The Urological Institute of Northeastern New York

Curriculum Vitae (PDF file)

Barry A. Kogan, MD is the Chief, Division of Urology, Albany Medical College. He went to Medical School at Northwestern University and did his residency at the University of Michigan. After a fellowship in Pediatric Urology in Liverpool, England, he joined the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco where he was promoted from Assistant Professor to Professor of Urology and Pediatrics over 15 years. In 1997, he became the Chief of the Division of Urology in Albany.

Dr. Kogan continues to have an active clinical practice in Pediatric Urology, with a wide range of primary to tertiary care cases. These include the full range of pediatric urology, including hypospadias, undescended testes (cryptorchidism), hernias, childhood neurogenic bladder, urinary tract infections, vesicoureteral reflux, prenatal and neonatal hydronephrosis and adolescent varicocele.

Dr. Kogan is a well-recognized educator, having been awarded the “Silver Scalpel” award as the best surgical teacher. He has also led a strengthening of the residency program in Urology, received 5-year accreditation with a note of commendation from the Residency Review Committee.

Dr. Kogan is also an active investigator with experience in NIH funded basic and clinical research, investigator initiated clinical research and industry-sponsored clinical trials. He has published extensively in many areas of pediatric urology and investigative urology. In addition, he has contributed to many local, national and international organizations as lecturer, committee member and Chair. He is a past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology and past President of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association. He is currently a member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Residency Review Committee for Urology and a trustee of the American Board of Urology.

Dr. Kogan is currently a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Albany Medical College and Chief of the Division of Urology. He holds the Falk Chair in Urology at the Albany Medical College.