Associate Professor, Director of Bladder Cancer and Intravesical Therapy Programs
Urology
Dr. Tracy M. Downs, MD
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Tracy Downs practices Urology. He attended University of California San Diego School of Medicine. University of California San Diego School of Medicine is ranked 17 in research and 19 in primary care medicine He over the years received 3 awards: "Regional Top Doctor", "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACS)". Tracy M. Downs, MD is a published doctor. He published 32 publications, including: 'Extreme Obesity Does Not Predict Poor Cancer Outcomes Following Surgery for Renal Cell Cancer.' He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Extreme Obesity Does Not Predict Poor Cancer Outcomes Following Surgery for Renal Cell Cancer.
- Renin-Angiotensin Inhibitors Decrease Recurrence after Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor in Patients with Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.
- Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Radical Cystectomy: Does Timing of Transfusion Affect Bladder Cancer Mortality?
- Richard Francis Jones-Opening Doors and Diversifying the Urologic Workforce: A Pioneer in the Training of African Urologic Surgeons in North America.
- Analysis and validation of tissue biomarkers for Renal cell carcinoma using automated high-throughput evaluation of protein expression.
- NLR is predictive of upstaging at the time of radical cystectomy for patients with urothelial carcinoma of the Bladder.
- Leukemoid Reaction: A Rare Paraneoplastic Syndrome in Bladder Cancer Associated With a Grave Prognosis.
- Development and multi-institutional validation of an upgrading risk tool for Gleason 6 prostate Cancer.
- Intravesical Foreign Body via a Vesicoperineal Fistula.
- Place of residence and primary treatment of prostate Cancer: examining trends in rural and nonrural areas in Wisconsin.
- Expression microarray meta-analysis identifies genes associated with Ras/MAPK and related pathways in progression of muscle-invasive Bladder transition cell carcinoma.
- Penile Kaposis sarcoma in the state of California.
- Partial orchiectomy and testis intratubular germ cell neoplasia: World literature review.
- PTHrP stimulates prostate Cancer cell growth and upregulates aldo-keto reductase 1C3.
- Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical Prostatectomy in men with human immunodeficiency virus.
- Feasibility and efficacy of neoadjuvant sunitinib before nephron-sparing surgery.
- Laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery for radical and cytoreductive nephrectomy, Renal vein thrombectomy, and partial nephrectomy: a prospective pilot evaluation.
- Renal cell carcinoma: risk assessment and prognostic factors for newly diagnosed patients.
- Personality predicts prostate Cancer treatment decision-making difficulty and satisfaction.
- Biological mediators of effect of diet and stress reduction on prostate Cancer.
- Racial/ethnic and gender disparities in Renal cell carcinoma incidence and survival.
- Watchful waiting and health related quality of life for patients with localized prostate Cancer: data from CaPSURE.
- Late age (85 years or older) peak incidence of Bladder cancer.
- De novo calcification of liver and nodal metastases in Prostate carcinoma.
- Potential attenuation of disease progression in recurrent prostate Cancer with plant-based diet and stress reduction.
- Adoption of a plant-based diet by patients with recurrent prostate Cancer.
- Radical retropubic Prostatectomy frustrated by prior laparoscopic mesh herniorrhaphy.
- Impact of patient educational level on treatment for patients with prostate Cancer: data from CaPSURE.
- Health related quality of life patterns in patients treated with interstitial prostate brachytherapy for localized prostate Cancer--data from CaPSURE.
- Surgery for prostate Cancer: rationale, technique and outcomes.
- Surgical operative time increases the risk of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in robotic Prostatectomy.
Schools
University of California At San Diego
Brigham and Women39s Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- AdRenalectomy
- Cystectomy
- Cystometry
- Cystourethroscopy and Transurethral Resection of Bladder Neck
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Conditions Treated
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Infection
- Bladder Stones
- Blood in Urine (Hematuria)
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Doctors Specialties
- Urology
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- American Enterprise Group
- American Republic
- Power Select HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Blue Preferred Plus POS
- Blue Card PPO
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Select Plus HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Blue Cross Accord
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicare MCR
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- NGS CoreSource
- Pekin Insurance
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Brigham and Women's Hospital -
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics -
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1619080553 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | DOWNS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | TRACY | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 537920001 | |
| NPPES Provider State | WI | |
| Specialty Description | Urology | |
| Total Claim Count | 250.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 35.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 14.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1619080553 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | DOWNS |
| First Name Of The Provider | TRACY |
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