Mantu Gupta, MD, Site Chair of Urology at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside, and Professor of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, a pioneer in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedures.
As the incidence of kidney stones continues to rise, with about 10 percent of the population affected, so does the cost of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). At Mount Sinai, Mantu Gupta, MD, a pioneer in PCNL procedures, is helping to popularize a new approach to treating kidney stones that is not only cost efficient but also safe and effective: ultra-mini PCNL.