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Diane D. Lu, M.D.

Diane D. Lu, M.D.

Urology, Surgery

UR Medicine Faculty The University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group (URMFG) consists of over 900 specialist and primary care providers spanning 19 departments. URMFG is certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Accountable Health Partner Accountable Health Partners (AHP) is a network of over 2,000 community and UR medical faculty and a dozen leading hospitals throughout the region. AHP offers a full range of care.
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Contact

Appointment (585) 275-2838
Fax (585) 396-9713

Locations

Urology

699 South Main Street, Suite 6
Canandaigua, NY 14424

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Urology

601 Elmwood Avenue, 2nd Floor
Rochester, NY 14642

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About Me

Diane Lu, M.D. earned her medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine. After receiving her degree, she completed a general surgery internship and a urology residency at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Following her internship and residency, she became a Minimally Invasive Uro...
Diane Lu, M.D. earned her medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine. After receiving her degree, she completed a general surgery internship and a urology residency at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Following her internship and residency, she became a Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery Fellow at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Dr. Lu is an Assistant Professor of Urology, as well as a member of the UR Medicine Urology research community, where she focuses on general urology and urologic oncology.

Certified Specialties

Urology - American Board of Urology

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology - Department of Urology (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2017 - 2018

Residency, Urology, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center. 2013 - 2017

Internship, Surgery (General Surgery), Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center. 2012 - 2013

Education

MD | Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. 2012

Publications

Journal Articles

Robot-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy: Illustration of a Simplified Extraperitoneal Transcapsular Technique.

Gurung PM, Mithal P, Lu DD, Ghazi AE, Joseph JV

Videourology.. 2019 33 (6)Epub 04/08/2019.

Predictors of Ipsilateral Extraprostatic Extension on Radical Prostatectomy using 3-Tesla Multiparametric MRI and Contemporary Pathologic Features.

Lu DD, Truong MT, Weinberg E, Hollenberg, G, Messing EM, Wang B, Feng C, Miyamoto H, Joseph J.

Journal of Urology. 2018; .

Intravesical chemotherapy use after radical nephroureterectomy: A national survey of urologic oncologists.

Lu DD, Boorjian SA, Raman JD

Urologic oncology.. 2017 March 35 (3):113.e1-113.e7. Epub 11/22/2016.

Strategies for Prevention of Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy Infections.

Lu DD and Raman JD.

Infection and Drug Resistance. 2016; .

Repressor element 1 silencing transcription factor (REST) controls radial migration and temporal neuronal specification during neocortical development.

Mandel G, Fiondella CG, V Covey M, Lu DD, Loturco JJ, Ballas N.

Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2011; .

Ceramide biogenesis is required for radiation-induced apoptosis in the germ line of C. elegans.

Deng X, Yin X, Allan R, Lu DD, Maurer CW, Haimovitz-Friedman A, Fuks Z, Shaham S, Kolesnick R.

Science. 2008; .

REST and its corepressors mediate plasticity of neuronal gene chromatin throughout neurogenesis

Ballas N, Grunseich C, Lu DD, Speh JC, Mandel G.

Cell. 2005; .

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