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Andre Luis de Castro Abreu, MD is an assistant professor of clinical urology. He earned his 6-year medical degree, in 5-year general surgery and urology in Brazil. He then moved to the United States and received his 2-year clinical fellowship training at Keck School of Medicine at USC, after being a research scholar for 4 years at the USC Institute of Urology.
Dr. Abreu has expertise in MRI/TRUS fusion prostate biopsy and focal therapy, including High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) and Cryoablation, for prostate cancer. He performs “per-lesion” active surveillance for prostate cancer with a detailed 3D mapping of the prostate and cancer location. Dr. Abreu performs robotic surgery for prostate, kidney and bladder cancers, as well as practicing general urology. During his clinical fellowship at USC, he was involved in more than 400 complex robotic urologic surgeries, treating cancers and benign diseases, and performed more than 1,500 3D prostate biopsies.
Dr. Abreu has authored many book chapters and more than 85 peer-reviewed publications in various prestigious medical journals. In addition, Dr. Abreu has presented many abstracts on such topics as robotic and laparoscopic urologic surgery, as well as focal therapy, active surveillance and image-guided biopsies. He serves as a reviewer for several journals in the field of urology.
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