El Camino Urology Medical Group, Inc
Frank Lai, M.D.
Frank C. Lai, MD is a board certified urologist who has been
with the El Camino Urology Medical Group since 2003. He was
born in Taiwan and raised in Chicago; there he attended the
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. He is a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Johns Hopkins University where he was the
captain of the Varsity Fencing team and a 1992 Individual Men’s
Conference Champion. Dr. Lai earned his medical degree from
Northwestern University Medical School where he was elected to
the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his
residency and served as a Chief Resident in urology at Stanford
University where he received several awards for his research and
publications. He went on to complete a Society of
Laparoendoscopic Surgeons certified Minimally Invasive Surgery
fellowship at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. There he specialized
in advanced, minimally invasive laparoscopic, robotic, and
endoscopic procedures for a variety of urologic conditions
including kidney, adrenal, and prostate cancers, complex stone
diseases, and voiding dysfunction. He is also particularly
interested in the medical management and prevention of stone
disease. Dr Lai is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
(FACS).
Dr. Lai serves a as national surgery proctor for the da Vinci
Robot, and he is the only urology member for the Cancer
Center at El Camino Hospital.
Dr Lai is a member of the following professional/academic
associations:
American Urological Society (AUA)
The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
American Medical Association (AMA)
American College of Surgeons
Santa Clara County Medical Association
American Association of Clinical Urologists
Northern California Taiwanese Medical Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society (AOA)
- Kidney and Ureteral
Cancer