Gerhard Fuchs, MD

Professor of Clinical Urology

Executive Director of the USC Institute of Urology (Beverly Hills)

Vice Chair of Education of the USC Institute of Urology

Director of Quality Assurance/Improvement of the USC Institute of Urology

Executive Director of the Men's Health Center

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Overview

An internationally renowned surgeon, researcher, and educator with nearly 30 years of experience, Dr. Gerhard J. Fuchs specializes in minimally invasive procedures for treating kidney stones, as well as advanced endoscopic and urologic laparoscopic surgery.

Prior to joining USC, Dr. Fuchs served as the director of the Minimally Invasive Urology Program, Vice Chairman of Department of Surgery, Director for the Urology Residency and Fellowship programs, and the Medallion Chair in Minimally Invasive Urology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Fuchs also was a clinical professor of urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Previously, Dr. Fuchs held a number of positions at UCLA, including Chief of Endourology, Stone Disease, and Laparoscopic Surgery.

Dr. Fuchs received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from University of Heidelberg in Germany. There he completed his internship in medicine, surgery and gynecology. He was awarded a doctoral degree by the University of Freiburg Medical School, Germany (the equivalent of a PhD in Europe). Residencies in General Surgery and Urology were completed at Tubingen University Medical School in Stuttgart, Germany. He is Board Certified through both the American and German Boards of Urology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Publications

  • Impact of Covid-19 on the urology service in United States: perspectives and strategies to face a Pandemic. Int Braz J Urol. 2020 07; 46(suppl.1):207-214.. View in PubMed
  • Thulium-Holmium:YAG Duo Laser in Conservative Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer Treatment: 13 Years Experience from a Tertiary National Referral Center. J Endourol. 2019 11; 33(11):902-908.. View in PubMed
  • Long-Term Body Mass Index Trends After Living-Donor Nephrectomy. Exp Clin Transplant. 2017 Oct; 15(5):521-526.. View in PubMed
  • Trends in Body-Mass Index After Donor Nephrectomy. J Endourol. 2021 05; 35(5):743-744.. View in PubMed
  • Complications of stone disease in the 21st century–can noninvasive and minimally invasive treatment modalities improve the overall renal health of stone formers? J Urol. 2014 Nov; 192(5):1322-3. Fuch . View in PubMed
  • Management of stones associated with intrarenal stenosis: infundibular stenosis and caliceal diverticulum. J Endourol. 2013 Dec; 27(12):1546-50.. View in PubMed
  • Improving flexible ureterorenoscope durability up to 100 procedures. J Endourol. 2012 Oct; 26(10):1329-34.. View in PubMed
  • First collaborative experience with thulium laser ablation of localized upper urinary tract urothelial tumors using retrograde intra-renal surgery. Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2011 Sep; 83(3):147-53.. View in PubMed
  • A comparison of running suture versus figure-8 sutures as the initial step in achieving hemostasis during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. J Endourol. 2010 Mar; 24(3):421-4.. View in PubMed
  • Percutaneous biopsy of renal cell carcinoma underestimates nuclear grade. Urology. 2010 Sep; 76(3):610-3.. View in PubMed