Physician Profile
David T. Chang, M.D.

Education and Training:

• 1986 – 1990, B.A. cum laude, Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
  
• 1990 – 1994, M.D., Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
  
• 1994 – 1995, Intern in General Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
  
• 1995 – 1996, Resident in General Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
  
• 1996 – 1999, Resident in Urology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
  
• 1999 – 2000, Chief Resident in Urology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
  
• Present and Past Appointments
  
• 1996 – 2000, Resident Education Committee, Department of Urology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
  
• 1999 – 2000, Urology Representative, House Staff Committee, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
  
• 2001 – Present, Operating Room Committee, Wayne General Hospital
  
• 2001 – Present, Infection Control Committee, Valley Hospital
  

Board Certifications:

• Diplomate of the American Board of Urology
  

Publications and Awards:

• 1) Kirsch AJ, Hensle TW, Chang DT, Kayton ML, and Olsson CA:  Renal effects of CO2 insufflation:  oliguria and acute renal dysfunction in a rat pneumoperitoneum model.  Urology, 43: 453-9, April 1994.
  
• 2) Chang DT, Kirsch AJ, and Sawczuk IS:  Oliguria during laparoscopic surgery Journal of Endourology, 8: 349-52, October 1994.
  
• 3)  Goluboff ET, Chang DT, Kirsch AJ, and Fisch H:  Incidence of external spermatic veins in patients undergoing inguinal varicocelectomy.  Urology, 44:  893-6, December 1994.
  
• 4)  Kwan DJ, Kirsch AJ, Chang DT, Goluboff ET, Berdon WE, and Hensle TW:  Testicular microlithiasis in a child with torsion of the appendix testis.  Journal of Urology, 153:  183-4, January 1995.
  
• 5)  Goluboff ET, Chang DT, Olsson CA, and Kaplan SA:  Urodynamics and the etiology of post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence:  the initial Columbia experience.  Journal of Urology, 153:  1034-7, March 1995.
  
• 6)  Kirsch AJ, Chang DT, Kayton ML, Newhouse J, Libutti SK, Treat MR, Connor JP, and Hensle TW:  Sutureless rabbit bladder mucosa patch graft urethroplasty using diode laser and solder.  Journal of Urology, 153:  1303-7, April 1995.
  
• 7)  Kirsch AJ, Chang DT, Miller MI, Connor JP, Hensle TW, and Shabsigh R:  Laser welding versus suturing in tunica vaginalis and venous patch graft corporoplasty.  Journal of Urology, 154:  854-7, August 1995.
  
• 8)  Kirsch AJ, Miller MI, Hensle TW, Chang DT, Shabsigh R, Olsson CA, and Connor JP:  Laser tissue soldering in urinary tract reconstruction:  First Human Experience.  Urology, 46:  261-6, August 1995.
  
• 9)  Kirsch AJ, Chang DT, Kayton ML, Libutti SK, Treat MR, and Hensle TW:  Laser welding with albumin-based solder:  Experimental full-tubed skin graft urethroplasty.  Lasers in Surgery & Medicine, 18:  225-30, 1996.
  
• 10)  Kirsch AJ, Chang DT, Kayton ML, Libutti SK, Connor JP, and Hensle TW:  Effects of diode laser welding with dye-enhanced glue on tensile strength of sutures commonly used in urology.  Lasers in Surgery & Medicine, 18:  167-70, 1996.
  
• 11) Kirsch AJ, deVries GM, Chang DT, Olsson CA, Connor JP, and Hensle TW:  Hypospadias repair by laser tissue soldering:  intraoperative results and follow-up in 30 children.  Urology, 48:  616-23, October 1996.
  
• 12) Moss E, Goluboff ET, and Chang DT:  Cryptorchidism and ureteropelvic junction obstruction.  Hospital Physician, Urology Board Review Manual, 5:  61-90, 1997.
  
• 13) Chang DT, Kirsch AJ, DeCarli A, Hensle Tw, and Sawczuk IS:  Molecular and immunohistochemical evidence of renal tubular apoptosis during and following pneumoperitoneum in oliguric rats.  Molecular Urology, 2:  35-40, Spring 1998.
  
• 14) Hensle TW, Reiley EA, and Chang DT:  The Malone antegrade continence enema procedure in the management of the spina bifida patient.
  
• 15) Shabsigh A, Chang DT, Heitjan DF, Kiss A, Olsson CA, Puchner PJ and Buttyan R:  Rapid reduction in blood flow to the rat ventral prostate gland after castration:  preliminary evidence that androgens influence prostate size by regulating blood flow to the prostate gland and prostatic endothelial cell survival.  Prostrate, 36:  201-6, August 1998.
  
• 16) Chang DT, Pressler LB, and Gupta M.  Transurethral cystotomy repair.  Urology, 52:  508-9, September 1998.
  
• 17) Saidi JA, Chang DT, Goluboff ET, Bagiella E, Olsen G, and Fisch H:  Declining sperm counts in the United States?  A critical review.  Journal of Urology, 161:  460-2, February 1999.
  
• 18) Chang DT and Gupta M.  Use of a laparoscopic insufflation port for ileal conduit endoscopy.  Urology, 53:  412-3, February 1999.
  
• 19) Hensle TW and Chang DT.  Vaginal reconstruction.  Urologic Clinics of North America, 26:  39-47, February 1999.
  
• 20) Chang DT, Goluboff ET, and Olsson CA:  Use of a new nerve stimulator during radical prostatectomy.  Current Surgical Techniques in Urology, in press.
  
• 21) Goluboff ET, Moss E, and Chang DT: Urolithiasis, Hospital Physician, Urology Board Review Manual, in press.
  
• 22) Hensle TW and Chang DT.  Reconstructive surgery for children with pelvic rhabdomyosarcoma. Urologic Clinics of North America, August 27, 2000, 3:  489-502.
  

Memberships:

• American Urological Association
  

Presentations:

• 1998, American Urologic Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Rapid reduction in blood flow t the rat ventral prostate gland after castration:  preliminary evidence that androgens influence prostate size by regulating blood flow to the prostate gland and prostatic endothelial cell survival.
  
• 1998, World Congress of Endourology, New York, NY:  Transurethral cystotomy repair.
  
• 1998, World Congress of Endourology, New York, NY:  Use of a laparoscopic insufflation port for ileal conduit endoscopy.
  
• 1998, Ferdinand C. Valentine Essay Contest, New York, NY:  Rapid reduction in blood flow to the rat ventral prostate gland after castration:  preliminary evidence that androgens influence prostate size by regulating blood flow to the prostate gland and prostatic endothelial cell survival.