Dr. Erik Castle is a Professor of Urology at Tulane University School of Medicine, specializing in urologic oncology surgery and minimally invasive/robotic surgery. Dr. Castle's surgical expertise includes robot-assisted radical cystectomy, prostatectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, and partial nephrectomy. He pioneered robot-assisted radical cystecomy in 2005 and robot-assisted RPLND in 2008 being one of the first surgeons in the world performing these surgeries at that time. Dr. Castle has demonstrated many of these procedures internationally and has published extensively across topics of urologic care and science. He serves on the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer Panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).
He earned his medical degree from University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School. He completed Urology Residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center and followed with a Laparoscopic and Reconstructive Urologic Surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic of Arizona. Dr. Castle's research focus includes prostate, bladder, testicular, and kidney cancers. He has experience in clinical trials, health sciences research, outcomes research, and basic science research.