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Ralph V. Clayman, MD
Ralph V. Clayman, MD, is a graduate of Grinnell College and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He obtained his general surgery and urology training at the University of Minnesota and then proceeded to spend two years at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas pursuing his interests in renal cancer research, kidney stone disease, and minimally invasive urology. In 1984 he came to Washington University in St. Louis where he practiced for the ensuing 17 years rising to the rank of Professor of Urology and Radiology as well as Director of the Midwest Stone Institute, and Co-Director of the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery. In January 2002, he accepted the Chair of the newly formed Department of Urology at UCI.For the past 20 years, Dr. Clayman has concentrated his energies on developing new applications of minimally invasive surgery to the treatment of kidney stone disease, kidney cancer, strictures of the ureter, and all aspects of kidney and ureteral surgery. He and his associates have been world leaders in this area having performed the world's first laparoscopic removal of a kidney for both benign disease and for cancer, the first laparoscopic removal of a kidney and ureter to treat cancer, the development of a unique cutting balloon catheter to treat obstruction of the ureter, and some of the initial work on both percutaneous and endoscopic therapy for ureteral and kidney stones of all sizes. In addition, by establishing the first fellowship program in minimally invasive urology, Dr. Clayman has had the opportunity to develop the next generation of urologists committed to less invasive surgery. Past trainees of his program now occupy academic positions in universities throughout the United States, Canada, and Israel.
Dr. Clayman has written textbooks on both laparoscopic and percutaneous urologic surgery and has published over 300 peer review papers and book chapters. He is co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Endourology, which concentrates on less invasive urologic surgery. He is named on 7 patents having to do with minimally invasive surgical instrumentation. He has received numerous national and international awards, including the 2001 EXCEL award from the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons.
Dr. Clayman's patient care, teaching, and laboratory efforts are all focussed on developing a kinder, gentler surgery in which incisions are either reduced in size or even eliminated. In order to accomplish this goal he and his team continue to explore a broad range of minimally invasive and noninvasive surgery in order to bring modern day technology into the operating room and to the surgical bedside.
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