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Thomas Sean Lendvay, MD

Urology, Developmental Pediatrics, Disorders of Sex Development

On staff since August 2005

Children's Title: Co-Director of the Seattle Robotic Surgery Center

Academic Title: Associate Professor of Urology, University of Washington

Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research

"I always liked working with my hands, so when I went to medical school, I knew I wanted to be a surgeon. I gravitated to pediatrics because children provide a special energy you don't always get from adults. All they want to do is get out of the hospital, and that helps with the healing."

Thomas S. Lendvay, MD, is Attending Pediatric Urologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Washington. His clinical and research focus is on minimally invasive surgery using laparoscopy and telerobotic surgical technologies.

He has spearheaded the robotics program at Seattle Children’s, where he is Co-Director of the Robotics program, and collaborates with the University of Washington biorobotics engineering department on clinical applications of new telerobotic technologies. Dr. Lendvay is member expert of the university’s Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation Center, which helps advance surgical education for medical students and residents through simulation curriculum; he is involved in the development of a virtual reality percutaneous catheter placement simulator. Through his work with the biorobotics lab, he became involved in a NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations demonstration of remote telerobotic surgery that was performed from Seattle to a submerged space station off the coast of Florida in spring 2007. He is the recipient of prestigious external grants from the Department of Defense.

Making a Difference

Building a Mobile Surgery Robot
Seattle Children’s surgeon Dr. Tom Lendvay is helping UW engineers develop a portable surgical system that can be operated remotely. ... cont.

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Nick WallaceYakima, Wa12.30.11

Dr Lendvay has been seeing my son since 2008 when my son was approximately 8 months old. My wife and I loved the way Dr. Lendvay explained things to us in a way we could understand at times drawing pictures for us. As our son got older Dr. Lendvay adjusted to our sons age and "got on his level" at times playing with him to try to keep him as calm as possible. Any parent that deals with a child with health problems knows how that can be. As stated before Dr. Lendvay is always available to answer questions and even personally make a phone call to ensure the parents are satisfied. Now our son is going to be 4 at the end of January and has had about 7-8 procedures done by Dr. Lendvay, most of them being a total sucess and for the ones that have proven to be more challenging Dr. Lendvay continues to look into ways to fix them. We are thankful to Dr. Lendvay for all he has done for our son and for what he continues to do, unfortunately we are unable to find anyone at home that will do the same. Thank you Dr. Lendvay.

Heidi MalletDalton Gardens, ID07.21.11

Dr. Lendvay operated on my son in June of 2011. I would definitely recommend Dr. Lendvay to anyone that has a child being seen at Seattle Children's Hospital. He preformed a robotic operation on my son. He was always available to answer any questions that I had, and always had my sons best interest at heart. We live in Idaho and when I had questions he even took the time to call me on the phone to answer them personally. Most doctors don't do that anymore. I am very thankful to Dr. Lendvay and all of the wonderful staff at Seattle Children's Hospital. We have been truly blessed to have them.

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Board Certification(s): Urology
Pediatric Urology
Medical/Professional School: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
Residency: Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Clinical Interests: a. Robotic and Laparoscopic Reconstructive Surgery b. Surgical simulation education c. Biorobotics engineering research
Research Focus Area: Translational Research

Publications

Surgical Simulation in Pediatric Urologic Education.
Current urology reports , 2011 Jan 18

Initiation of a pediatric robotic surgery program: institutional challenges and realistic outcomes.
Surgical endoscopy , 2010 Nov: 2803-8

Methodologies for establishing validity in surgical simulation studies.
Surgery , 2010 May: 622-30

Injection volumes of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid are increasing in the endoscopic management of vesicoureteral reflux.
Pediatric surgery international , 2010 May: 509-13

Endoscopic treatment of symptomatic refluxing renal transplant ureteroneocystostomies in children.
Pediatric transplantation , 2010 Mar: 212-5

Editorial comment.
The Journal of urology , 2009 Oct: 1534

14-gauge angiocatheter: the assist port.
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A , 2009 Oct: 699-701

Pediatric robot-assisted laparoscopic varicocelectomy.
Journal of endourology / Endourological Society , 2009 Aug: 1297-300

Intraoperative ultrasound: application in pediatric pyeloplasty.
Urology , 2009 Feb: 377-9; discussion 379

Teleoperation in surgical robotics--network latency effects on surgical performance.
Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference , 2009: 6860-3

Surgical management of congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction: a Pediatric Health Information System database study.
The Journal of urology , 2008 Oct: 1689-92; discussion 1692

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic mitrofanoff appendicovesicostomy and antegrade continent enema colon tube creation in a pediatric spina bifida patient.
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A , 2008 Apr: 310-2

Metastatic adenocarcinoma after augmentation gastrocystoplasty.
The Journal of urology , 2008 Mar: 1094-6; discussion 1097

VR robotic surgery: randomized blinded study of the dV-Trainer robotic simulator.
Studies in health technology and informatics , 2008: 242-4

The biomechanics of percutaneous needle insertion.
Studies in health technology and informatics , 2008: 245-7

Objective assessment of telesurgical robot systems: Telerobotic FLS.
Studies in health technology and informatics , 2008: 263-5

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic management of vesicoureteral reflux.
Advances in urology , 2008: 732942

TeleRobotic fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS): effects of time delay--pilot study.
Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference , 2008: 5597-600

Occult spinal dysraphism and urolithiasis: are patients at higher risk of stone disease?
Journal of endourology / Endourological Society , 2007 Nov: 1293-6

Compensatory paracrine mechanisms that define the urothelial response to injury in partial bladder outlet obstruction.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology , 2007 Oct: F1147-56

Tumor in bladder reservoir after gastrocystoplasty.
The Journal of urology , 2007 Oct: 1771-4; discussion 1774

Augmentation cystoplasty rates at children's hospitals in the United States: a pediatric health information system database study.
The Journal of urology , 2006 Oct: 1716-20

The evolution of vesicoureteral reflux management in the era of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer: a pediatric health information system database study.
The Journal of urology , 2006 Oct: 1864-7

Epididymal sparing bilateral simple orchiectomy with epididymoplasty: preservation of esthetics and body image.
The Journal of urology , 2005 Sep: 893-7

Efficacy of nephrectomy for the treatment of nephrogenic hypertension in a pediatric population.
The Journal of urology , 2003 Oct: 1655-7; discussion 1658

Direct vision internal urethrotomy for the treatment of pediatric urethral strictures: analysis of 50 patients.
The Journal of urology , 2003 Sep: 952-5

The tuberous sclerosis complex and its highly variable manifestations.
The Journal of urology , 2003 May: 1635-42

Renal cell carcinoma in a 2-year-old child with tuberous sclerosis.
The Journal of urology , 2002 Sep: 1131-2

Congenital urethral stricture.
The Journal of urology , 2002 Sep: 1156-7

Pulsatile mass in the scrotum in a man with the Leriche syndrome.
The Journal of urology , 2002 Jan: 257-8

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W-7729 - Urology
4800 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98105

206-987-2509

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CF - Suite 300
34503 9th Ave S

Federal Way, WA 98003

253-838-5878

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