Faculty Name

Jehonathan Pinthus

Associate Professor
Urology and Surgical Oncology


Office:
Juravinski Cancer Centre
699 Concession Street
Hamilton, ON L8V 5C2

Support Staff:
Joanne Atanas (Administrative Assistant)
Phone: (905) 387-9495 ext. 64902
Fax: (905) 575-6343
Email: joanne.atanas@jcc.hhsc.ca

Pauline Hiltz
Phone: (905) 387-9711 ext. 67102
Email: hiltz@jcc.hhsc.ca

Clinical Interest

Surgical treatment of prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancers: elevated Prostate Serum Antigen (PSA), Prostate cancer screening, TRUS-guided prostate biopsy (including saturation biopsies), active surveillance with delayed intervention, radical prostatectomy and hormonal therapy
Bladder cancer: Hematuria, bladder replacement, management of non-muscle invasive and muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Renal cancer: active surveillance, partial and radical nephrectomy
Penile cancer: inguinal lymph node dissection, partial and radical penectomy,

Research Interest

Basic or translational research in prostate and renal cancers looking at the inherent biological profile of patients on their tumour progression and response to therapy.

Education

M.D., Hebrew University medical School (Israel)
Urology Residency, Tel-Aviv University (Israel)
Ph.D. Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)
Urological Oncology Fellowship, University of Toronto