Our Team

Physicians

Wichita Urology Surgery Center’s board-certified, compassionate team of physicians are also skilled surgeons with vast experience in robotic and minimally invasive surgery, prostate disease, male infertility, erectile dysfunction and all facets of the male and female urinary system, including incontinence, stone disease and urinary oncology.

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AJ Farha, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Dr. Farha received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He completed his internship and residencies in the specialties of surgery and urology at State University of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse, NY. Board certified by the American Board of Urology, Dr. Farha has been in practice since 1989.

Education

Medical Degree: American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Residency: State University of New York, Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY

Practice Locations

  • William Newton Memorial – Winfield, KS

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George Zakharia, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Dr. Zakharia received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He completed his internship and residencies in the specialties of surgery and urology at the SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse, NY. Board certified by the American Board of Urology, Dr. Zakharia has been in practice since 1991.

Education

Medical Degree: American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Residency: SUNY, Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY

Practice Locations

  • Susan B. Allen Memorial – El Dorado, KS

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Gregory F. Byrd, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Dr. Byrd received his medical degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He completed his internship and residencies in the specialties of surgery and urology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Byrd joined the practice in August 2007.

Education
Medical Degree: University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Practice Locations

  • Kearny County Hospital – Lakin, KS
  • Derby Family MedCenter PA – Derby, KS

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Fadi N. Joudi, MD, FACS

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Bio

Dr. Joudi received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his internship in internal medicine at St. Louis University, in St. Louis, MO, and completed residencies in urology at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. He completed a fellowship in urologic oncology at the University of Iowa and then joined the Department of Urology there as an assistant professor. Dr. Joudi is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and board certified by the American Board of Urology. He joined the group in July 2010.

Education
Medical Degree: American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Internship: St. Louis University, in St. Louis, MO

Residency: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Urologic Oncology Fellowship: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Certifications:

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

Practice Locations

  • Ninnescah Valley Health – Kingman, KS
  • Pratt Regional Medical – Pratt, KS

Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

  1.  Joudi FN, Smith BJ, O’Donnell MA, Konety B. Contemporary management of superficial bladder cancer in the United States: a pattern of care analysis.  Urology 62:1083-8, 2003.
  2. Joudi FN, Austin JC, Vogelgesang SA, Jensen CS. Isolated testicular vasculitis presenting as tumor-like lesion.  J Urol 171:799, 2004.
  3. Joudi FN, Lux MM, Sandlow JI. Testicular rupture secondary to paintball injury.  J Urol 171:797, 2004.
  4. Joudi FN, Konety BR. Fluorescence cystoscopy and bladder surveillance.  Curr Opin Urol 14:265-70, 2004.
  5. Joudi FN, O’Donnell MA. Second-line intravesical therapy versus cystectomy for bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) failures.  Curr Opin Urol 14:271-5, 2004.
  6. Joudi FN, Konety BR. The volume-outcome relationship in urologic cancer surgery. Support Cancer Ther 2:42-6, 2004.
  7. Joudi FN, Konety BR. The Impact of provider volume on outcomes from urologic cancer therapy. J Urol 174:432-8, 2005.
  8. Joudi FN, O’Donnell MA and the National BCG-Interferon Phase 2 Investigator Group. Final results from a national multicenter phase II trial of combination bacillus Calmette-Guerin plus interferon alpha-2b for reducing recurrence of superficial bladder cancer. Urol Oncol 24:344-8, 2006.
  9. Joudi FN. Seminoma. Hosp Phys 13(part 2), 2006.
  10. Joudi FN, Smith BJ, O’Donnell MA, Konety BR. The impact of age on response of patients with superficial bladder cancer to intravesical immunotherapy. J Urol 175:1634-40, 2006.
  11. Joudi FN, Krane CN, O’Donnell MA. Minimally invasive management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Curr Urol Rep 7:23-30, 2006.
  12. Joudi FN, Kuehn DM, Williams RD. Maximizing clinical information obtained by computed tomography. Urol Clin North Am 33:287-300, 2006.
  13. Joudi FN, Dahmoush, L, Spector DA, Konety BR. Complete response of bony metastatic bladder urothelial cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and cystectomy. Urol Oncol 24:403-6, 2006.
  14. Joudi FN, Allarerddy V, Kane CJ, Konety BR. Analysis of complications following partial and total nephrectomy for renal cancer in a population based sample. J Urol 177:1709-14, 2007.
  15. Gallagher BL, Joudi FN, Maymí JL, O’Donnell MA. Impact of prior BCG failure pattern on subsequent response to BCG plus interferon intravesical therapy. Urology 71:297-301, 2008.
  16. Nepple KG, Joudi FN, Hillis SL, Wahls TL. Prevalence of delayed clinician response to elevated prostate specific antigen values in men subsequently diagnosed with prostate cancer.  Mayo Clin Proc 83:439-48, 2008.
  17. Joudi FN. Editorial Comment: Fernandez MI et al. Prognostic implications of lymphangiogenesis in muscle-invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Eur Urol 53:579, 2008.
  18. Streeper NM, Simons CM, Konety BR, Muirhead DM, Williams RD, O’Donnell MA, Joudi FN. The significance of lymphovascular invasion in transurethral resection of bladder tumor and cystectomy specimens on survival of patients with urothelial bladder cancer. BJU Int 103:475-479, 2009.
  19. Nepple KG, Wahls TL, Hillis SL, Joudi FN. Gleason score and laterality concordance between prostate biopsy and prostatectomy specimens. Int Braz J Urol Sept-Oct 35(5):559-564, 2009.
  20. Nepple KG, Joudi FN, O’Donnell MA. Review of topical treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Adv Urol, article ID 472831, 2009.
  21. Joudi FN. Editorial Comment: Bourjian SA et. al. The impact of discordance between biopsy and pathological Gleason score on survival after radical prostatectomy. J Urol 181:104, 2009.
  22. Kim RJ, Joudi FN. Chyluria after partial nephrectomy: case report and review of the literature. TSW Urol 9:1-4, 2009.
  23. Rosevear HM, Meier MM, Gallagher BL, Joudi FN. Surgically discovered xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis invading inferior vena cava with coexisting renal cell carcinoma. TSW Urol 9:5-9, 2009.
  24. Kresowick TP, Johnson Mt, Joudi FN . Combined renal sinus fat and perinephric fat invasion in renal cell carcinoma has a worse prognosis than either alone. J Urol 184: 48-52, 2010.
  25. Utility of the RENAL nephrometry scoring system in the real world: predicting surgeon operative experience and complication risk. Rosevear HM, Gellhaus PT, Lightfoot AJ, Kresowik TP, Joudi FN, Tracy CR. BJU Int. 109(5):700-5. 2011
  26. Koç G, Tazeh NN, Joudi FN, Winfield HN, Tracy CR, Brown JA Lower Extremity Neuropathies After Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy on a Split-Leg Table J of Endrourol. 26(8) : 1026-9. 2012.

Book Chapters

  1. Cooper CS, Joudi FN, Williams RD. Urology. In Doherty GM (ed): Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Surgery, 13th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2009.

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Timothy A. Richardson, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Bio

Dr. Richardson received his medical degree from the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine, in Kansas City, KS. He completed his residency in urology at the University Of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, then joined the Urology Center, P.C. in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Richardson is certified by the American College of Surgeons and board certified by the American Board of Urology. He joined the group in July 2012.

Education
Medical Degree: University Of Kansas School Of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

Residency: University Of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Certifications: American College of Surgeons

Practice Locations

  • Pratt Regional Medical – Pratt, KS
  • South Central Kansas Medical Center – Arkansas City, KS

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Jeffrey S. Davis, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Dr. Davis received his medical degree from the University Of Nebraska, College of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his internship in General Surgery followed by his residency in Urologic Surgery at Oklahoma University Health Science Center, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and he is board certified by the American Board of Urology. He joined the group in August 2013.

Education
Medical Degree: University Of Nebraska, College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska

Internship: Oklahoma University, Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Residency: Oklahoma University, Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Practice Locations

  • Partners In Family Care – Moundridge, KS
  • Newton Medical Center – Newton, KS
  • Derby Family MedCenter PA – Derby, KS

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Philippe Nabbout, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Bio

Dr. Nabbout attended Saint-Joseph School of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon where he received his Medical Degree in 2006 and earned a diploma for Laproscopic Surgery in 2009.

He completed his Residency in Urology at Oklahoma University Health Science Center where he completed a fellowship training for Endourology and Robotic Surgery.

Dr. Nabbout is a member of the American Urological Society and is board certified by the American Board of Urology.

Education
Medical Degree: Saint-Joseph University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon

Laparoscopic surgery Diploma: Saint-Joseph University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon

Residency: Oklahoma University, Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Fellowship: Oklahoma University Health Science Center (Endourology and robotic surgery)

Practice Locations

  • Newton Medical Center – Newton, KS

J. Andrew Jensen, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Dr. Jensen attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City where he received his medical degree in 2013. He completed his internship for General Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2014. He completed his residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center and is board certified by the American Board of Urology.

Education:
Medical Degree: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas

General Surgery Internship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Residency: University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Practice Locations:

  • Clara Barton Medical Clinic – Hoisington, KS
  • Patterson Health Center – Anthony, KS

Kahlil N. Saad, MD

Dr. Kahlil Saad was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. He obtained dual undergraduate degrees at the University of Kansas in Lawrence with a B.S. in Biochemistry and a B.A. in Germanic Languages and Literatures. After studying abroad in Germany, where he met his wife, he returned to medical school at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas. He then trained in general urology at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. Dr. Saad completed fellowship training in pediatric urology at the world-renowned Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University before returning home to Wichita to join the group. He will be taking care of our pediatric patients.

Education:
Medical Degree: University of Kansas School Of Medicine, Kansas City, KS

Residency: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Fellowship in pediatric urology : Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

Patrick Houghton, MD

Board Certified by the American Board of Urology

Dr. Patrick Houghton joins Wichita Urology following completion of his urologic training at the Mayo Clinic in Florida.

Prior to this, he attended the US Air Force Academy followed by active duty military service, later transitioning out of the Air Force to pursue a career in medicine. He earned his medical doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.

He practices general urology with emphasis on minimally invasive endoscopic surgical techniques to address prostate enlargement, stones, and urologic cancers as well as laparoscopic and robotic techniques for both malignant and non-malignant disorders of the genitourinary system. He currently is the only urologist in the area to offer Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP).

Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 daughters, being involved in his church, and getting outdoors to both hunt and fish.

Practice Locations

  • Physicians Pavillion – Winfield, KS