Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh

Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh did his urology residency training in Germany and the USA. He completed a residency in urology and a fellowship in sexual medicine, urinary incontinence, and urologic prostheses at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Prior to joining St. Barnabas Hospital, he worked as a urologist and a faculty member at the Department of Urology of Columbia University and subsequently as Director of Urology at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh has focused his practice on men’s health issues, offering services in comprehensive men’s health maintenance, counseling of patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, penile prosthesis surgery, medical and surgical treatments for Peyronie’s disease, treatments for urinary incontinence including the artificial urinary sphincter and the male sling and surgical treatments for urethral strictures.

In research, he has participated in numerous clinical trials on new drugs and devices for the treatment of male potency problems, Peyronie’s disease, testosterone therapy and benign prostatic hyperplasia. He is a frequent contributor to the medical press and has authored numerous original papers, review articles, book chapters and editorials in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, British Medical Journal, Journal of Urology and the Journal of Men’s Health.