Meet Our Team
Emory Department of Urology's medical team includes board-certified physicians who respond quickly to urgent and non-urgent urological needs for both men and women. We offer comprehensive urology services including minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer and kidney stones.
Daniel Canter, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Canter earned his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania and conducted his fellowship at the Fox Chase Cancer Center both located in Philadelphia. Dr. Canter recently joined Emory in July 2011.
Kenneth J. Carney, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Assistant Professor of Urology
Chief of Urology, Grady Memorial Hospital
Specialties: Urology, Urologic Oncology
Dr. Carney earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and completed his residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He conducted fellowships at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York and at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Carney began practicing at Emory in 2001. His areas of clinical interest include penile cancer, Peyronie's disease, bladder cancer/tumors, prostate cancer, urethral strictures, and urinary diversion.
Hark H. Chang, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Chang earned his medical degree from the Korea University School of Medicine and completed residencies at Long Island College Hospital and New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Chang's areas of clinical interest include Peyronie's disease, adrenal disorders, bladder cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, bladder dysfunction, circumcision, genital warts, impotence, kidney cancer, kidney disease, prostate cancer, urethral strictures, urinary incontinence, varicocele, varicose veins, and vasectomy.
Niall Galloway, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Associate Professor of Urology
Director, Emory Continence Center
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Galloway earned his medical degree from Aberdeen University Medical School in Edinburgh, Scotland and completed his residency at Royal United Hospital in Bath, England. He conducted his fellowship at Duke University Hospital. Dr. Galloway began practicing at Emory in 1988. His areas of clinical interest include neurogenic dysfunction, rectocele repair, urethral strictures, urinary diversion, urinary incontinence, uterine prolapse, and vaginal vault prolapse.
Wayland Hsiao, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Assistant Professor of Urology
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Hsiao earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia and completed his residency at the Emory University School of Medicine. He conducted his fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Dr. Hsiao recently joined the practice in July 2011. His areas of clinical interest include Peyronie's disease, impotence, infertility, penile implantation, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, varicocele, vasectomy and vasectomy reversal.
Muta M. Issa, MD
Associate Professor of Urology
Chief of Urology at Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Issa earned his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He conducted his fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Issa began practicing at Emory in 1997. His areas of clinical interest include benign prostatic hyperplasia, bladder cancer/tumors, circumcision, kidney cancer, kidney stones, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, urinary diversion, and vasectomy.
Viraj Master, MD, PhD, FACS
Emory Clinic Physician
Associate Professor of Urology
Director, Clinical Research
Specialties: Urology, Urologic Oncology
Dr. Master earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago and completed his residency at the University of California, San Francisco. He also conducted his fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Master began practicing at Emory in 2005. His areas of clinical interest include adrenal masses, bladder cancer/tumors, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and urethral strictures.
Peter T. Nieh, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Associate Professor of Urology
Director, Uro-Oncology Center
Specialties: Urology, Urologic Oncology
Dr. Nieh earned his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Nieh began practicing at Emory in 2003. His areas of clinical interest include bladder cancer/tumors, kidney cancer, kidney stones, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, urinary diversion, and vasectomy.
Kenneth Ogan, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Associate Professor of Urology
Specialties: Urology, Urologic Oncology
Dr. Ogan earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York and completed his residency at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. He conducted his fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Ogan began practicing at Emory in 2005. His areas of clinical interest include adrenal masses, bladder cancer/tumors, kidney cancer, kidney stones, and prostate cancer.
John G. Pattaras, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Associate Professor of Urology
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Specialties: Urology, Urologic Oncology
Dr. Pattaras earned his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and completed his residency at George Washington University Medical Center. He conducted a fellowship at the St. Louis University Medical Center and a second fellowship in biotechnology at the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Pattaras began practicing at Emory in 2000. His areas of clinical interest include bladder cancer/tumors, kidney cancer, kidney stones, prostate cancer, renal dysfunction, testicular cancer, and vasectomy.
John A. Petros, MD
Associate Professor of Urology
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Petros earned his medical degree from Loyola University in Chicago and completed his residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He conducted his fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Petros began practicing at Emory in 1993. His areas of clinical interest include bladder cancer/tumors, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.
Chad Ritenour, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Associate Professor of Urology
Residency Program Director
Director, Men's Health Center
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Ritenour earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia and completed his residency at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Ritenour began practicing at Emory in 2001. His areas of clinical interest include Peyronie's disease, benign prostatic hyperplasia, bladder cancer/tumors, impotence, infertility, kidney cancer, kidney stones, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, varicocele, vasectomy, and vasectomy reversal.
Jerry Sullivan, MD
Professor of Urology
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Specialties: Urology
Hadley Wyre, MD
Emory Clinic Physician
Instructor Professor of Urology
Specialties: Urology
Dr. Wyre earned his medical degree and completed his residency at the Emory University School of Medicine. He also conducted his fellowship at Emory and recently joined the practice July 2011 upon his completion of the program.
