Surgical Guide to Circumcision (PDF)

degree (1976), he trained in surgery at Los Angeles County- USC Medical Center and in urology at Harvard Program centered at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston (1980-1984). He then advanced through academic posts at UCLA (1984-1989), University of Colorado and The Children's Hospital (1989-2008), and the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital (2008-2011). During his almost 3 decades in academic urology, Dr. Koyle has been known for his multiple innovations and contributions to the fields of pediatric urology and transplantation. He was the first to publish on laparoscopic nephrectomy in infants, introduced the MACE (Malone Antegrade Continence Enema), the Bianchi technique (single incision orchidopexy) and the Bracka hypospadias repair to North America, and also one of the first surgeons to gain experience in the tubularized incised urethral plate hypospadias repair (Snodgrass technique) and to demonstrate its applicability beyond North America to Europe and Asia. He invented and patented the Koyle stent (Cook Inc), which is used around the world for hypospadias and urethral surgery. To date, he has contributed over 200 major publications and chapters to the literature. Recently he has been a co-editor to the textbooks, "Pediatric Urology- Surgical Complications and Management" and "Guide to Pediatric Urology and Surgery in Clinical Practice". He is Associate Editor of Dialogues in Pediatric Urology and serves on the editorial boards of Pediatric Surgery International and the Journal of Pediatric Urology. Dr Koyle is past president of the Rocky Mountain Urology Society, the Society for Pediatric Urology, and the American Association of Pediatric Urologists. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Fellow of the Society for Pediatric Urology. In January, 2010, he was elected "on merit" as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons for his contributions to urology, pediatric surgery, and pediatric urology in the internationally, and in particular in the British Isles.

Dr. Assaf Yosha is known for his emphasis on patient and community centered care. He is a family physician at the Woodward Health Center, a Community Health Center that is part of the Anthony Jordan Health Center in Rochester, NY.  He is skilled in operative obstetrics and cares for common high risk perinatal conditions.  His focus throughout his career has been to provide inner-city underserved residents access to quality healthcare.  Dr. Yosha attended Albany Medical College and in 2005 completed his Family Medicine training at NY-Presbyterian-Columbia in New York City.  He then spent a year working in tandem with his wife in rural New Zealand and at Indian Health Service facilities in America.  In 2007 Dr. Yosha completed an Obstetrics Fellowship training program for family physicians in Seattle, WA where he established a circumcision clinic which included resident physician training.   Now, as a Senior Instructor at the University of Rochester, in the Highland Family Medicine Department, Dr. Yosha teaches residents in the three common circumcision techniques.  Besides good technique and cosmetic outcome, he is always aiming to perform and teach a painless procedure with minimal anxiety to the parents.  Dr. Yosha also serves the greater Rochester region as a mohel to reform and conservative families.  In his spare time he enjoys running, watching films, and spending time with his wife and young daughters.