Dr. Randy Fagin

"I treat each of my patients like my own family, and I work to achieve excellence for every one of them. I know that I cannot cure all of my patients. But I also know that no one will work harder to try."

With 24 years experience as a professional magician, Dr. Randy Fagin, M.D. has turned his sleight of hand skills into real magic as a robotic surgeon. Dr. Fagin is an internationally recognized name in robotic surgery and has performed over 1,800 da Vinci prostate surgeries. Based on Intuitive Surgical data he has ranked as having the #1 volume experience in Texas (click here to read intuitive letter) and one of the top 10 volume experiences in the world. He has performed daVinci surgery all over the world, has published articles on robotic surgery, serves on faculty for robotic conferences both here in the US and overseas, runs advanced courses for robotic surgery, acts as a Consulting Editor for multiple journals, and is a consultant for several medical device companies. He attended medical school at the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York and joined The Urology Team from Syracuse, New York where he obtained his training in Urology. In addition to his work in Syracuse Dr. Fagin has trained with the world's experts in Laparoscopic Prostate Surgery in Paris, France.

CERTIFICATION

Dr. Fagin is board certified by the American Board of Urology.

EDUCATION / MEDICAL PRACTICE

Private Practice - The Urology Team PA
July 2003 - present

Consulting Editor - Journal of Robotic Surgery

Consulting Editor - The Turkish Journal of Urology

The Hospital at Westlake, Austin, Tx
Directory of Robotic Surgery - April 2006 - present

St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Tx
Directory of Robotic Surgery - June 2004 - April 2006

SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York
Urology Resident 7/99-6/03

SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York
General Surgery Resident 7/98-6/99

SUNY at Buffalo Medical and Dental Hospital Consortium, Buffalo, New York
General Surgery Resident 6/97-6/98

SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York
Medical Doctorate, May 1997

SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo New York
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1993
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa

SUNY Albany, Albany, New York
Attended 1989-1990

FACULTY FOR ROBOTIC SYMPOSIUM

daVinci Prostatectomy: Advanced Course (4/08, 9/08, 11/08, 2/09, 5/09. 8/09)

World Robotic Urologic Symposium (2007, 2008)
 teaching faculty

European Robotic Urologic Symposium (2008, 2009)

Turkish Urological Symposium (2009)

European Association of Urology: Section of Urotechnology (2009)

World Robotic Gynecologic Symposium (2008, 2009)

International Gynecologic Oncologic Robotic Symposium (2007, 2008)

daVinci Robotic Prostatectomy: Surgeon Lead Training Programs (October 2004-present)

Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Surgeon Lead Training Programs
sponsored by Ethicon Endosurgery (May 2004-October 2004)

Basic and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery in Urology (June 2004)

Presbyterian Institute for Minimally Invasive Technology - Dallas, Texas

PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

Robotic Simple Prostatectomy
 published: The Journal of Urology February 2008

Advantages of the posterior approach to the seminal vesicles during daVinci Prostatectomy
 published: The Journal of Robotic Surgery 2008

Erectile Nerve Preservation during daVinci Prostatectomy: a Novel Method Using Nerve Action Potential Monitoring
 presented: Societe Internationale d’urologie September 2007

daVinci Prostatectomy:  Athermal Nerve Sparing and Effect of Technique on Erectie Rocvery and Negative Margins
 published: The Journal of Robotic Surgery 2007

daVinci Prostatectomy: Athermal Nerve Sparing Technique and its effect on erectile recovery, negative margins, and time efficiency
 presented: Societe Internationale d’urologie November 2006

DaVinci Prostatectomy: Achieving a Time Efficient Operation in the Private Practice Setting – an analysis of the most recent 300 cases
 presented: Pacific Rim International Robotics Conference January 2006

Impact of Prostate Size and Body Mass Index on Perioperative Morbidity after Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
 published: Journal of Urology. 173(2):552-554, February 2005 

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

Professional magician (1980-present)
Music Composition
Golf