Wellman Cheung, MD, FACS

Background and Expertise:

Dr. Cheung is regarded an expert in female urology, pelvic reconstructive surgery, and voiding dysfunction. He also has strong interest in alternative medicine and is licensed in Medical Acupuncture. He is an expert in medical informatics, and he had served as CMIO, CMO as well as medical IT consultant for various private companies.

Dr. Cheung is has co-authored many book chapters, basic science and clinical research articles. He has provided educational material for WebMD/eMedicine, and is a reviewer for numerous scientific journals. Dr. Cheung also holds two patents related to his research in voiding dysfunction and PBMC gene translation.

Education:

• 1990-1994: Doctor of Medicine SUNY Downstate Medical School Brooklyn, NY
• 1986-1990: CUNY Queens College, Queens, NY. B.A. Biochemistry

Training:

• 2000-2001: Fellowship Female Urology, Voiding Dysfunction The Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Fl.
• 1996-2000: Resident in the Department of Urology, SUNY at Stoney Brook School of Medicine, Stoney Brook, NY
• 1994-1996: Resident in the Department of Surgery, SUNY at Stoney Brook School of Medicine, Stoney Brook, NY

• Ng K, Esdaille A, Ng M, Cheung WW
  Review of acupuncture and female urologyJournal of Pregnancy and Reproduction; DOI: 10.15761/JPR.1000113 
• Cheung WW, Bluth MH, Myers FA Jr
  Clinics in Laboratory Medicine article titled, “Ketamine: A Cause of Urinary Tract Dysfunction” Clin Lab Med 36 (4), 721-744. 12 2016.
• Cheung WW, Bluth MJ, Khan S, Johns C, Bluth MH
  Peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene array profiles in female patients with involuntary bladder contractions   Advances in Genomics and Genetics 1: 3 – 7, 2011
• Borawski D, Bluth MH, Cheung WW
  Prevalence of urinary incontinence and other lower tract urinary symptoms in patients with uterine myomas. Urogynaecologia ; 25:e18, 2011
• Cheung WW, Abulafia O, Khan NH,  Choi KK, Bluth MH, Vincent MT, Harel M
  Prevalence and Characteristics of Overactive Bladder in Women in a Primary Care SettingOpen Access J Urol., 3: 29–34, 2011
• Cheung WW, Borawski D, Blank W,  Bluth MH
  Tran W Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population
  Int J Med Sci.; 7(6): 391–394, 2010
• Cheung WW,  Bluth MJ, Johns C, Khan S,  Lin YY and Bluth MH
  Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Array Profiles in Patients With Overactive Bladder
  Urology. 75(4):896-901, Apr 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.021. Epub 2009 Sep 23.
• Cheung WW, Khan NH,  Choi KH , Bluth MH, Vincent MT
  Prevalence, Evaluation and Management of Overactive Bladder in Primary Care.
  BMC Family Practice, 10:8, 2009
• Lang E,  Colon I, Cheung WW, Thomas R
  Cadaver Transplant Ureteroneocystostomy Dehiscence After 5 Years: A Case of Chronic Rejection.
  J Urol.  179(5):2008, May 2008. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.137. Epub 2008 Mar 19
• DeRosalia AR,  Cheung WW.
  Ectopic Ureter Presenting as Adult Urinary Incontinence.Fed Pract.  24(6):22, 25–26 , 2007
• Sherer DM, Cheung WW , Gorelick C, Lee YC, Serur E, Zinn HL, Sokolovski M , Abulafia O
  Sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings of an isolated vaginal leiomyoma. J Ultrasound Med. 2007 Oct;26(10):1453-6.
• Unilateral ectopic right Kidney, an incidental finding during pelvic sonogram. Dabri L , Cheung WW
  Natl Med Assoc.  98(10): 1710–1712, Oct 2006
• Sherer DM, Gorelick C, Gabbur N, Cheung WW,  Lee YC, Serur E,  Zinn HL,  Zigalo A, Abulafia O
  Color Doppler Imaging and 3-Dimensional Sonographic Findings of Urinary Bladder LeiomyomaJ Ultrasound Med. 26(5):667-70, May 2007 
• Sherer DM,   Stimphil D, Hellman M, Zinn H, Bitton C, Angus S, Cheung WW, Abulafia O
  Marked maternal ureteropelvic obstruction mimicking a large ovarian mass at 20 week's gestation
  J Ultrasound Med. 24(9):1309-12, Sep 2005 
• Whyard TC, Cheung WW, Sheynkin Y,Waltzer WC, Hod Y
  Identification of RS as a Flagellar and Head Sperm Protein
  Mol Reprod Dev. 55(2):189-96, Feb 2000

Research Experience:

• 2012 - 2013
  “Lower urinary track urinary symptoms in prostate cancer patient (Chinese American) treated with Radiation” (Flushing Radiation Oncology) Cheung WW Department of Urology SUNY Downstate Medical School Principal Investigator Wellman Cheung MD
• 2004 - 2005
  ”significant of peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene array profile in patients with voiding dysfunction” ( Astallas USA) Cheung WW, Bluth MHDepartment of Urology and OB-GYN, SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn NY 11203 Principal Investigator Wellman Cheung MD
• 1997 - 1998
  “Inhibition of Lymphoctye Reactivity by Renal Cell Carcinoma” ( SUNY Stony Brook Department of Urology) Cheung, WW, Waltzer, W., Malinowski P., Departments of Urology and Transplantation, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y. Principal Investigator Wellman Cheung MD
• 1991 - 1992
  National Institute of Health Research Fellowship (NIH) “Severe Hypoxia Causes Stiffness Dependence on Coronary Flow" Cheung, WW., Kavaler, F., SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y. Principal Investigator  Wellman Cheung
• 1989 - 1990
  CUNY Research Foundation Fellowship, (CUNY  Queens College) “Gene Fusion of Lactase/Cardiolipin Gene in E. Coli” Cheung, WW., Tropp, B., CUNY Queens College, Queens, N.Y.Principal Investigator Wellman Cheung
• 1987 - 1988
  Mount Sinai Research Fellowship, (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) “Fluoresence Quenching Spectroscopy of Oxytocin” Cheung, WW, Laws, W., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, N.Y. Principal Investigator Wellman Cheung

Research Interest:

• “The Significance of Rectal Contractions in Benign Prostatic Obstruction” Cheung WW, Elsergany R, Sakr M, Ghomien G, Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Florida
  Principal Investigator  Wellman Cheung MD
• “Comparison of Biochemical Disease-free Survival between Iodine-125 and Palladium-103 Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer” Park TL, Waltzer WC, Cheung WW Principal Investigator  Wellman Cheung MD Department of Urology, Department of Radiation Oncology, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook N.Y. Principal Investigator Wellman Cheung MD
• “Sexual Dysfunction in Women: A Community based assessment” Cheung, W., Kasabian, N, Honig, S., Gilbert, B., Department of Urology, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.
  Principal Investigator  Wellman Cheung MD
• “Histological Analysis of Renal Tissue Following Acute Cryoablation of Renal Tumors in Patients”
  Cheung, W., Schulsinger, D., Durand, D., Waltzer, W., Department of Urology, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook N.Y.
  Principal Investigator  Wellman Cheung MD
• “Regulatory Subunit Protein and Infertility”
  Cheung, W., M.D.,  Hod, Y., Ph.D.,  Sheynkin, Y., M.D. Department of Urology, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y.
  Principal Investigator  Wellman Cheung MD
• Health Research Training Fellowship, “Congenital Abnormality and Autosomal Translocation” Cheung, W., M.D., Hsu, L., M.D., Dept. of Health, New York City, N.Y. Principal Investigator Wellman Cheung