About Us
Why Choose Us
At Somerset Urological Associates, we seek to provide the highest level of care through our highly skilled health care professionals and state of the art technologies. We are devoted to addressing the individual needs and demands of patients with kindness and professionalism. With years of experience, our board certified physicians are highly skilled in all the aspects of general urology. Utilizing the latest technology for diagnosis as well as medical and surgical treatment, we are recognized experts in the fields of laparoscopy, prostate enlargement, kidney stones, urinary incontinence, and the treatment of urologic cancers of the kidney, prostate and bladder.
Mission Statement
Somerset Urological Associates is dedicated to providing personalized, convenient and state of the art care by accomplished, caring physicians and a considerate, responsive staff. The good health of our patients is our primary concern, and we are committed to providing excellence in urological care.
Our Philosophy of Care
Over the past 60 years, we have built our success on superior patient service and our ability to provide a full spectrum of the most current diagnostic and treatment options. We treat our patients with compassion and the utmost respect.
Our Stance on U.S. Preventative Screening Task Force for PSA Testing
The urologists of SUA strongly disagree with the new recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force against PSA (prostate-specific antigen) testing. These recommendations do a great disservice to men and may lead to higher death rates from prostate cancer in the U.S.
No urologists or oncologists participated in the formulation of recommendations by this task force. The physicians who constitute this body do not and have not directly treated prostate disease or prostate cancer. In fact, this same task force recommended against mammography for women under 50 years of age. Breast cancer experts refuted those recommendations.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death of men in the United States accounting for 30,000 deaths annually. Fortunately, deaths from prostate cancer have steadily declined since widespread PSA testing began. Also, far fewer men now develop painful advanced prostate cancer.
However, not all prostate cancers are aggressive and therefore not all prostate cancers require treatment. In order to decide if one’s prostate cancer requires treatment or merely surveillance, it is important to differentiate between dangerous and more slow- growing cancers. To make this distinction, we recommend a prostate biopsy if one’s PSA is abnormal or if one’s prostate examination is suspicious. By having prostate tissue to analyze, we can decide if a man needs treatment, and if so, which treatment would be best.
Prostate cancer screening with PSA testing saves lives. It enables the patient and his urologist to identify a potentially dangerous prostate cancer. With biopsy results in hand, the patient and his urologist can make a decision about treatment from a position of knowledge.
No one can dispute that the PSA test has limitations, but when used and interpreted appropriately, the test provides valuable information in the diagnosis, pre-treatment staging, risk assessment and monitoring of prostate cancer patients.
Consistent with our philosophy at Somerset Urological, the American Urological Association recommends that the best decisions regarding prostate cancer testing come from individualized discussions between a man and his urologist.
The recent task force recommendations about PSA screening are misguided and irresponsible. There are many men in this community who would tell you that a PSA test saved their lives.
On 1/17/12, Governor Christie signed legislation putting New Jersey formally on record in opposition to the US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation. The bill was passed unanimously in both the NJ Senate and the NJ Assembly.
We would be happy to discuss this important issue with you in greater detail at your next visit.
Our Physicians
Physicians Emeritus
- Ernest Gentile, M.D.
- John Lifland, M.D.
Hospital Affiliations
Our physicians are affiliated with the following hospitals:
Testimonials
Dr. Dhiren Dave, MD
Somerset Urological Associates
Dear Dr. Dave,
I wanted to write you to thank you and the staff at Somerset Urological Associates for the wonderful care I received regarding my diagnosis of prostate cancer. It's bad enough to learn that you have such a disease, but it's totally devastating to be told that you're also losing health benefits, just weeks before surgery.
The kindness and thoughtfulness shown by your staff, particularly Joan McSpiritt was truly a blessing. When I contacted Joan to inform her of the likely need to postpone my surgery, she and the team there went to work. They were able to create an opening in the surgical schedule that allowed me to have my surgery while my health insurance was still in place. I can't express what a relief it was to me and my family to know my condition would be taken care of without the added worry of how we would provide for it.
When it came time for surgery, I was impressed with the care you showed towards my wife and me. I've never experienced a doctor spending so much time discussing a diagnosis and the options for care. I was confident in our agreement that the right course of treatment was the da Vinci prostatectomy.
The day of my surgery came and went by in a flash and I couldn't believe how good I felt afterwards. While it's only been a short two weeks since my surgery, I feel amazingly well and know I will be back on my feet, fully recovered in no time. I owe it all to your skill as a surgeon. I am fully confident that I'll be cancer-free thanks to you.
I know the road ahead is still a long one, but thanks to you and your team I know my future is looking brighter. My family and I want to again convey our sincerest thanks to you, Joan McSpiritt and the entire team at Somerset Urological Associates. God bless you all.
Warmest Regards,
Bill
Please read the attached article from one of Dr. Dave's patients, which was featured in the Somerset Medical Center-Heathy Edition.
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