Lahey Institute of Urology at Parkland Medical Center

David Canes, MD, is the medical director of the Lahey Institute of Urology at Parkland Medical Center. Dr. Canes received his undergraduate degree in Biology with honors from Yale University. He attended medical school at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and went on to complete a six-year Urology residency training program at Lahey Clinic Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Canes pursued additional subspecialty fellowship training at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute of Cleveland Clinic, a world renowned center for minimally invasive surgery. Under the mentorship of Mihir Desai, MD, and Inderbir Gill, MD, MCh, he specialized in advanced laparoscopy, robotic surgery, and endourology. Subsequently, Dr. Canes was recruited to join the staff at the Institute of Urology at Lahey Clinic.

Dr. Canes focuses on the minimally invasive treatment of urologic cancers, including prostate, bladder, kidney, ureteral, and adrenal tumors. His primary focus is on laparoscopic and robotic surgery for genitourinary malignancies, although his training encompasses open surgery as well. Dr. Canes' specialty training includes endourologic management of complex kidney and ureteral stones.

Dr. Canes has published extensively in the field of minimally invasive urologic surgery, and has presented his work at national and international meetings. He has written various urologic textbook chapters, including the topic of robotic surgery. He is a member of several professional societies including the Amercian Urological Association, and the Endourology Society. Dr. Canes has been involved in more than 500 robotic urologic procedures, and has helped other surgeons learn the technique of robotic prostatectomy both regionally and abroad.