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Dominion Urological Consultants — Physicians
Dr. Robert Ball, MDDr. Robert Ball is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Jefferson Medical College. He received his general surgery training at the Pennsylvania Hospital, then completed his Urologic Surgery residency and research fellowship at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ball entered practice with Dominion Urological Consultants in 1991. He is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Ball is also a clinical Assistant Professor of Urology at the George Washington University Medical School. He has lectured throughout the United States and Europe, having published nearly two dozen articles and abstracts on urologic cancer treatment, erectile dysfunction, male infertility and diseases of the prostate. Dr. Ball's interests include urologic oncology, female urinary incontinence, infertility, renal stones and laparoscopic surgery. He performed the first laparoscopic nephrectomy in the Washington metropolitan area. He is active in resident and medical student education, clinical research trials, and serves on the Cancer and Trauma Committees at Fairfax Hospital. Dr. Michael Beall, MDDr. Michael Beall is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the George Washington University Medical School. He completed his general surgery and Urology training at George Washington University Hospital. He then served two years as a Major in the United States Air Force where he received the Commendation Medal for his service as Assistant Chief of Renal Transplantation at Wilford Hall. He entered private practice in 1979. Dr. Beall is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a clinical Associate Professor of Urology at George Washington University. Dr. Beall is active with the renal transplant service and resident education at Fairfax Hospital as well as serving on the hospital Operating Room and Laser Safety Committees. He is a local leader in the use of the laser for urologic surgery, specializing in GreenLight PVPTM Laser Surgery as an alternative to the traditional T.U.R.P. Dr. Beall is widely respected for his surgical expertise in the care of patients with prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular cancers. In addition, he has special interest in the microsurgical techniques required for vasectomy reversal. Dr. Simon Chung, MD, MPHDr. Simon Chung is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann Medical School. He completed his general surgery and Urologic Surgery residencies at the George Washington University Medical School. In addition, he has earned a Master's Degree in Public Health. He entered private practice in 1993. Dr. Chung is certified by the American Board of Urology. He is a clinical Assistant Professor of Urology at George Washington University Medical School and is active in the education of medical students and residents. He is an innovative surgeon, having helped to develop revolutionary new urologic surgical equipment. He was the first surgeon at Fairfax Hospital to perform a laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy for prostate cancer and to create orthotopic neobladders for patients with bladder cancer. He has published numerous articles on surgical techniques and pediatric kidney function. Dr. Chung is actively involved in clinical research, urologic oncology, laser surgery, laparoscopy and urinary incontinence. Dr. Edmond L. PaquetteDr. Edmond Paquette is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and the Brown University School of Medicine. Dr. Paquette completed his general surgery internship at Madigan Army Medical Center in Ft. Lewis Washington and his Urology residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He then served as the Chief of the Urology Service at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, NC until his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in June, 2007. During his 13 year military career, Dr. Paquette served in Germany, Bosnia and Iraq. He recently published the definitive paper on genitourinary trauma for Operation Iraqi Freedom (June 2007 in the Journal of Urology). He has published 15 peer-reviewed papers and lectures on prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction and incontinence. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Urology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Paquette's areas of expertise include laparoscopy, kidney stones, urologic cancers, female incontinence and infertility, having performed more than 75 vasectomy reversals in the last 5 years. He also has experience treating prostate cancer and kidney cancer with the minimally invasive technique of cryotherapy. Dr. Paquette joined Dominion Urological Consultants in August, 2007. Alison B. Goldfarb, PA-CAlison Goldfarb, B.S., PA-C, is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA and Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA where she obtained her degree as a Physician Assistant. Her post-graduate work included the study of the immune system at the College of William and Mary. Her professional career has included experience as a surgical Physician Assistant at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD where she assisted in multiple surgical procedures in the fields of Urology & Gynecology, Plastics & Reconstruction, and General & Vascular surgery. Ms. Goldfarb also has extensive experience providing physician assistant services in Northern Virginia in both the fields of Transplant Surgery and Interventional Radiology at Inova Fairfax Hospital. She is recognized and admired by her colleagues as a learned and compassionate healthcare provider. She joined Dominion Urology in 2007. Mary M. Linn, N.P.
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