Urologist Bruno Lopes Cancado Machado, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a fellowship-trained specialist in urinary system surgeries and minimally invasive endoscopic techniques.
Machado sees patients in the Urology Clinic and is an assistant professor in the College of Medicine Department of Urology.
Machado specializes in treating benign and malignant prostate diseases, surgical bladder diseases, and vasectomy reversal. He uses minimally invasive techniques to treat kidney, ureter, and bladder stones. He also screens for prostate cancer and uses the latest management practices for benign prostate enlargement and vasectomy procedures.
“We are happy to welcome someone with Dr. Machado’s training and expertise to our team,” said Rodney Davis, MD, professor and chairman of the department of urology. “He strengthens the care we are able to offer our patients and the training that is part of our educational mission.”
Machado received his medical degree at the Fluminense Federal University in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He completed a residency in general surgery at Hospital Geral de Nova Iguacu, Brazil, and a residency in urology at the Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Machado completed a laparoscopic robotic surgery fellowship at the Clinique Saint Augustin, Bordeaux, France.
The UAMS College of Medicine Department of Urology evaluates and treats diseases and anomalies of the genital and urinary systems. The department specializes in urinary incontinence; impotency; male infertility; vasectomies; vasectomy reversal; reconstructive urology; stone diseases; urinary infections; geriatric urology; cancers of the kidney, bladder, prostate, and testes; and laparoscopic and endourologic surgery.