Lee C. Zhao, MD

Lee C. Zhao, MD

Reconstructive urology at NYU Langone.

Complex and redo surgery of the ureter, urethra, and lower urinary tract, and gender-affirming surgery, explained for patients and for the physicians who refer them.

For patients Understand your condition, prepare your records, and find the next step. For physicians Referrals, surgical education, research, and fellowship training.
Lee C. Zhao, MD, in the operating room between robotic surgical systems
Reconstructive urology · New York
Patient FAQQuestions, records, and travel Surgical video libraryTechniques and case discussions PublicationsResearch organized by topic GURS Fellowship AtlasUS and Canada program volumes

Latest essays

Surgical failure series
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The Paradox of Becoming Better at Surgery

Why a surgeon's numbers get worse as the surgeon gets better: case mix, Simpson's paradox, the Knicks' last shots, and a standard that never settles.

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The Red Beads

A single complication cannot grade a surgeon. Deming's red beads, M&M, and why surgical quality lives in the distribution, not in one bad outcome.

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Master the Eggs

Mastery means knowing which details carry the operation. A lesson from the bedside, where a missed step nearly put a patient on the floor.

Teaching and projects

All teaching

Interactive anatomy, condition atlases, fellowship maps, and a case-based simulator. Most models are schematic.