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Jim C. Hu MD, MPH

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Jim C. Hu, M.D., M.P.H is a genitourinary surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Center, and Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Hu's clinical interests include prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, testis cancer, and adrenal cancers.  His area of expertise is applying minimally invasive approaches to treat these conditions, including robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery.

He performed his internship in general surgery and residency in urologic surgery at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center and his fellowship training at City of Hope National Medical Center. Dr. Hu's research interests include Urologic Health Services Research, and his previous studies examined quality of life in men with prostate cancer and quality of care issues in the treatment of prostate cancer.

 

Education

1989-1993

 

B.A. - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

1993-1994

 

M.P.H. - Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

1994-1998

 

M.D. - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

1998-2000

 

University of California Los Angeles General Surgery Residency, Los Angeles, CA

2000-2004

 

University of California Los Angeles Urology Residency, Los Angeles, CA

2004-2005

 

City of Hope Cancer Center Robotic and Laparoscopic Urologic Oncology Fellowship, Duarte, CA

Experiences

7/2005

 

Visiting Lecturer Taipei City Hospital,Taipei,Taiwan

2005-2007
8/2005-

 

Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Associate Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

1/2007-

8/2007-

 

Director of Minimally Invasive Urologic Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Licensure

2000

 

Medical Board of California

2002

 

Fluoroscopy License State of California

2005

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine

2007

 

Diplomate of the American Board of Urology

Awards

1993

 

Graduated with Honors, Johns Hopkins University Department of Economics

1997

 

American Foundation for Urologic Disease Medical Student Summer Fellowship

1998

 

American Cancer Society Medical Student Fellowship

1998

 

Arnold Award Outstanding Medical Student, Scott Department of Urology Baylor College of Medicine

2002

 

Third Place, Los Angeles Urologic Association Resident Essay Contest

2002

 

Second Place, Miley B. Wesson Resident Essay Contest Western Section American Urological Association

2005

 

Second Place, Joseph F. McCarthy Physician Essay Contest Western Section American Urological Association

2006

 

Lance Armstrong Young Investigator Award

2006

 

Dana Farber Prostate Cancer Specialized Program in Research Exellence (SPORE) Career Development Award

2008

 

Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Training Award

2008

 

First Place Poster, American Urologic Association General & Epidemiological Trends & Socieoeconomics: Evidence-Based Medicine and Outcome Analysis Session

2008

 

Brigham and Women's Physician Organization Clinical Innovation Award - awarded annually to a physician scientist who improves care delivery through the development and promotion of innovative clinical practice.


Abstracts

Kattan MW, Hu J, Cowen ME, Fearn PA, Giesler RB, Miles BJ, Slawin KM, Beck JR:Do easier utility assessment methods work? Comparisons of traditional approaches with phone interviews and the SF-12. Society for Medical Decision Making 1997.

Hoekstra TH, Smith CP, Jaffe T, Hu J, Scherefred L, Khan M, Lipshultz LI: Ultrasound Evaluation of seminal vesicle size and the effect of ejaculatory duct cysts. Society for Male Reproduction and Urology 1997.

Miles BJ, Fearn PA, Hu JC, Cowen ME, Giesler RB, Kattan MW: Current health utility of newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 1998. 

Mile BJ, Kattan MW, Giesler RB, Hu JC, Cowen ME: Initial quality of life status in men with localized prostate cancer. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 1998.

Goldfarb R, Guerriero WG, Hu JC, Ward S, Kim Y, Sutton, Boone T, Byrd E: Longterm results of the Lapides-type retropubic urethropexy. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 1998.

Nasu Y, Bangma C, Hull G, Hu JC, Wang J, Timme T, Thompson TC: Experimental gene therapy for prostate cancer: treatment of mouse prostate cancer with adenovirus mediated interleukin-12 gene transduction alone and in combination with herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene transduction and ganciclovir therapy. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 1998.

Hu JC, Gold KF, Pashos CL, Mehta SS, Litwin MS: The role of surgeon volume in radical prostatectomy outcomes. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2002.

Perry KT, Hu J, Freedland SJ, Phelan M, Kristo B, Gritsch AH, Schulam PG: Quality of Life, Pain, and Return to Normal Activities Following Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy vs. Open Mini-Incision Donor Nephrectomy. World Congress of Endourology 2002.

Hu JC, Kwan L, Saigal CS, Litwin MS: Regret in men treated for clinically localized prostate cancer. Western Section American Urological Association 2002.

Hu JC, Gold KF, Pashos CL, Mehta SS, Litwin MS: Radical prostatectomy quality trends 1991-98. Western Section American Urological Association 2002.

Hu JC, Perry KT, Raman S, Minerva M, Schulam PG: The natural history of renal lesions too small to characterize by computed tomography scan. Western Section American Urological Association 2002.

Hu JC, Elkin E, Pasta DJ, Lubeck D, Kattan MW, Carroll PR, Litwin MS. Predictors of quality after radical prostatectomy: results from CaPSURE. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2003.

Hu JC, Kwan L, Krupski T, Litwin MS. Regret in low income men treated for prostate cancer. Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting 2003.

Hu JC, Elkin E, Litwin MS. The effect of post-prostatectomy external beam radiotherapy on quality of life: results from CaPSURE. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2005.

Hu JC, Nelson R, Crocitto LE, Kawachi MH, Ramin SA, Yew J, Wilson TG.Perioperative complications of laparoscopic versus robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2005.

Yew J, Hu JC, Kawachi MH. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation during radical prostatectomy. Video abstract, American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2005.

Hu JC, Wood D, Andriole G, Dunn RL, Douglas D, Hollenbeck BK, Kibel AS, Saigal CS, Litwin MS, Pisters L, Klein EA, Montie JE, Wei JT, and Sanda MG. Perioperative quality of care indicators or retropubic, laparoscopic, and robotic prostatectomy: results from a national, multi-center, prospective cohort. Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting 2006 and American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2006.

Hu JC, Barry MJ, Link CL, McNaughton-Collins M, McKinlay JB. The association of previous sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS): Results from the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2006.

Silletti JP, Hu JC. Initial Experience with da Vinci Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Nephroureterectmoy. World Congress of Endourology 2006.
To view Dr. Hu's abstracts please click here.

Grants

Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Surgery Institutional Grant, 2005- 2006
$25,000

Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Cancer Center Prostate Cancer SPORE Career Development Award, 2006-2007          
$70,000

Lance Armstrong Young Investigator Award, 2007-2009                                              
$110,000

Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Physician Training Award, 2008-2012 
$560,000


Presentations

A counter-intuitive finding with the time trade-off utility adjusted for subjective life expectancy. Poster - Society for Medical Decision Making Annual Meeting. 1997.

The role of surgeon volume in radical prostatectomy outcomes. Podium - American Urological Association Meeting 2002.

The role of surgeon volume in radical prostatectomy outcomes. Essay Podium - Western Section American Urological Association Meeting 2002.

The natural history of renal lesions too small to characterize by computed tomography scan. Moderated poster - Western Section American Urological Association 2002.

Radical prostatectomy quality trends 1991-98. Podium - Western Section American Urological Association 2002.

Predictors of quality of life after radical prostatectomy. Moderated Poster-American Urological Association Meeting 2003.

Regret in low income men treated for prostate cancer: Poster - Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting 2003.

Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes. Beth Israel Deaconess Urology Grand Rounds. Boston, MA 3/04.

Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes. University of Miami Urology Grand Rounds. Miami, FLA 11/04.

Perioperative complications of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Moderated poster-American Urological Association Meeting 2005.

The effect of post-prostatectomy external beam radiotherapy on quality of life: results from CaPSURE. Discussed poster-American Urological Association Meeting 2005.

Perioperative complications of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Essay Podium-Western Section American Urological Association
Meeting 2005.

Quality Indicators for Radical Prostatectomy. Brigham and Women's Hospital Surgery Grand Rounds. Boston, MA 10/05.

Trends in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. Faulkner Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds. Boston, MA 11/05.

Patterns of Care and Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy. Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Outcomes Research Seminar. Boston, MA 2/06.

Quality Indicators for Radical Prostatectomy. Dana Farber Genitourinary Oncology Conference. Boston, MA 3/06.

Quality Indicators in Radical Prostatectomy. Memorial Sloan Kettering GU multidisciplinary conference. New York City, NY 10/06.

Quality Indicators in Radical Prostatectomy. Roswell Park Cancer Center Urology Grand Rounds. Buffalo, NY 10/06.

Recent shifts in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Arab Health Fair. Dubai, U.A.E. 1/07.

Recent shifts in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Fall River Hospital Grand Rounds, Fall River, MA 4/07.

Recent shifts in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. South Shore Hospital Surgery Grand Rounds, South Weymouth, MA. 5/07.

Recent shifts in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Metrowest Leonard Morse Hospital, Natick, MA. 10/07.

Recent shifts in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, MA. 11/07.

Utilization and outcomes of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy. Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY. 3/08.

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Prostate Cancer. Dana Farber Cancer Institute Advances in the Treatment of Genitourinary Cancer Course. 4/08.

Publications

Hu JC, Palapattu GS, Kattan MW, Scardino PT, Wheeler TM. The association of selected pathological features with prostate cancer in a single needle biopsy accession.  Human Pathology. 1998.  Dec;29(12):1536-38.

Nasu Y, Bangma CH, Hull GW, Lee HM, Hu J, Wang J, McCurdy MA, Shimura S, Yang G, Timme TL, Thompson TC. Adenovirus-mediated interleukin-12 gene therapy for prostate cancer: suppression of orthotopic tumor growth and pre-established lung metastases in an orthotopic model.  Gene Ther. 1999 Mar;6(3):338-49.

Kattan MW, Fearn PA, Cantor SB, Hu J, Cowen ME, Giesler RB, Miles BJ.  Telephone interviews vs. workstation sessions for acquiring quality of life data.  Proc AMIA Symp. 1999: 296-300.

Carbone JM, Kavaler E, Hu JC, Raz S.  Pubovaginal sling using cadaveric fascia and bone anchors: disappointing early results.  J Urol. 2001 May;165(5):1605-11.

Hu JC, Gold KF, Pashos CL, Mehta SS, Litwin MS. The role of surgeon volume in radical prostatectomy outcomes.  J Clin Oncol. 2003 Feb 1;21(3):401-5.

Hu JC, Gold KF, Pashos CL, Mehta SS, Litwin MS: Temporal trends in radical prostatectomy outcomes from 1991 to 1998.  J Urol. 2003 Apr;169(4):1443-8.

Perry KT, Freedland SJ, Hu JC, Phelan M, Kristo B, Gritsch AH, Schulam PG: Quality of life, pain, and return to normal activities following laparoscopic donor nephrectomy vs. open mini-incision donor nephrectomy.  J Urol. 2003 Jun;169(6):2018-21.

Hu JC, Kwan L, Saigal CS, Litwin MS. Regret in men treated for clinically localized prostate cancer.  J Urol. 2003 Jun;169(6):2279-83.

Hu JC, Elkin E, Pasta DJ, Lubeck D, Kattan MW, Carroll P, Litwin MS.  Predicting quality after radical prostatectomy: results from CaPSURE.  J Urol. 2004 Feb;171(2 Pt 1):703-707.

Hu JC, Nelson RA, Wilson TG, Kawachi MH, Ramin S A, Lau C, Crocitto LE.  Perioperative complications of laparoscopic and robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.  J Urol. 2006 Feb; 175(2):541-546

Hu JC, Elkin E, Krupski T, Gore JL, Litwin MS.  Quality of life in men treated with external beam radiotherapy following radical prostatectomty. Cancer. 2006 Jul 15;107(2):281-8.

Hu JC, Link C, McNaughton-Collins M, Barry MJ, McKinlay JB. The Association of abuse and symptoms suggestive of chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov;22(11):1532-7.

Hu JC, Silletti JP, Williams SB. Initial experience with robotic-assisted minimally invasive nephroureterectomy. J Endourol. 2008 Apr;22(4):699-704.

Hu JC, Wang Q, Pashos C, Lipsitz S, Keating N. Utilization and outcomes of minimally invasive radical prostatectomy. J Clin Oncol. 2008 May 10;26(14):2278-84.
Prasad SM, Keating NL, Wang Q, Pashos CL, Lipsitz S, Richie JP, Hu JC. Variations in radical prostatectomy surgeon volume and use of pelvic lymph node dissection with open and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Urology. 2008 Sep;72(3):647-52.

Berry AM, Korkes F, Hu JC. Landmarks for consistent nerve-sparing during robotic prostatectomy. J Endourol. 2008 Aug;22(8):1565-7.

Berry AM, Korkes F, Ferreira MD, Hu JC. A combined interrupted and running vesicourethral anastomosis for robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. J Endourol. 2008 Sep;22(9):2127-9.

Hu JC, Hevelone ND, Feirreira MD, Lipsitz S, Sanda MG, Earle CC. Patterns of Care for Radical Prostatectomy in the United States from 2003-05. J Urol. 2008 Nov;180(5):1969-74.

Hu JC, Kwan L, Krupski TL, Anger JT, Maliski SL, Connor S, Litwin MS. Determinants of regret in low-income, uninsured men with prostate cancer. Urology. 2008 Dec;72(6):1274-9.

Hong YM, Hu JC, Paciorek AT, Knight SJ, Carroll PR. Impact of radical prostatectomy positive surgical margins on fear of cancer recurrence: Results from CaPSURE. Urol Oncol. In Press.

 

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