Abstract presented at the Ferdinand C. Valentine Urology Residents Essay Competition, New York, March 1997). Journal of Urology, Volume 161, Number 6, pp. 1769-1775, 1999
- “Modification of Sexual Behavior of Long-Evans Male Rats by Drugs Acting on the 5-HT1a Receptor.” Jamil Rehman, Ayal Kaynan, George Christ, Mira Valcic, Saul Maayani, Arnold Melman. Brain Research, Volume 821, Number 2, pp. 414-425, 1999.
Invitational Articles & Book Chapters (Edited)
- “Hemostasis.” Ayal M. Kaynan, In Urologic Robotic Surgery, Ed. J.A. Stock, M.P. Esposito and V.J. Lanteri. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2008, pp. 185-198.
- “Neurogenic Bladder.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Inder Perkash. In Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Musculoskeletal Disorders, Pain and Rehabilitation, 2nd Edition. Ed. W.R. Frontera, J.K. Silver and T.D. Rizzo. Saunders (Elsevier), Philadelphia, 2008, pp. 733-743.
- “Physiologic implications of CO2 pneumoperitoneum and minimally invasive methods: renal aspects.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Sherry M. Wren. SAGES Manual of Pre and Post-Op Care of the Laparoscopic Patient.
- “A Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Approach to Endourology.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Howard N. Winfield. Current Urology Reports, April, 2001.
- “Laparoscopic Ureteral Surgery.” Ayal M. Kaynan, Jamil Rehman, David M. Hoenig. Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, Volume 7, Number 3, pp. 166-175, 2000.
- “The Role for Salvage Surgery in Radio-Recurrent / Resistant Carcinoma of the Prostate.” Seth E. Lerner, Christopher L. Amling, Ayal M. Kaynan, Michael L. Blute, Horst Zincke. AUA Update Series, Volume 18, Lesson 8, 1999.
- ”Anatomic and Technical Considerations for Tumor Resection of the Horseshoe Kidney.” Ayal M. Kaynan, MD, Seth E. Lerner, MD, John S. Train, MD, Horst Zincke, MD, PhD. Atlas of the Urologic Clinics of North America, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 73-90, April 1998.
- “Medical therapy for prevention of renal stones.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Howard N. Winfield. www.Yourdoctor.com
- “Dissolution therapy for renal stones.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Howard N. Winfield. www.Yourdoctor.com
- “Laparoscopic management of renal tumors.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Howard N. Winfield. www.vistamedical.com
- “Physiologic implications in laparoscopy.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Howard N. Winfield. www.vistamedical.com
Presentations
- “Robotic Prostatectomy”, moderator for live presentation of Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy at Morristown Memorial Hospital, February 2, 2007. http://www.or-live.com/morristown/1612/event/webcast.cfm?
- “Intraoperative thermostasis during laparoscopic urologic surgery.” Ayal M. Kaynan and Howard N. Winfield. American Urological Association Annual Meeting (poster session), Anaheim, California, June 2001.
- “Laparoscopic partial cystectomy for pheochromocytoma of the bladder.” Paul M. Kozlowski, Ayal M. Kaynan, Frederick Mihm and Howard N. Winfield. 18th Annual World Congress on Endourology & Shockwave (poster session), Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2000.
- “Laparoscopic repair of ventral and parastomal hernias following major surgery.” Paul M. Kozlowski, Ayal M. Kaynan, Eric Wallen and Howard N. Winfield. 18th Annual World Congress on Endourology & Shockwave (poster session), Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2000.
- “The use of bone anchors and cadaveric fascia vs. no bone anchors and native fascia in the management of stress urinary incontinence.” Chief Residents’ Debate, New York Section of the AUA, NYC, February 2000.
Abstracts
- “Lose a screw?” Ayal M. Kaynan, Joseph Steinberg, and Chris Green. Third Annual World Robotic Symposium, April 2008.
- “Comparison of the da VinciTM robotic surgical system to standard laparoscopic technique in porcine pyeloplasty: an examination of anastomotic efficiency.” Ayal M. Kaynan, Yamil Saenz, Harcharan Gill, and Howard N. Winfield. American Urological Association Annual Meeting (poster session), Orlando, Florida, May 2002.
- “Laparoscopic Enucleation of Renal Tumors.” Ayal M. Kaynan, Simon McRae, and Howard N. Winfield (Video Abstract, Presented at World Congress of Endourology annual meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001 – Journal of Endourology, Volume 15, Supplement 1: A134, V7-P2, November, 2001).
- “In Vitro Use of the Luciferase Gene to Quantify BCG by Luminescence.” Kaynan AM, Maitland M, Bardarov S, Melman A, Bloom BR. Ferdinand C. Valentine Urology Residents Essay Competition, New York, March 1998.
- “Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) with IVC Thrombus (IVCT): An Analysis of 77 Patients.” Ayal Kaynan, Thomas M. Seay, Seth E. Lerner, Michael L. Blute, Horst Zincke. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, 1996.
- “Inhibition of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial (hRPE) Cells Proliferation by bFGF-Saporin Toxin.” GJ Jaffe, AB Das, A Kaynan, M Ong, LL Houston. International Cytokine Society, 1994.
Lectures
- “Laparoscopy: The Basic Science.” Urology Grand Rounds, Stanford University Department of Urology, February 16, 2001.
- “Laparoscopic Management of Renal Tumors.” Urology Grand Rounds, Stanford University Department of Urology, May 4, 2001.
- “Advances in Urologic Laparoscopic Surgery.” General Surgery Grand Rounds, Morristown Memorial Hospital, September 5, 2001.
- “Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.” Us Too Prostate Cancer Support Group, Morristown Memorial Hospital, November 6, 2001.
- “Minimally Invasive Approaches to Urologic Diseases.” Senior Contact Lecture Series, Morristown Memorial Hospital, April 11, 2002 & Overlook Hospital, March 10, 2003.
- “Robotic Surgery.” General Surgery Grand Rounds, Morristown Memorial Hospital, December 17, 2003
- “PSA Screening.” Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, February, 2004.
- “Evaluation and Management of Hematuria.” Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, March, 2004.
- “Evaluation and Managmement of Adrenal Tumors.” Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, April, 2004.
- “Evaluation and Management of Kidney Stones.” Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, May, 2004.
- “Post-Surgical Urologic Nursing.” Minimally Invasive Surgical Unit, Morristown Memorial Hospital, July, 2004.
- “Urinary Retention.” Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, August, 2004 & Morristown Memorial Hospital, August, 2004.
- “Prostate Cancer.” Internal Medicine Resident Lecture Series, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, September, 2004.
- “Laparoscopic & Robotic Prostate Surgery.” US Too Prostate Cancer Support Group, Morristown Memorial Hospital, October 5, 2004.
- “Prostate Health.” Senior Contact Health Program, Morristown Memorial Hospital, October 7, 2004.
- “Retroperitoneoscopic Renal Tumor Surgery.” Tumor Board, Morristown Memorial Hospital, November 18, 2004.
- “Laparoscopic & Robotic Prostatectomy.” Multidisciplinary Urologic Oncology Conference, Morristown Memorial Hospital, February 23, 2005.
- “Laparoscopic & Robotic Prostatectomy.” Medical Grand Rounds, Centrastate Hospital, June 24, 2005.
- “Laparoscopic & Robotic Prostatectomy.” Medical Grand Rounds, Saint Clare’s Hospital, January 7, 2005.
- “Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy.” New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Princeton, NJ, December 3, 2005.
- “Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy.” Course Instructor on Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, December 4, 2005.
- “Update on Robotic Surgery.” General Surgery Grand Rounds, Morristown Memorial Hospital, January 25, 2006.
- “Controversies in Prostate Cancer Screening.” Medical Grand Rounds, Morristown Memorial Hospital, November 8, 2006.
- “Evolving Therapy for Prostate Cancer: The Role of Robotics.” Medical Grand Rounds, Trinitas Hospital, NJ, March 15, 2007.
- “Management of Surgical Hypertension: Adrenal Tumors.” 6th Annual Ames L. Filippone, Jr, MD Surgical Symposium on Advances in Minimal Access Surgery, May 14, 2008.
- “Testicular Torsion: Tips for Early Recognition and Treatment.” Annual Ames L. Filippone, Jr, MD Surgical Symposium on Surgical Emergencies, May 16 , 2012.
- “Robotic Injuries.” Annual Surgical Symposium, Morristown Medical Center. Surgical Complications: How to Prevent them and When to Ask for Help, May 10, 2013
- “Firefly: Applications in Robotic Partial Nephrectomy.” Annual Surgical Symposium, Morristown Medical Center. Multidisciplinary Interventions, April 23, 2014
Symposiums
- 6th Annual Ames L. Filippone, Jr, MD Surgical Symposium on Advances in Minimal Access Surgery, May 14, 2008. Symposium Director.
