Associate Professor of Urology
Dr. Nazih Paul Khater is an Associate Professor of Urology in the Department of Urology at Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves as Associate Program Director for Surgical Skills in the Urology Residency Program and as Director of Robotic Simulation and Innovation for the Department. His primary practice location is based at Emory University Hospital.
Dr. Khater’s primary clinical practice focuses on robotic surgery for all genitourinary cancers of the prostate, kidney, and bladder. His expertise lies also in advanced endourology and percutaneous renal surgery for complex kidney stone disease. He employs and teaches novel percutaneous renal access techniques, emphasizing ultrasound-guided and fluoroless approaches. His academic interests strongly center on surgical education and patient-specific surgical simulation.
Prior to joining Emory, Dr. Khater served as Associate Professor of Urology and Director of Urologic Research at LSU Health Shreveport, where he was a core faculty member for eight years.
Dr. Khater has held numerous leadership roles, including Chair of the Committee on Education and Science and 2025 President of the Louisiana Urological Society. He served as the Louisiana Representative and is a current member of the Committee on Education and Science within the SESAUA Board of Directors. Nationally, he is a member of the AUA Education Council Committee (Laparoscopy/Robotics & Urolithiasis) and serves on the Education Committee of the Endourological Society.
He is an active member of the AUA, Endourological Society, and Society of Urologic Robotic Surgeons (SURS), and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He serves as a peer reviewer for multiple national and international journals, including the Journal of Urology and the Journal of Endourology. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters in endourology and robotic surgery, and is a nationally and internationally invited lecturer across the United States, Europe, and Asia.
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Sunday, April 30, 2023
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Monday, May 1, 2023
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST