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Daniel Marchalik, MD, Urology
Daniel Marchalik, MD, MA, is the medical director of Physician Wellbeing at MedStar Health. He also serves as the director of Ambulatory Urologic Surgery and Medical Education at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
Immediately Relieve BPH Symptoms with Greenlight Laser Surgery
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or an enlarged prostate, affects many men as they age. In fact, about 50 percent of…
Mini PCNL: Minimally Invasive Treatment for Large Kidney Stones
Each year, more than 500,000 people visit an emergency room because of a kidney stone. People with kidney stones often…
Homing in on prostate cancer with fusion biopsy
Left Image: The target from an MRI is merged with an ultrasound image for targeting. Right Image: The biopsy locations are…
Literature’s lessons for medical students
Many of my patients don’t know that, in addition to my medical degree, I also have a master’s degree in…
How to reduce risk of kidney stones after bariatric surgery
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 22.1 percent of adults in Washington, D.C., are obese. Though…
Today’s stone age: How to eat to prevent kidney stones
Kidney stones are very common: Men have a nearly one in five chance of developing kidney stones over their lifetime,…