Urologist
“Dr. Levine came highly recommended and gave me first class treatment. All my questions were answered, he spent a considerable amount of time with me and I am confident the surgical procedure will be successful."
Laurence A. Levine, MD is a Board Certified Urologist and a Professor of Urology in the Department of Urology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. He is a nationally and internationally recognized authority in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and Peyronie’s Disease. In addition to general urology, his primary focus for the past 35 years has been in the fields of Andrology and Reconstructive Urology including disorders of male sexual function, male fertility, congenital penile deformities, and deformities of the penis caused by Peyronie’s Disease. His other areas of clinical expertise include urethral reconstruction for stricture disease, chronic testicular pain, male hypogonadism (low testosterone), release of buried penis, and aspiration of sclerotherapy for hydroceles.
Dr. Levine trained at the Harvard program of Urology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was previously a faculty member and clinician at the University of Chicago before joining the Department of Urology at the Rush University Medical Center in 1992.
He has been an active teacher both nationally and internationally for more than 35 years. His academic contributions include more than 250 published articles and 50 book chapters, as well as 2 books specifically on Peyronie’s Disease. He has devoted his practice to helping men address complex and often sensitive conditions affecting sexual health, fertility, and quality of life.
His innovative contributions to Urology include: the treatment of Peyronie’s with intralesional verapamil injections and traction therapy; suppressions of recurrent priapism using Ketoconazole; and microdenervation of the spermatic cord for chronic scrotal content pain. Dr. Levine was the first in America to utilize a minimally invasive approach for retrieving sperm in men with severe forms of infertility using TESA (testicular sperm aspiration). He was also a pioneer in the use aspiration and sclerotherapy for scrotal hydroceles. His special honors include past president of the Chicago Urologic Society and the Sexual Medicine Society of North America. In 2015, Dr. Levine was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Sexual Medicine Society of North America for his contributions in the field. Since 1998, he has been selected by his peers to be included in the ‘Best Doctors in America’, and for the past 28 years he has been recognized by Chicago Magazine as a Top Doctor in the field of Urology. Dr Levine maintains a busy clinical practice while also teaching residents and physicians worldwide in the fields of reconstructive urology and andrology.
Dr. Levine evaluates and treats a wide range of urologic and men’s health conditions including:
Dr. Levine recently became one of the first urologists in the Midwest to offer the Aquablation Therapy procedure to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Aquablation therapy uses the power of water delivered with robotic precision to provide long-lasting BPH relief without compromise. It is precise, consistent, and predictable, and provides long-term relief no matter how large your prostate. Click here for more information on Aquablation Therapy.
Awards and Credentials
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Matthew J. Ziegelmann, MD, Landon W. Trost, MD, Giorgio I. Russo, MD, PhD, Laurence A. Levine, MD Published:January 13, 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.11.271
Examining Postoperative Outcomes after Employing a Surgical Algorithm for Management of Peyronie’s Disease: A Single-Institution Retrospective ReviewDimitri Papagiannopoulos, MD, Emily Yura, BS, and Laurence Levine, MD Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12910
Outcomes of surgical treatment of Peyronie's diseaseCulley C. Carson and Laurence A. Levine* Department of Surgery, Division of Urologic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, and *Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Peyronie’s disease: contemporary review of non-surgical treatmentLaurence A. Levine Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Correspondence to: Laurence A. Levine, MD. RUSH University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison Street Suite 352, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: drlevine@hotmail.com.
Peyronie’s Disease Plaque Calcification—Prevalence, Time to Identification, and Development of a New Grading ClassificationLaurence Levine, MD,* James Rybak, MD,* Christopher Corder, MD,† and Michael Ryan Farrel, MS, MPH† *Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; †Rush University School of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12334
Partial Plaque Excision and Grafting (PEG) for Peyronie’s DiseaseLaurence A. Levine, MD Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Standard Operating Procedures for Peyronie’s DiseaseLaurence A. Levine, MD* and Arthur L. Burnett, MD, MBA† *Department of Urology, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; †Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.03003.x
Surgery for Peyronie’s diseaseLaurence A Levine and Stephen M Larsen
A Retrospective Comparative Study of Traction Therapy vs. No Traction Following Tunica Albuginea Plication or Partial Excision and Grafting for Peyronie’s Disease: Measured Lengths and Patient PerceptionsJames Rybak, MD, Dimitri Papagiannopoulos, BS, and Laurence Levine, MD Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02849.x
Effects of varicocelectomy on serum testosteronePatrick Whelan, Laurence Levine Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Contributions: (I) Conception and design: All authors; (II) Administrative support: All authors; (III) Provision of study materials or patients: All authors; (IV) Collection and assembly of data: P Whelan; (V) Data analysis and interpretation: All authors; (VI) Manuscript writing: All authors; (VII) Final approval of manuscript: All authors. Correspondence to: Laurence Levine, MD, FACS. Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W Harrison St, Suite 352, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: drlevine@hotmail.com.
Microdenervation of the Spermatic Cord for Chronic Scrotal Content Pain: Single Institution Review Analyzing Success Rate After Prior Attempts at Surgical Correction Microsurgical Denervation of the Spermatic Cord for Chronic Orchialgia: Long-Term Results From a Single CenterKurt H. Strom and Laurence A. Levine*,† From the Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
An overview of the management of post-vasectomy pain syndromeWei Phin Tan, Laurence A Levine Asian Journal of Andrology (2016) 18, 1–6; doi: 10.4103/1008-682X.175090; published online: 4 March 2016
Chronic orchialgia: evaluation and discussion of treatment optionsLaurence Levine Ther Adv Urol (2010) 2(5-6) 209214 DOI: 10.1177/ 1756287210390409 ! The Author(s), 2010. Reprints and permissions: http://www.sagepub.co.uk/ journalsPermissions.nav
Single Center Outcomes after Reconstructive Surgical Correction of Adult Acquired Buried Penis: Measurements of Erectile Function, Depression, and Quality of LifeJames Rybak, MD, Stephen Larsen, MD, Michelle Yu, BS, and Laurence A. Levine, MD Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12417
Aspiration and Sclerotherapy: a Nonsurgical Treatment Option for HydrocelesJohn J. Francis and Laurence A. Levine*,† From the Department of Urology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois