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Gordon Robert Gluckman, M.D.

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Northwest Suburban Urologists, LLC
900 Rand Road suite 120
Des Plaines, IL 60016

(O) (847) 823-3185 (F) (847)823-3318

St Alexius
1555 Barrington Road
Suite 2500, Bldg. 3
Hoffman Estates, IL 60194

Resurrection Medical Center
7447 W Talcott Suite 515
Chicago, IL 60631

PRESENT TITLE:
Clinical Assistant Professor, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/The Chicago Medical School
Staff Urologist, Lutheran General Hospital
Staff Urologist, Resurrection Medical Center
Staff Urologist, St. Francis Hospital
Staff Urologist, Northshore University HealthSystem
Staff Urologist, St Alexius Medical Center
Urologist, United Shockwave Services
Urologist, Chicago Prostate Cancer Center
Dimensions Medical Center

DATE OF BIRTH:
November 9, 1962

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Winnetka, Illinois

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts, Kenyon College, June 1985
Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University, June 1989

POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
Internship, University of California, San Francisco (7/89-6/90)
General Surgery, UCSF (7/90-6/91)
University of California, San Francisco Urology (7/91-6/95)

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Urology, February 1997
Re-certified 2006

LISCENSURE:
Illinois 1995 (current)
California, 1991 (current)

MEMBERSHIPS:
American Urological Association
American Urological, Association, N. Central Section
American College of Surgeons
Chicago Urologic Society
The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

AWARDS:
Phi Beta Kappa, May 1985
AOA Research, July 1988
Northern California Resident Seminar First Place, September 1993
Recognition of Excellence The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, August 1994
Named in the 2001 and 2002 editions of "Top Doctors-Chicago Metro Area"
Named One of Chicago’s Top Urologists, Chicago Magazine, January 2004
Alternative Medicine Recognition, Chicago Magazine, 2005
Named One of Chicago’s Top Urologists, Chicago Magazine, January 2006
Named one of Consumer Checklist’s Top Doctors, 2006
Recognized for Robotic Surgery in Urology, Chicago Magazine, January 2007
Named one of Consumer Checklist’s Top Doctors, 2007
Named One of Chicago’s Top Urologists, Chicago Magazine, January 2008

COMMITTEES:
American Urologic Association Young Urologists
Lutheran General Cancer Committee
Credentials Committee Lutheran General Hospital
Oncology Advisory Board Lutheran General Hospital

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois
(Member of Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center)
Research Fellow (6/81-9/81, 6/83-9/83)

Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Research Fellow in Biology (9/82-6/83, 9/83-6/94)

Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Research Fellow in Surgery (6/88-9/88)

University of California, San Francisco, California
Urology Department (7/93-6/94)

PRESENTATIONS:
"The Effect of Dihydrotestosterone on Human Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Epithelial and Stromal Cell Growth": Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Education Honor Society Research Seminar, Northwestern University, May 1989

"Munchausen Syndrome: Manifestations as Renal Colic" AUA Western Section, October 1992

"Laparoscopic Pyelocalyceal Diverticula Ablation" Northern California Resident Seminar, February 1993

"Laparoscopic Renal Cyst Surgery" AUA Poster, May 1993

"Megaureter" Pediatric Urology Conference, June 1993

"Toxoplasmosis of the Bladder" Northern California Resident Seminar, September 1993

"Complications of Circumcision" Grand Round UCSF, October 1993

"Toxoplasmosis of the Bladder: First Case Report" AUA Western Section, November 1993

"Laparoscopic Renal Surgery with the Argon Beam Coagulator American College of Surgeons Motion Picture Exhibition Clinical congress September, 1993

"Laparoscopic Pyelocalyceal Diverticula Ablation" AUA Western Section, November 1993

"Laparoscopic Renal Surgery with the Argon Beam Coagulator (ABC)" American Association Video Forum, May 1994

"Current Medical and Surgical Treatment of BPH" Grand Rounds Family Practice, May 1994

"Laparoscopic Renal Surgery with the Argon Beam Coagulator (ABC)" Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, August 1994

"Contradictory Renal Function During MAG3 Diuretic Renography in Unilateral Hydronephrosis" AUA Western Section, August 1994

"Newborn Penile Glans Amputation During Circumcision: Techniques For Prevention and Treatment" AUA Western Section, August 1994

"Partial Bladder Obstruction in Second-Trimester Sheep: Preservation of Renal Blood Flow and Function" American Academy of Pediatrics, October 1994

"Endothelin-1 Causes Renal Vasodilatation in the Fetal Lamb" American Academy of Pediatrics, October 1994

"Prostate Cancer Awareness" FAA, August, 1996

"Men’s Health Awareness Night" LGH, April, 1997

"Prostate Cancer", Lutheran General Oncology Grand Rounds, September, 1998

"Trauma 2000", Urologic Trauma, LGH, Feb, 2000

"Urologic Trauma", Physician Assistant National Convention, Chicago, IL, June, 2000

"BPH & PSA Update", Family Practice Residency Program, LGH, August, 2000

"What’s New in Urologic Diversion?" Ostomy Chapter, LGH, August 2000

"Men’s Health Issues", LGH, October , 2000

"Voiding Dysfunction" Resurrection Family Practice, September, 2001

"Male Health Issues" Resurrection Family Practice, October, 2001

"Urologic Laparoscopy 2002", Endofair, LGH, September 2002

"Erectile Dysfunction for Primary Care", February 2003

"Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer", October 2004

"Updates on Prostate Cancer", March 2005

"Erectile Dysfunction", May 2006

"Robotic Prostatectomy", Advocate Nursing Expo –New Innovations November 2006

"Robotic Prostatectomy", Lutheran General Hospital -Continuing Education January 2007

"Physician Extenders in Urology", AUA national meeting Anaheim CA May 2007

"Innovations in Prostate and Kidney Surgery",Indian Medical Society Feb 2008

"Robotics in Urologic Surgery-A Live Demonstration" Lutheran General Hospital Aug 11, 2008

"What’s new in Men’s Health" Lutheran General Hospital Sept, 2008

"Robotic Surgery in Urology-Where are we today" Lutheran General Family Practice April, 2009

PUBLICATIONS:
Khandekur J.D., Murthy M.S., Balchandran S., Gluckman G.R., Scanlon E.F.. Improved Therapeutic index of combined cis-diemmidin chloroplantinum (C-DDP), hyperthermia (HT) and diethylthicarbonate (DTC) in TA3/He mouse mammary carcinoma (MMR). Abstract Cancer Research, Houston TX

Gluckman G.R., Stoller M. Munchausen Syndrome: Manifestation as renal colic. Urology 42 (3): 347-350, 1993

Gluckman G.R., Werboff L. Toxoplasmosis of the Bladder: First Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of Urology 151(6): 1629-1630, 1994

Gluckman G.R., Stoller M. Laparoscopic Calyceal Diverticula Ablation. Endourology 7(4): 315-317, 1993

Gluckman G.R., Kogan B. and Stoller M.L. Successful Reattachment of Distal Glans Amputation During Circumcision. Journal of Urology 153(2): 778-779, 1995

Bogaert G.A., Gluckman G.R., Mevorach R.A. and Kogan B.A.. Preservation of Renal Bladder Obstruction in the Fetal Lamb. Journal of Urology 154(2): 694-699, 1995

Gluckman G.R., Baskin L.S., Bogaert G.A., Mevorach R.A. and Kogan B.A. Contradictory Supra-Normal Renal Function in Unilateral Hydronephrosis with MAG3 Diuretic Renography Journal of Urology 156(2): 847-853, 1996

Gluckman G.R. and Lue T.F. Pelvic Steel Syndrome Urology 47(3): 1996

PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Summer 1981:
"Everyday Exposure of Hospital Personnel to Radiation" conducted with Dr. Prasad, Chief of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Evanston Hospital

Summer 1998:
"Geotropic Response of Corn Seedlings to Hormonal Simulation" conducted with Dr. Karyn Edwards, Department of Biology, Kenyon College

Summer 1984:
"Improved Therapeutic Index of Combined Cis-platinum, Hyperthermia and Diethyldithiocarbamate" conducted with Dr. JD Khandekar, Department of Oncology, Evanston Hospital

1984 – 1985:
"The Biochemical Aspect of Seed Attraction and Dispersal by Ants" conducted with Dr. Raymond Heithaus, Department of Biology, Kenyon College

Summer 1986:
"In Vivo Studies of Na+-H+ Exchange Across the Gallbladder Membrane of Rabbit" conducted with Dr. Robert Rege, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School

Summer 1988:
"The Mechanism(s) of Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on Human Prostate Cells in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy" conducted with Dr. James Kozlowski and Dr. Chung Lee, Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School

1993 – 1994:
"The effects of Nitrous Oxide and Endothelin on Fetal Renal Cortical Blood Flow with and without Obstruction Using the Fetal Sheep Model" conducted with Dr. Barry Kogan, Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco