Department of Urology Faculty
The Core Faculty are Foundational Members of the Academic Executive Committee (AEC). The AEC’s mission is to maximize the Downstate Urology residents’ educational experience by:
- Continuously identifying internal opportunities or weaknesses within our current educational networks (affiliates)
- Identify and integrate external potential opportunities and or best practices into our curriculum.
- Modify current experiences in our current educational network based on resident feedback, our Institutional / Departmental Mission, and Regulatory considerations.
- Monitor resident performance and progress through feedback obtained by affiliates within our educational network, and performance metrics (case logs, research, In-Service exams, Grand Rounds presentations.
- Ensure resident wellness
- Oversee the prospective resident selection process.
- Act as a repository for resident concerns and complaints, and suggestions. -Act as an intermediary between resident and affiliate institutions.
- Ensure compliance with ACGME mandates and other regulatory bodies
Brian K. McNeil, MD, MBA, FACS
Chief of Urology, The University Hospital of Brooklyn (UHB)
Staff Urologist, Kings County Hospital Center
Residency Program Director, Department of Urology
John M. Shields, MD
Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Staff Urologist, Kings County Hospital Center
Matthew T. Smith Jr., MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Resident Education, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Staff Urologist, Coney Island Hospital
Jeffrey P. Weiss, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor & Chairman, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Staff Urologist, Veterans Affairs NY Harbor Healthcare, Department of Urology
Andrew Winer, MD, FACS
Chief of Urology, Kings County Hospital Center
Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Department of Urology
Clinical Assistant, Dean of Students at Downstate
Wayland Wu, MD
Assistant Professor
Urology Department, SUNY Downstate
Departments of Urology and Pediatrics, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra
Brent Yanke, MD
Staff Urologist
Department of Urology
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Edward Zoltan, MD
Staff Urologist
Department of Urology
The Brooklyn Hospital Center