Dr. Craig G Rogers
Address: 1 Ford Pace, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States, Wayne State University
Gender: Male
About the Doctor / Professional
I specialize in robotic surgery for kidney cancer, prostate cancer, adrenal tumors, testis cancer, penile cancer and bladder cancer. I also perform robotic surgery for blockages of the ureter, including robotic pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction and robotic ureteroplasty or ureteral reimplant for ureteral strictures.
Care Philosophy:
I strive to provide exceptional care to all of my patients efficiently, effectively, and compassionately. I feel that the patient should always come first. I provide my patients with accurate information about their condition to help them make goals.
Biographical Statement:
Dr. Rogers has trained at some of the top medical centers in the country and has learned alongside the pioneers of these techniques. He attended Stanford University School of Medicine and received his M.D. degree. He completed his urology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital followed by a urologic oncology fellowship in prostate and kidney cancer surgery at the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Rogers performs both robotic and laparoscopic surgery to remove kidney tumors. Whenever possible, he uses robotic assistance to remove the tumor while saving the rest of the normal kidney in order to preserve kidney function. He also performs open surgery for kidney tumors that are not amenable to a minimally invasive approach. He also offers cryoablation for small kidney tumors in patients who are not candidates for surgical removal.
Research Interests:
His research focus is on improving robotic surgical techniques for kidney cancer and the identification and utilization of biomarkers and genes for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of kidney and prostate cancer.
Degree: Stanford University School of Medicine CA 2000
Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Med., Urology
- Director, Robotic Renal Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital
- Director, Urologic Oncology at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
- Program Director, Urology Clinical Research Fellowship
- Program Director, Robotic Urology Fellowship
- Medical Director, Vattikuti Urology Institute Center for Outcomes Research Analytics and Evaluation
- Chair, Henry Ford Department of Urology
- Featured on “Minds of Medicine” television documentary about robotic kidney surgery (2011, 2012, 2015)
- “Best Doctors in America” and “America’s Top Urologists” selection (2012, 2014)
- “Top Doc” Hour Detroit Magazine peer-reviewed survey (2010 – 15)
- Winner, World Congress of Endourology Video Contest (2010 – 15)
- Performed first robotic partial nephrectomy with kidney cooling and early tumor evaluation (2010)
- Performed first single-incision robotic nephrectomy in state of Michigan (2012)
- Performed first live telecast of robotic partial nephrectomy at AUA meeting (2009)
- Performed first live webcast of robotic partial nephrectomy (2008, 2009)
- Performed first robotic retroperitoneal renal cryoablation procedure (2008)
- Performed first “Twittered” robotic kidney surgery-featured on CNN and NPR (2008)
- Managing Urology Consultations During COVID-19 Pandemic: Application of a Structured Care Pathway.
- Predicting intraoperative and postoperative consequential events using machine learning techniques in patients undergoing robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN): Vattikuti Collective Quality Initiative (VCQI) database study.
- Clonal evaluation of prostate cancer molecular heterogeneity in biopsy samples by dual immunohistochemistry and dual RNA in situ hybridization.
- Ten-year disease progression and mortality rates in men who experience biochemical recurrence versus persistence after radical prostatectomy and undergo salvage radiation therapy: A post-hoc analysis of RTOG 9601 trial data.
- Rare Histological Variants of Prostate Adenocarcinoma: A National Cancer Database Analysis.
- Extended pelvic lymph-node dissection is independently associated with improved overall survival in patients with prostate cancer at high-risk of lymph-node invasion.
- Long-term Risk of Recurrence in Surgically Treated Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network E2805 Trial Cohort.
- Impact of timing on salvage radiation therapy adverse events following radical prostatectomy: A secondary analysis of the RTOG 9601 cohort.
- Clonal evaluation of early onset prostate cancer by expression profiling of ERG, SPINK1, ETV1, and ETV4 on whole-mount radical prostatectomy tissue.
- Pseudogene Associated Recurrent Gene Fusion in Prostate Cancer.
- Barriers to obtaining prostate multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging in African-American men on active surveillance for prostate cancer.
- Potential effect of anti-inflammatory drug use on PSA kinetics and subsequent prostate cancer diagnosis: Risk stratification in black and white men with benign prostate biopsy.
- Urologic Pathology: Key Parameters from a Urologist's Perspective.
- Cytoreductive Nephrectomy: Assessing the Generalizability of the CARMENA Trial to Real-world National Cancer Data Base Cases.
- askMUSIC: Leveraging a Clinical Registry to Develop a New Machine Learning Model to Inform Patients of Prostate Cancer Treatments Chosen by Similar Men.
- Retroperitoneal vs Transperitoneal Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Comparison in a Multi-institutional Setting.
- Pathological staging of renal cell carcinoma: a review of 300 consecutive cases with emphasis on retrograde venous invasion.
- Partial Nephrectomy in Central Renal Tumors.
- What is the hospital volume threshold to optimize inpatient complication rate after partial nephrectomy?
- Association between cadmium and androgen receptor protein expression differs in prostate tumors of African American and European American men.
- Re: Massimiliano Spaliviero, Nicholas E. Power, Katie S. Murray, et al. Intravenous Mannitol Versus Placebo During Partial Nephrectomy in Patients with Normal Kidney Function: A Double-blind, Clinically-integrated, Randomized Trial. Eur Urol 2018;73:53-9.
- Floating kidney.
- Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma With Retrograde Venous Invasion and Gain of Chromosome 21: Potential Harbingers of Aggressive Clinical Behavior.
- Re: Each procedure matters: threshold for surgeon volume to minimize complications and decrease cost associated with adrenalectomy.
- Conversion of Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy to Radical Nephrectomy: A Prospective Multi-institutional Study.
- Initial robotic assistance in the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma with level 4 cavoatrial thrombus.
- Renal cell carcinoma with angioleiomyoma-like stroma and clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma: exploring SDHB protein immunohistochemistry and the relationship to tuberous sclerosis complex.
- Robotic Buccal Mucosal Graft Ureteroplasty for Complex Ureteral Stricture.
- Right retroperitoneal splenosis presenting as an adrenal mass.
- Rate and Extent of Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in the US Prostate Cancer Patients Treated With Radical Prostatectomy.
- Unclassified hemangioma-like renal cell carcinoma: a potential diagnostic pitfall.
- Testing the external validity of the EORTC randomized trial 30904 comparing overall survival after radical nephrectomy vs nephron-sparing surgery in contemporary North American patients with renal cell cancer.
- Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Repair of Extraperitoneal Ureteral Inguinal Hernia with Mesh Placement.
- Recognizing the Continuous Nature of Expression Heterogeneity and Clinical Outcomes in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.
- 'Trifecta' outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in solitary kidney: a Vattikuti Collective Quality Initiative (VCQI) database analysis.
- Renal cell tumors with clear cell histology and intact VHL and chromosome 3p: a histological review of tumors from the Cancer Genome Atlas database.
- Renal tumour biopsy: let's talk about it.
- Diagnostic criteria for oncocytic renal neoplasms: a survey of urologic pathologists.
- Robotic kidney transplantation: current status and future perspectives.
- Use of Main Renal Artery Clamping Predominates Over Minimal Clamping Techniques During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Complex Tumors.
- Use of the Satinsky clamp for hilar clamping during robotic partial nephrectomy: indications, technique, and multi-center outcomes.
- Measurement of Uncertainty for Aqueous Ethanol Wet-Bath Simulator Solutions Used with Evidential Breath Testing Instruments.
- Robotic nephrectomy for central renal tumors with intraoperative evaluation of tumor histology.
- Measurement of Uncertainty for Vaporous Ethanol Concentration Analyzed by Intoxilyzer® 8000 Instruments.
- Intermediate-term cancer control outcomes in prostate cancer patients treated with robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a multi-institutional analysis.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy for renal tumours in obese patients: Perioperative outcomes in a multi-institutional analysis.
- Multi-Institutional Experience with Robotic Nephrectomy with Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombectomy.
- Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma With Borderline Features of Clear Cell Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma: Combined Morphologic, Immunohistochemical, and Cytogenetic Analysis.
- Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in cystic tumours: analysis of the Vattikuti Global Quality Initiative in Robotic Urologic Surgery (GQI-RUS) database.
- Urinary fistula after robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a multicentre analysis of 1 791 patients.
- Long-term cancer control outcomes in patients with clinically high-risk prostate cancer treated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: results from a multi-institutional study of 1100 patients.
- Reply to Pranav Sharma, Asad Sawar and Philippe Spiess' letter to the editor re: re: Craig Rogers, Ravi Barod, Scott Schwartz, Mani Menon. Endovascular extraction of caval tumor thrombus to facilitate minimally invasive cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic kidney cancer. Eur Urol 2015;68:167-8.
- Indications, techniques, outcomes, and limitations for minimally ischemic and off-clamp partial nephrectomy: a systematic review of the literature.
- A Literature Review of Renal Surgical Anatomy and Surgical Strategies for Partial Nephrectomy.
- An evaluation of the timing of surgical complications following nephrectomy: data from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP).
- Endovascular Extraction of Caval Tumor Thrombus to Facilitate Minimally Invasive Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Kidney Cancer.
- Renal Ischemia and Function After Partial Nephrectomy: A Collaborative Review of the Literature.
- Chronic hepatitis C infection as a risk factor for renal cell carcinoma.
- Preoperative predictors of malignancy and unfavorable pathology for clinical T1a tumors treated with partial nephrectomy: a multi-institutional analysis.
- Nonmodifiable factors and complications contribute to length of stay in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.
- Trifecta and optimal perioperative outcomes of robotic and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in surgical treatment of small renal masses: a multi-institutional study.
- Oncologic outcomes at 10 years following robotic radical prostatectomy.ct item 24959704
- Comparison of perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy and open partial nephrectomy in patients with a solitary kidney.
- Evaluation of renal mass biopsy risk stratification algorithm for robotic partial nephrectomy--could a biopsy have guided management?
- Case report: Renal cell carcinoma with metastasis to the myometrium.
- Robotic retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy: a step-by-step guide.
- Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in patients with baseline chronic kidney disease: a multi-institutional propensity score-matched analysis.
- Prostate tissue metal levels and prostate cancer recurrence in smokers.
- Practice patterns and outcomes of open and minimally invasive partial nephrectomy since the introduction of robotic partial nephrectomy: results from the nationwide inpatient sample.
- Oncological outcomes after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: long-term follow-up in 4803 patients.
- Robot-assisted anatrophic nephrolithotomy with renal hypothermia for managing staghorn calculi.
- Robot-assisted vs. laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: utilization rates and perioperative outcomes.
- Outcomes and predictors of clinical T1 to pathological T3a tumor up-staging after robotic partial nephrectomy: a multi-institutional analysis.
- Positive surgical margins in robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a multi-institutional analysis of oncologic outcomes (leave no tumor behind).
- Comparison of robotic and laparoscopic ultrasound probes for robotic partial nephrectomy.
- Perioperative complications of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: analysis of 886 patients at 5 United States centers.
- Effect of nodal metastases on cancer-specific mortality after cytoreductive nephrectomy.
- Tablet telerounding.
- Intraoperative finding of gross lymph node metastasis during robot-assisted prostatectomy.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy with cold ischemia and on-clamp tumor extraction: recapitulating the open approach.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy for solitary kidney: a multi-institutional analysis.
- Off-clamp robot-assisted partial nephrectomy preserves renal function: a multi-institutional propensity score analysis.
- Tumor complexity predicts malignant disease for small renal masses.
- Robotic ultrasound probe for tumor identification in robotic partial nephrectomy: Initial series and outcomes.
- The effect of gender on nephrectomy perioperative outcomes: a national survey.
- Live robotic surgery: are outcomes compromised?
- Robotic partial nephrectomy using robotic bulldog clamps.
- Prospective multi-center study of oncologic outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for pT1 renal cell carcinoma.
- Description of a multicenter safety checklist for intraoperative hemorrhage control while clamped during robotic partial nephrectomy.
- Marital status: a gender-independent risk factor for poorer survival after radical cystectomy.
- Leapfrog volume thresholds and perioperative complications after radical prostatectomy.
- Discharge patterns after radical cystectomy: contemporary trends in the United States.
- Disparities in access to care at high-volume institutions for uro-oncologic procedures.
- Perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy compared with open radical prostatectomy: results from the nationwide inpatient sample.
- Endometrial stromal sarcoma invading the abdominal aorta treated with aortic replacement.
- Discharge patterns after radical prostatectomy in the United States of America.
- Multi-institutional analysis of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for renal tumors >4 cm versus ≤ 4 cm in 445 consecutive patients.
- Node-positive renal cell carcinoma in the absence of distant metastases: predictors of cancer-specific mortality in a population-based cohort.
- Morbidity and mortality of radical prostatectomy differs by insurance status.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy: surgical technique.
- Does partial nephrectomy at an academic institution result in better outcomes?
- Improvement of racial disparities with respect to the utilization of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy in the United States.
- Open radical prostatectomy in the elderly: a case for concern?
- The effect of insurance status on outcomes after partial nephrectomy.
- Iatrogenic vascular lesions after minimally invasive partial nephrectomy: a multi-institutional study of clinical and renal functional outcomes.
- Robot assisted radical prostatectomy for elderly patients with high risk prostate cancer.
- Computer-assisted robotic renal surgery.
- Anastomosis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: randomized controlled trial comparing barbed and standard monofilament suture.
- Complications after robotic partial nephrectomy at centers of excellence: multi-institutional analysis of 450 cases.
- Successful total robotic-assisted aortobifemoral bypass for treatment of complicated aortoiliac occlusive disease.
- Expanding the indications of partial nephrectomy.
- Barbed suture for renorrhaphy during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.
- Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy.
- Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in obese patients.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy in the setting of prior abdominal surgery.
- Multi-institutional analysis of robotic partial nephrectomy for hilar versus nonhilar lesions in 446 consecutive cases.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy: the real benefit.
- Biochemical recurrence following robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: analysis of 1384 patients with a median 5-year follow-up.
- Outcomes and timing for intervention of partial adrenalectomy in patients with a solitary adrenal remnant and history of bilateral phaeochromocytomas.
- A novel method of urethrovesical anastomosis during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy using a unidirectional barbed wound closure device: feasibility study and early outcomes in 51 patients.
- Reply from authors re: Ricardo Brandina, Inderbir S. Gill. Robotic partial nephrectomy: new beginnings. Eur Urol 2010;57:778-9.
- Risk for renal cell carcinoma in chronic hepatitis C infection.
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy: a comparison to current techniques.
- Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: an international experience.
- Robot-assisted management of congenital renal abnormalities in adult patients.
- Microarray gene expression profiling using core biopsies of renal neoplasia.
- Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy: Has it come of age?
- Robotic partial nephrectomy for renal tumors larger than 4 cm.
- The impact of previous inguinal or abdominal surgery on outcomes after robotic radical prostatectomy.
- The expanding role of partial nephrectomy: a critical analysis of indications, results, and complications.
- The relationship of vascular endothelial growth factor and coagulation factor (fibrin and fibrinogen) expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
- Urologic education and training: A global perspective diary of a urologist as a trainee: My Johns Hopkins experience.
- Combined robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and radical prostatectomy.
- Robot assisted partial nephrectomy versus laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal tumors: a multi-institutional analysis of perioperative outcomes.
- Open to debate. The motion: Robotic partial nephrectomy is better than open partial nephrectomy.
- Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy.
- Description of a novel technique for suture ligation of the renal vessels during robotic nephrectomy.
- Retroperitoneal robotic renal surgery: technique and early results.
- Maximizing console surgeon independence during robot-assisted renal surgery by using the Fourth Arm and TilePro.
- Robot-assisted retroperitoneal renal cryoablation.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy for renal hilar tumors: a multi-institutional analysis.
- Outcomes of patients after aborted radical cystectomy for intraoperative findings of metastatic disease.
- Robotic nephrectomy for kidney cancer in a horseshoe kidney with renal vein tumor thrombus: novel technique for thrombectomy.
- A novel technique for creating solid renal pseudotumors and renal vein-inferior vena caval pseudothrombus in a porcine and cadaveric model.
- Concurrent robotic partial adrenalectomy and extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma resection in a pediatric patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
- Robotic nephrectomy for the treatment of benign and malignant disease.
- Adjuvant chemotherapy for bladder cancer does not alter cancer-specific survival after cystectomy in a matched case-control study.
- Synchronous bilateral adrenalectomy for adrenocorticotropic-dependent Cushing's syndrome.
- Recurrence-free survival after radical cystectomy of patients downstaged by transurethral resection.
- CpG island hypermethylation profile in the serum of men with clinically localized and hormone refractory metastatic prostate cancer.
- Robotic partial nephrectomy for complex renal tumors: surgical technique.
- Prognostic value of preoperative serum cell-free circulating DNA in men with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy.
- Macroscopic, but not microscopic, perivesical fat invasion at radical cystectomy is an adverse predictor of recurrence and survival.
- Concurrent upper and lower urinary tract robotic surgery: strategies for success.
- Potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser assisted robotic partial nephrectomy in a porcine model: can robotic assistance optimize the power needed for effective cutting and hemostasis?
- Nomograms provide improved accuracy for predicting survival after radical cystectomy.
- Advanced age is associated with poorer bladder cancer-specific survival in patients treated with radical cystectomy.
- Age stratified functional outcomes after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
- Outcomes of radical cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: a contemporary series from the Bladder Cancer Research Consortium.
- High concordance of gene methylation in post-digital rectal examination and post-biopsy urine samples for prostate cancer detection.
- Concomitant carcinoma in situ is a feature of aggressive disease in patients with organ-confined TCC at radical cystectomy.
- Characteristics and outcomes of patients with carcinoma in situ only at radical cystectomy.
- Nomogram for predicting disease recurrence after radical cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
- Precystectomy nomogram for prediction of advanced bladder cancer stage.
- Discrepancy between clinical and pathologic stage: impact on prognosis after radical cystectomy.
- Clinical outcomes following radical cystectomy for primary nontransitional cell carcinoma of the bladder compared to transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
- Cancer specific outcomes in patients with pT0 disease following radical cystectomy.
- Lymphovascular invasion is independently associated with overall survival, cause-specific survival, and local and distant recurrence in patients with negative lymph nodes at radical cystectomy.
- A molecular classification of papillary renal cell carcinoma.
- Exploring the learning curve, pathological outcomes and perioperative morbidity of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy performed for renal mass.
- Gene expression profiling of renal cell carcinoma and clinical implications.
- Comparison of erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet and holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet lasers for incision of urethra and bladder neck in an in vivo porcine model.
- Carcinosarcoma of the prostate with urothelial and squamous components.
- Molecular biomarker in prostate cancer: the role of CpG island hypermethylation.
- Molecular profiling and classification of sporadic renal cell carcinoma by quantitative methylation analysis.
- The in vitro and in vivo effects of re-expressing methylated von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene in clear cell renal carcinoma with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine.
- Natural history of disease progression in patients who fail to achieve an undetectable prostate-specific antigen level after undergoing radical prostatectomy.
- Gene expression profiling of renal cell carcinoma.
- Prostate cancer detection on urinalysis for alpha methylacyl coenzyme a racemase protein.
- High-grade renal injuries in children--is conservative management possible?
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: evaluation of long-term oncological outcome.
- Preservation of accessory pudendal arteries during radical retropubic prostatectomy: surgical technique and results.
- Extraosseous (extramedullary) plasmacytoma of the adrenal gland.
- Re: Disease progression and survival of patients with positive lymph nodes after radical prostatectomy. Is there a chance of cure?
- Adenofibroma of the testis discovered at exploration for torsion after trauma.
- Adrenal Cancer Treatment
- Anal Cancer
- Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
- Bladder Cancer Treatment
- Bowel Cancer Treatment
- Cancer/Oncology Consultation
- Colon Cancer Treatment
- Enlarged Prostate
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Kidney Cancer Treatment
- Penile Cancer Treatment
- Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Rectal Cancer
- Robotic Prostate Cancer Surgery
- Robotic Surgery for Bladder Cancer
- Testicular Cancer Treatment
- Urological Oncology
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
- Cancer
- Dilation Of Urethral Stricture
- Kidney Cyst Treatment
- Kidney Stones Treatment
- Kidney Surgery
- Laparoscopic and Robotic Urology
- Prostate Biopsy
- Prostate Surgery
- Prostate Ultrasound
- Pyeloplasty
- Robotic Surgery
- Testicular Biopsy
- Testicular Tumor Removal
- Ureteroplasty
- Urology Consultation
More Information
- Dr. Rogers has published extensively on the subjects of minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, prostate cancer, kidney cancer and bladder cancer, with over 75 peer-reviewed publications.
- He was honored to be chosen to perform the first live robotic partial nephrectomy surgery at the American Urological Association National Meeting two years in a row.
- He performed the first live webcast of a robotic partial nephrectomy in 2007 and has performed live robotic kidney and prostate surgeries for audiences throughout the world.
- Dr. Rogers has spoken both nationally and internationally on topics including robotic kidney surgery and robotic prostatectomy and has been featured on CNN