Richard P. Santarosa, MD

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Richard P. Santarosa M.D.

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80 Mill River St
Ste 2400
Stamford, CT 06902
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Main: 203.356.9391
Fax: 203.356.0270

About Me

Dr. Richard Santarosa is a board-certified urologist. He’s been providing expert urologic care in the Stamford community since 1996. Dr. Santarosa earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY. He then completed his internship, residencies and fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, NY.

Dr. Santarosa has been awarded several honors and accolades noting his professional distinction, and is consistently listed in:
  •  Connecticut Magazine’s: Top Docs
  • New York Magazine’s: Best Doctors
  • Specialties

    Specialties

    Urology

    Special Interests

    Languages

    English

  • Education & Training

    Medical School

    University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry

    Residency

    Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

    Fellowship

    Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

  • Board Certifications & Affiliations

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Urology - Urology

    Affiliations

    American Urological Association, New England Section
    Connecticut State Medical Society
    Fairfield County Medical Society
    Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Published Work

Electrovaporization of the Prostate: Electrosurgical modification of standard transurethral resection in 93 patients with benign hyperplasia

Te, AE, Santarosa, RP, and Kaplan, SA.Journal of Endourology. 11:71-5, 1997.

Etiology of voiding dysfunction in men less than 50 years of age

Kaplan, SA., Ikeguchi, EF., Santarosa, RP, D'Alisera, PM, Hendricks, J, Te, AE and Miller, MI. Urology. 47:836-9. 1996.

Comparison of fascial and vaginal wall slings in the management of intrinsic sphincter deficiency

Kaplan, SA., Santarosa, RP and Te, AE. Urology. 4T:885-9, 1996.

Transurethral electrovaporization of bladder cancer

McKiernan, JM, Kaplan, SA, Santarosa, RP, Te, AE and Sawczuk, IS. Urology, 48:207-10. 1996.

Transurethral electrovaporization of the prostate: one-year experience

Kaplan, SA, Santarosa, RP and Te, AE. Urology. 48:876-81, 1996.

Early molecular changes associated with Streptozotocin-induced diabetic bladder hypertrophy in the rat

Koo, HP, Santarosa, RP, Buttyan, R, Shabsigh, R, Olsson, CA and Kaplan, S. Urology Research, 32:107, 1994.

Neurotrophic factors in the rat penis

Te, A, Santarosa, RP, Koo, HP, Buttyan, R, Greene, LA, Kaplan, SA, Olsson, CA and Shabsigh, R. Journal of Urology, 152:2167,1994.

Hypelplasia and Apoptosis. Opposing cellular processes that regulate the response of the rabbit bladder to transient outlet obstruction

Santarosa, RP, Colombel, MC, Kaplan, SA, Monson, F, Levin RM and Buttyan, R. Lab Invest. 70:503,1994.

Periurethral injection of autologous fat for treatment of sphincteric incontinence

Santarosa, RP and Blaivas, JG. Journal of  Urology. 151:607, 1994.

Increased Plasma Norepinephrine and Sympathetic Nervous System Activity in Essential Hypertensive and Uremic Humans: Effects of clonidine

lzzo, L and Santarosa, RP. Journal Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 10:5225, 1987.

Case Reports

Percutaneous transvesical ureteroscopy for removal of distal ureteral stone after reimplanted ureter

Santarosa, RP, Hensle, TW and Shabsigh. R. Urology, 42:313, 1993.

Review, Chapters

Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

Santarosa, RP, Te, AE and Kaplan, SA. In: Operative Urology, Eds: Krane, RJ, Fitzpatrick, J and Siroky, MB

Prostate and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Kaplan, SA and Santarosa, RP. In: Hospital Physician's Urology Board Review Manual. Ed. Moss, E, Tumer White Communications, Wayne, PA, 4: 1-29,1996.

Modified Vaginal Wall Sling for Repair of Vaginal Prolapse

Santarosa, RP and Kaplan, SA. In: Current Surgical Techniques in Urology, Ed. Olsson, CA, DellaCorte Publications, New York, Vol.9, Issue 3, 1-8, 1996.

Minimally Invasive Procedures for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Santarosa, RP, Te, AE and Kaplan, SA. In: Mediguide to Urology. Ed: Carson, CC, (Vol G Issue 1), 1996.

If You Are in Need of Emergency Care, Call 911.

The majority of the physicians on the Stamford Hospital Medical Staff are not employees or agents of the Hospital. They are independent practitioners who have been granted the privilege of using the Hospital's facilities for the care and treatment of their patients. This includes, but is not limited to, emergency department physicians, anesthesiologists, radiologists, surgeons, cardiologists, obstetricians, pathologists and other consultants who may treat patients.

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