Dr. Ivan Colon, MD

Dr. Ivan Colón is a skilled and experienced board-certified urologist. He served as Chief of Robotics and Advanced Laparoscopic Urology and Local Residency Program Director at New York Methodist Hospital. In addition, Dr. Colón served as Chief of Urology at University Hospital of Brooklyn and Vice Chairman of Urology at SUNY Downstate Medical School. Dr. Colón received his undergraduate degree and his Medical Degree from the University of Wisconsin. Post medical-school, Dr. Colón completed his Internship at Loyola Medical Center in Illinois. He then served as Chief Resident of Urology at Brookdale University, receiving the Outstanding Resident of the Year Award and the Pfizer Scholars in Urology Award. His Fellowship in laparoscopy and minimally invasive urological surgery was completed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California. Dr. Colón is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology. He has been recognized one of Castle Connolly’s Top doctors twice, has received the Patients’ Choice Award, and was inducted to the New York Methodist’s Hall of Fame. Dr. Colón’s areas of expertise include: da Vinci Robotic surgery, laparoscopy, endourology, stone and oncologic diseases, general and minimally invasive urology. He is an expert in robotics and minimally invasive treatment of Prostate, Adrenal and Kidney diseases (including cancer). He has been involved in research for many years and is co-founder of Brooklyn Urology Research Group (BURG) and continues to bring new and very exciting modalities of treatment to the New York area, including the technique of cryotherapy. Dr. Colón is fluent in Spanish. …read more