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Dr. Allen M. Chernoff, FACS

Presentations and Publications

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

  1. Chernoff AM, Horowitz M, Combs AJ, Libretti D and Glassberg KI.  Periurethral (GAX) collagen injection in children. Annual Meeting of the New York Section, AUA, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995.
  2. Chernoff AM, Horowitz M, Combs AJ, Libretti D and Glassberg KI.  Periurethral (GAX) collagen injection in children. Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Orlando, Florida, May 1996.
  3. Misseri R, Grob BM and Chernoff AM.  Do angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors decrease the biochemical failure rate in patients after radical prostatectomy? Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, Texas, May 1999.
  4. Chernoff AM, Venzon D, Linehan WM, Walther, MM.  End stage renal disease and renal transplantation in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease. Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000.
  5. Donahue TF, Herring JC, Haluszka M, Chernoff AM.  Biochemical relapse rates in high risk radical prostatectomy patients related to treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000.
  6. Chernoff AM, Mayo V, Barrett AJ, Linehan WM, Childs R.  Regression of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following non-myeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new and successful application of allogeneic immunotherapy.  Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000.
  7. Ornstein DK, Pavlovich CP, Chernoff AM, McWilliams GW, Phillips JL, Linehan WM, Walther MM.  Surgery for functional pheochromocytoma: Comparison between laparoscopic and open adrenalectomy.  Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Atlanta, Georgia April 2000.
  8. Childs R, Contentin N, Clave E, Bahcece E, Chernoff A, Linehan M, Mayo N, Hensel N, Young NS, Barrett AJ.  Sustained regression of metastatic renal cell carcinoma following non-myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation: A new application of allogeneic immunotherapy. Presented at the National Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, 2000.
  9. Grob BM, Sherman J, Macchia RJ, Furnari M, Chernoff AM.  The socioeconomic implications of using PSA >75 as a surrogate for the pathologic diagnosis of prostate cancer. Presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Anaheim, California, June 2001.
  10. Cohen EP, Chernoff AM, Connor J, Brackenridge S and Whiteside TL.  Microgram amounts of DNA are sufficient to prepare a vaccine capable of deterring prostate cancer in mice.  Selected for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2002.
  11. Thaly RK, Gilleran JP, Chernoff AM. Safety of bipolar electrocautery TURP:  Preliminary findings:   Presented at 77th Annual Meeting of the North Central Section, AUA, Vancouver, British Columbia, September 2003.
  12. Gilleran JP, Thaly RK, Chernoff AM. Safety of bipolar electrocautery TURP:  Preliminary findings.  Presented at 21st World Congress of Endourology, Montreal, Canada, September 2003.
  13. Chernoff AM, Shumyle A. Early results of the male sling for post RRP incontinence.  Presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the North Central Section, AUA, Orlando, Florida, October 2004.
  14. Asma Z, Attele A, Garzon S, Gao W, Beam C, Chesrow A, Siddiqui N, Chernoff A, and Setty S. Unregulated growth factor expression by renal cell carcinoma is a harbinger of poor survival.  Presented at United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2006.
  15. Makhlouf AA, Wald M, Cieslak-Jansen J, Chernoff A, Neiderberger CS, and Ross LS. Fresh versus cryopreserved sperm in same couples undergoing IVF/ICSI.  Presented at 101st Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2006.
  16. Hepps D, Chernoff A.  The bone anchored male sling for post-prostatectomy incontinence.  Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the North Central Section, AUA, San Diego, California, September 2006.

Invited Speaker

  1. Mcgill University, Department of Urology, Grand Rounds, “Non-Myeloablative Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplants for the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.”  Montreal, October 1999.
  2. University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Urology, Grands Rounds, “Non-Myeloablative Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplants for the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.” Chicago, Illinois, December 1999.
  3. Cornell University/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York Hospital, Department of Urology and Urologic Oncology, Grand Rounds, “Non-Myeloablative Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplants for the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.” New York, February 2000.
  4. Chicago Urological Society, “Laparoscopic Complications,” Chicago, Illinois, December 2003.
  5. Chicago Urological Society, "Diagnosis and Surveillance of Bladder Cancer:  Are We Doing it All Wrong?" Chicago, Illinois, November 2004.
  6. Chicago Urological Society, "Surgical Options for Urethral Cancer,” Chicago, Illinois, November 2004.
  7. 79th Annual Meeting of the North Central Section, AUA, “Update on Bladder Cancer,” Lunch Breakout Session, Chicago, Illinois, September 2005.
  8. Chicago Urological Society, “Minimally Invasive Treatment Options for Renal Tumors,” Chicago, Illinois, November 2005.
  9. Chicago Urological Society “Robotic Prostatectomy: The Learning Curve,”Chicago, Illinois, March 2006.
  10. Urology Nursing Society Meeting, “Bladder Cancer,” Chicago, Illinois, October 2006.
  11. Chicago Urological Society “Lymphadenectomy for Bladder Cancer,” Chicago, Illinois, December 2006.
  12. Chicago Urological Society “Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer,” Chicago, Illinois, March 2007.

Bibliography

Referred Journal Articles

  1. Chernoff AM and Horowitz M.  Fibromatosis of the spermatic cord in a child:  Case report. Journal of Urology, 155:1427, 1996.
  2. Chernoff AM, Horowitz M, Combs AJ, Libretti D and Glassberg KI.  Periurethral (GAX) collagen injection in children. Journal of Urology, 157:2303, 1997.
  3. Childs R, Chernoff A, Contentin N, Bahceci E, Schrump D, Leitman S, Read A, Tisdale J, Dunbar C, Linehan WM, Young NS and Barrett AJ.  Regression of metastatic renal cell carcinoma after nonmyeloablative allogeneic peripheral-blood stem-cell  transplantation. New England Journal of Medicine, 343:750-8, 2000.
  4. Herring JC, Enquist EG, Chernoff A, Linehan WM, Choyke PL, Walther MM.  Parenchymal sparing surgery in patients with hereditary renal cell carcinoma: 10-year experience. Journal of Urology, 165 (3):777-81, 2001.
  5. Chernoff A, Choyke PL, Linehan WM, Walther MM. Parenchymal sparing surgery in a patient with multiple bilateral papillary renal cancer. Journal of Urology, 165(5):1623-4, 2001.
  6. Schena S, Gilleran J, Chernoff A, Massad M. Giant renal cell carcinoma directly invading the heart. European Journal of Cardio-Thorcic Surgery, 1054-1055, 2003.
  7. Thaly R, Chernoff A.  Pregnancy in a patient with an Indiana pouch. Journal of Urology, 172(1):200, 2004.
  8. Hepps D and Chernoff A.  Risk of renal insufficiency in African-Americans after radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer.  Journal of Urologic Oncology, 24(5):391-395, 2005.
  9. Gilleran J, Thaly R, Chernoff A: Bipolar plasmakinetic TURP:  A reliable training vehicle for today’s urology residents. Journal of Endourology, 20(9):683-687, 2006.

Book Chapters

Chernoff AM, Stolle C, Kasparcove V and Linehan WM: “Molecular Analysis of the von Hippel-Lindau Disease Gene.” Methods in Molecular Medicine: Renal Cancer Methods and Protocols. Edited by Jack H. Mydlo, MD, pp193-216, Humana Press, 2001.

Chernoff EJ, Chernoff AM, Rosenbaum KN: “Genetics and Dysmorphology.”  Clinical Pediatric Urology Fourth Edition.  Editors - King LR, Belman B, Kramer SA, pp 35-65, Isis Medical Media, 2002.

Published Abstracts

  1. Chernoff AM, Horowitz M, Combs AJ, Libretti D and Glassberg KI.  Periurethral (GAX) collagen injection in children. 91st Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, Vol. 155, No. 5, p 482A, May 1996.
  2. Misseri R, Grob BM and Chernoff AM.  Do angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors decrease the biochemical failure rate in patients after radical prostatectomy? 94th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, Vol. 161, No. 4, p 333, May 1999.
  3. Chernoff AM,  Venzon D, Linehan WM, Walther, MM.  End stage renal disease and renal transplantation in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease. 95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, Vol 163, No. 4, p 293, April 2000.
  4. Donahue TF, Herring JC, Haluszka M, Chernoff AM.  Biochemical relapse rates in high risk radical prostatectomy patients related to treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. 95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, Vol 163, No. 4, p 293, April 2000.
  5. Chernoff AM, Mayo V, Barrett AJ, Linehan WM, Childs R.  Regression of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following non-myeloablative peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new and successful application of allogeneic immunotherapy.  95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, Vol 163, No. 4, p 155, April 2000.
  6. Ornstein DK, Pavlovich CP, Chernoff AM, McWilliams GW, Phillips JL, Linehan WM, Walther MM.  Surgery for functional pheochromocytoma: Comparison between laparoscopic and open adrenalectomy.  95th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, Vol 163, No. 4, p 155, April 2000.
  7. Grob BM, Sherman J, Macchia RJ, Furnari M, Chernoff AM.  The socioeconomic implications of using PSA >75 as a surrogate for the pathologic diagnosis of prostate cancer. 96th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, 165:5, p 10, June 2001.
  8. Makhlouf AA, Wald, M, Cieslak-Jansen J, Chernoff A, Neiderberger CS, and Ross LS. Fresh versus cryopreserved sperm in same couples undergoing IVF/ICSI.  Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Journal of Urology, 175:4, p 453, April 2006.

Definition: (yoor-uh-LAHJ-ik on-KOL-o-jist) A doctor who specializes in treating cancers of the sexual and urinary system.