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Michael R Abern

Associate Professor of Urology
Urology
200 Trent Drive, DUMC Box 2804, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, DUMC Box 3707, Durham, NC 27710

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Urology · 2022 - Present Urology, Clinical Science Departments
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2021 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Scholarly Works


The first United States prospective trial using the Hugo™ robot-assisted surgery system.

Journal article BJU Int · July 2026 OBJECTIVE: To describe the safety and effectiveness of the Hugo™ robot-assisted surgery (RAS) system (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) when used for three urological procedures. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The Expand URO (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT056964 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of consolidative surgery following enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab for advanced urothelial cancer: A real-world experience.

Journal article Urol Oncol · June 2026 INTRODUCTION: Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab (EVP) has emerged as frontline treatment for patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma. Consolidative surgery can be offered to select patients with surgically resectable disease following EVP; however, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating BCG response in primary and metachronous non-muscle invasive bladder cancer following prior upper tract urothelial cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal article Urol Oncol · June 2026 INTRODUCTION: Emerging evidence suggests that metachronous non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (m-NMIBC) recurrence after prior upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) treatment is distinct from primary NMIBC (p-NMIBC). Correspondingly, their disease trajec ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education


Rush University, Medical College · 2006 M.D.
University of Illinois · 1996 B.S.