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Ziho Lee

Ziho Lee

🇺🇸 United States🏥 Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL
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Mentored by · fellowship 2021
Hunter Wessells

Training and career​

  • Current position Assistant professor of urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine1
  • Medical school Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College2
  • Residency Temple University Hospital2
  • Fellowship Advanced robotic urologic oncology and reconstruction, Temple University3
  • Fellowship Urologic trauma and reconstruction, University of Washington3
  • Leadership Chief of Trauma and Reconstructive Urology; director, Genitourinary Reconstruction Surgery Fellowship, Northwestern14

Key Publications​

Lee's cited work centers on robotic ureteral reconstruction for complex strictures and injuries, including buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty, nontransecting reimplantation, radiation-associated strictures, ureteral rest, and appendiceal substitution.P4P5P2P6P7

  1. Lee Z, Moore B, Giusto L, et al. "Use of Indocyanine Green During Robot-assisted Ureteral Reconstructions." European Urology. 2015;67(2):291–298. doi

    Intraureteral indocyanine-green guidance (2015). Lee described intraureteral indocyanine-green injection with near-infrared imaging to identify ureters and stricture margins during robotic reconstruction.

    Cited on: Indocyanine Green (ICG) · Ureteral Stricture
  2. Lee Z, Lee M, Koster H, et al. "A Multi-Institutional Experience With Robotic Ureteroplasty With Buccal Mucosa Graft: An Updated Analysis of Intermediate-Term Outcomes." Urology. 2021;147:306–310. doi

    Robotic buccal-mucosa graft ureteroplasty series (2021). Lee led a multi-institutional report of intermediate-term outcomes after robotic buccal-mucosa graft repair of proximal and mid-ureteral strictures.

    Cited on: Augmented Anastomotic Ureteroureterostomy · Ureteral Stricture · Buccal Mucosa Graft Ureteroplasty
  3. Lee Z, Lee M, Lee R, et al. "Ureteral Rest is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction of Proximal and Middle Ureteral Strictures." Urology. 2021;152:160–166. doi

    Ureteral-rest outcomes study (2021). Lee's multi-institutional study associated removing hardware across a ureteral stricture before robotic reconstruction with higher surgical success.

    Cited on: Ureteral Stricture
  4. Zhao LC, Weinberg AC, Lee Z, et al. "Robotic ureteral reconstruction using buccal mucosa grafts: a multi-institutional experience." Eur Urol. 2018;73(3):419–426. doi
    Cited on: Ureteral Stricture · Augmented Anastomotic Ureteroureterostomy · Buccal Mucosa Graft Ureteroplasty
  5. Asghar AM, Lee Z, Lee RA, et al. Robotic ureteral reconstruction in patients with radiation-induced ureteral strictures: experience from the Collaborative of Reconstructive Robotic Ureteral Surgery. J Endourol. 2021;35:144–150.. PMID 32814443. doi
    Cited on: Radiation & Tissue Effects in the Genitourinary Tract · Buccal Mucosa Graft Ureteroplasty · Ileal Ureter
  6. Lee Z, Waldorf BT, Cho EY, et al. "Robotic ureteroplasty with buccal mucosa graft for the management of complex ureteral strictures." J Urol. 2017;198(6):1430–1435. doi
    Cited on: Ureteral Stricture · Buccal Mucosa Graft Ureteroplasty · Principles of Upper Tract Reconstruction
  7. Slawin J, Patel NH, Lee Z, et al. Ureteral reimplantation via robotic nontransecting side-to-side anastomosis for distal ureteral stricture. J Endourol. 2020;34(8):836-839. doi
    Cited on: Non-Transecting Ureteral Reimplantation · Ureteral Reimplantation

Other Publications Cited on WARWIKI

8 additional publications with Ziho Lee as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Naser-Tavakolian A, Lee Z. "A review of management options for vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis and the emergence of robotic reconstruction." Transl Androl Urol. 2025;14(8):2405-2418. doi
    Cited on: Bladder Neck Contracture · Posterior Urethral Stenosis · Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis
  2. Bourillon A, Peyronnet B, McGuire BB, Pinar U, Lee Z, Nair R, et al. Ureteral stricture: current treatment algorithm and key surgical principles in the robotic upper urinary tract reconstruction era. World J Urol. 2026;44(1):102. doi
    Cited on: Principles of Upper Tract Reconstruction
  3. Lee M, Strauss D, Lee Z, Harbin A, Eun DD. Outcomes of robotic simple prostatectomy after prior failed endoscopic treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia. J Endourol. 2023;37(5):564–567. doi
    Cited on: Simple Prostatectomy (Open / Laparoscopic / Robotic)
  4. Orcutt D, Lee Z, Maldonado R, et al. Ureteral Injuries Secondary to Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A 15-Year Review of Presentation, Management, and Outcomes at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Urology. 2022;164:248–253. doi
    Cited on: Ureteral Trauma
  5. Kidd LC, Lee M, Lee Z, et al. "A multi-institutional experience with robotic vesicovaginal and ureterovaginal fistula repair after iatrogenic injury." J Endourol. 2021;35(11):1659–1664. doi
    Cited on: Ureterovaginal Fistula
  6. Lee M, Lee Z, Koster H, Jun M, Asghar AM, Lee R, et al. Intermediate-term outcomes after robotic ureteral reconstruction for long-segment (≥4 centimeters) strictures in the proximal ureter: a multi-institutional experience. Investig Clin Urol. 2021;62(1):65-71. doi
    Cited on: Downward Nephropexy
  7. Lee Z, Lee M, Keehn AY, et al. Intermediate-term urinary function and complication outcomes after robot-assisted simple prostatectomy. Urology. 2020;141:89–94. doi
    Cited on: Simple Prostatectomy (Open / Laparoscopic / Robotic)
  8. Gn M, Lee Z, Strauss D, Eun D. Robotic appendiceal interposition with right lower pole calycostomy, downward nephropexy, and psoas hitch for the management of an iatrogenic near-complete ureteral avulsion. Urology. 2018;113:e9-e10. doi
    Cited on: Downward Nephropexy

Footnotes​

  1. Ziho Lee: Department of Urology: Feinberg School of Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  2. Ziho Lee, MD. Northwestern Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Urologic Reconstruction: Dr. Ziho Lee Named Chief at Northwestern Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  4. Fellowships: Department of Urology: Feinberg School of Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩