Herbert Lepor, MD
Critique Panel Chair
Professor and Martin Spatz Chair of Urology
Professor of Pharmacology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Biography
Herbert Lepor, M.D., received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1975 and his Doctor of Medicine from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Lepor completed his surgery and urology residency training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Throughout his academic career spanning over 5 decades, Dr. Lepor has made many landmark contributions to advancing Urology through clinical care, basic and translational research and education. In 1993, Dr. Lepor was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Lepor’s primary clinical and basic research interests are related to the prostate.
Dr. Lepor has served on the editorial boards for four major urological journals and has authored over 400 reviewed articles, 50 book chapters, and 12 books related to prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and the pharmacology of the prostate. Dr. Lepor has been a visiting professor at 30 institutions. Some of Dr. Lepor’s landmark scientific contributions have focused on the identification of the autonomic intervention regulating male sexual function, development of the nerve sparing radical prostatectomy, improving outcomes following radical retro-pubic prostatectomy, outcomes following focal ablation of prostate cancer, characterization of the prostate alpha1 adrenoceptor, and the medical and surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Dr. Lepor was awarded the Gold Cystoscope Award by The American Urological Association in 1995, The Russel W. Lavenwood Distinguished Service Award by the New York Section of Urology in 2023 and the Ferdinand C. Valentine Medalist Award in 2025. Dr. Lepor is a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, Clinical Society of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, the American Surgical Association, and the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars.
