Education and Training:

College 
1973 – 1977, St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York

Medical School 
1977 – 1981, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington D. C.

Internship and Residency in Surgery
1981 – 1983, NYU-Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital

Residency in Urology 
1982 – 1987, NYU-Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan V. A. Hospital, Cabrini Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering

Fellowship 
1987 – 1988, Valentine Fellowship Award for research on DNA Analysis of Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma

M.B.A. 
January 1999 – December 1999, Executive MBA at University of Tennessee, received degree in 1999.  Yearlong project on:  Office-Based Surgicenters

Present and Past Appointments:

• 1987 – 1992, Associate Professor; NYU Medical Center
• Active Attending on the Medical Staff at Valley Hospital
• Chief of the Department of Urology at St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Director of the Department of Uro-Gynecology at St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Active Attending on the Medical Staff at Wayne General Hospital
• Active Attending on the Medical Staff at Passaic General Hospital
• Medical Director of Surgicare Surgical Associates
• Chief Executive Officer of Urology Specialty care

Board Certifications:

• Diplomate of the American Board of Urology

Publications and Awards:

• 1987, Journal of Urology, DNA Analysis of Testicular Carcinoma
  
• 1987 – 1988, Valentine Award for research on DNA Analysis of Kidney Cancer.
  
• 1991, Journal of Urology, Co-author, Signet Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder
  
• February 1998, Journal of Urology, Accepted for Publication:  Ambulatory Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
  
• Pending Publication:  Ambulatory Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
  
• Pending Publication: Intrarenal Laser Lithotripsy on an Ambulatory Basis
  
• June 1997, Recognition Award by Oxford Health Plans; presented for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
  
• February 1998, Urology Times, Featured in an article on “Specialty Case Management in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer”
  
• January 1998, Oncology News, Featured in an article on “Global Case Rate in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Memberships:

• American Urological Association
  
• New York Section of the Urological Association
  
• New Jersey Section of the Urological Association
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  

Interests and Research:

• Research on local anesthesia regarding transurethral resection of the prostate, laser assisted.
  
• Inventor of a Laser Brush, “Laser Therapy and Methods of Cutting and Vaporizing Tissue Body.”  Patent # 5,456681
  Pending New Patent Applications on: 1) new scrotal support 2) Vaccuscope.

Presentations:

• May 1988 at New York Academy of Science:  DNA Analysis of Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma.
  
• January 1993, Guest lecturer at New York Academy of Medicine on Laser Prostate Surgery.
  
• October 1993, Course Director for Seminar in Oregon for Laser Prostate Surgery.
  
• February 1994, November 1994 and October 1997, Guest speaker for Urology Health Program on WMCA 570 AM on urological conditions related to prostate, urinary incontinence, and impotence
  
• November 14 – 17, 1994, Guest speaker at “Congress De Urologue” in Paris, France.
  
• January and October 1997, Guest speaker on Health Matters on Treatment of Prostate Cancer.
  
• April 25, 1997, Featured on Channel 9 news regarding Safety of Ambulatory Surgical Centers.
  
• October 20, 1997, Ambulatory Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy accepted for presentation at the New York Section of the American Urological Association at Lisbon, Portugal.
  
• 1997, Guest Lecturer, Interstitial Cystitis, Gynecological Group Meeting, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
  
• 1997 – 2002, Guest Speaker, Prostate Cancer – Treatment and Staging, Prostate Cancer Patient Support Group, The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, New Jersey
  
• 1998, Guest Speaker, Urologic Surgery Centers, Clinical Urology Meeting, Atlanta, GA
  
• 1999, Guest Speaker, Prostate Cancer – Treatment and Staging, Prostate Cancer Patient Support Group, Pascack Valley Hospital, Westwood, New Jersey
  
• 1999, Guest Speaker, Prostate Cancer – Treatment and Staging, Prostate Cancer Patient Support Group, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
  
• 1999, Guest Lecturer, Urinary Incontinence, Gynecological Group Meeting, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
• June 1999, Guest Speaker, Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey
  
• October 1999, Ambulatory Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy presented at The American College of Surgeons, New Jersey Chapter in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  
• 2000, Guest Speaker, Prostate Cancer, Doctors of Osteopathy, Annual Grand Rounds Meeting
  
• June 2001, Guest Speaker, Metastatic Prostate Cancer, Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey
  
• October 8, 2001 Ambulatory Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy presented at Stockholm, Sweden.
  
• 2001, Guest Speaker, Urinary Incontinence, Doctors of Osteopathy, Annual Grand Rounds Meeting
  
• 2001, Guest Speaker, Incontinence, Obstetric and Gynecology Grand Rounds, Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ
  
• January 2002, Guest Lecturer, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Orthopedic Surgeons meeting, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
  
• April 2002, Guest Speaker, Viagra, Meeting of Internist, The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, NJ
  
• October 2002, Ambulatory Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy accepted for presentation at the New York Section of the American Urological Association at Barcelona, Spain

Languages:

• Fluent in Armenian, Arabic, French, Spanish and English

E-mail
John H. Hajjar, MD., F.A.C.S, MBA