Faculty

Dr. Ronney Abaza is a urologist in Columbus, Ohio whose practice and academic interests are dedicated solely to robotic surgery. Dr. Abaza has performed over 7,500 robotic operations for urologic cancers and other conditions. He is an innovator in robotic surgery as the first in the world to report robotic surgery for adrenocortical carcinoma, kidney cancer with caval thrombi, ureteroileal anastomosis revisions after cystectomy, and renal autotransplantation and several other procedures. He has authored over 150 book chapters and publications in the fields of robotic surgery and urologic cancers. Dr. Abaza frequently serves as faculty at conferences and educational courses and has performed live surgery for the American Urological Association (AUA), the World Congress of Endourology, ERUS, NARUS, IRUS, and SRS, among others. He is father to three children ages 21, 18 and 16, and he and his wife have been happily married for over 25 years.