Education
Cornell University Medical College, M.D., 1999
New York, NY

Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1995
Nashville, TN

Professional Training
The New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2005-present
Resident, Department of General Surgery, 1999 - 2001
Resident, James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology, 2001 - 2005
Chief Resident, James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology, 2004 - 2005

Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Urology, 2007

Societies
American Urological Association, 2005 - 2010
New York Section, AUA, 2005 - 2010

Research Experience
Research Fellow, Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY, 2002 - 2003
PI: Doris Herzlinger, PhD., Associate Professor
Subjects: Genetic profiling of renal and urologic development in normal and disease conditions. Molecular markers for congenital upper urinary tract disease.

Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology, Cornell University Medical College
New York, NY, 1997 - 1998
PI: Doris Herzlinger, PhD., Associate Professor
Subject: Investigating the role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 in the development of urinary tract transitional epithelium.

Research Assistant, Department of Orthopedics, Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY, 1993 - 1995
PI: Foster Betts, Ph.D., Professor
Subject: Examining the properties and structural deficiencies of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, the principal component of joint prostheses.

Publications and Presentations
Goh H, Knerr M, Su L, David SG, Gonzalez RR. Photoselective Laser Vaporization Prostatectomy Versus Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: A Cost Analysis. J Urol 2009 April, 181(4): 766.

David SG, Cebrian C, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. c-kit and ureteral peristalsis. J Urol 2005 Jan; 173(1): 292-5.

David SG, Kelly C, Poppas DP. Nerve Sparing Extravesical Repair of Bilateral Vesicoureteral Reflux: Description of Technique and Evaluation of Urinary Retention. J Urol 2004 Oct; 172(4): 1617-20.

David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. Development of ureteral peristalsis in vitro is dependent on c-kit activity. Podium. American Urological Association Annual Meeting. May 8-13, 2004, San Francisco, CA.

David SG, Poppas DP. Nerve Sparing Extravesical Ureteral Reimplantation: Technique and Assessment of Outcome in Bilateral Cases. Podium. American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology. Nov. 1-3, 2003, New Orleans, LA.

David SG, Schiff JD, Poppas DP. Henoch-Schonlein purpura involving the glans penis. Urology. 2003 May; 61(5): 1035.

David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. Development of the ureter and pelvis. Abstract. J Urol 2003, 169(4): 168.

Nelson K, Tash JA, David SG, Schlegel PN, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. FGF-7 null mice exhibit impaired bladder urothelial repair. Abstract. J Urol 2002, 167(4): 36.

David SG, Poppas DP. Urinary retention following bilateral extravesical ureteral reimplantation. Abstract. J Urol 2002, 167(4): 297.

Tash JA, David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. Fibroblast growth factor-7 regulates stratification of the bladder urothelium. J Urol. 2001 Dec; 166(6): 2536-41.

Tash JA, David SG, Sun TT, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA. FGF-7 regulates the formation of the intermediate layers of the bladder urothelium. Abstract. J Urol 2001, 165(5): 34.

David SG, Vaughan ED, Herzlinger DA, Degenstein L, Fuchs E. FGF-7 is essential for formation of the urinary transitional epithelium. Abstract. J Urol 1999, 169(4): 168.

David SG, Betts F. Oxidation of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene Reveals Predictors for Joint Prostheses Failures. Poster. Orthopedic Research Society. Feb. 2-3, 1994, New Orleans, LA.

Teaching Experience
2005 - present
Surgical and Clinical Training of Urology Residents
James Buchanan Brady Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

2006 - 2010
Embryology/Anatomy/Reproductive Physiology Lecturer
Cornell University Medical College

1996 - 1999
Tissue Procurement Team Leader, The New York Firefighter’s Skin Bank,
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

1999
Papanicolaou Fellow in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
Cornell University Medical College

1994 - 1995
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry,
Vanderbilt University

Honors
Ferdinand C. Valentine Essay Meeting, 2004
New York Section of the AUA, 3rd Place Laboratory

Summer Student Fellowship, 1996
American College of Rheumatology

Summa Cum Laude, 1995
Vanderbilt University

Phi Beta Kappa, 1994

Summer Student Fellowship, 1994
The Arthritis Foundation

College Scholar, 1992 - 1994
Vanderbilt University

Licensure
2000, New York State License: 219025