Thomas Chi, MD, MBA
Professor
Urology
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
• Fellowship Endourology University of California, San Francisco 06/2013
• Residency Urology University of California, San Francisco 06/2011
• Internship General Surgery University of California, San Francisco 06/2006
• M.D. Medicine University of California, San Francisco 05/2005
• MA Music Stanford University 05/2001
• MA Sociology Stanford University 05/2001
• BA Human Biology Stanford University 05/2000

Interests

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• Nephrolithiasis
• Ultrasound
• Laparoscopy
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)

Publications (138)

Top publication keywords:
UltrasonographyUreteroscopesUreterolithiasisNephrostomy, PercutaneousKidney CalculiUrinary CalculiSurgery, Computer-AssistedUreterUreteral CalculiNephrolithotomy, PercutaneousFluoroscopyUreteroscopyUrolithiasisUreteral ObstructionUltrasonography, Interventional

• Comparison of Minimally Invasive Procedures for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis.
  Radiology 2023 Wu X, Zhou A, Heller M, Chi T, Kohlbrenner R
• The Impact of Bilateral Stone Disease on Patients' Disease Progression and Health-Related Quality of Life.
  Journal of endourology 2023 Raizenne BL, Deyirmendjian C, Lafontaine ML, Balde M, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Antonelli JA, Streeper NM, Sivalingam S, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Landman J, Chi T, Pais VM, Chew BH, Bird VG, …
• Reimagining Ambulatory Care in Urology: Conversion of the Urology Clinic into a Procedure Center Improves Patient's Experience.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2023 Hamouche F, Hakam N, Unno R, Ahn J, Yang H, Bayne D, Stoller ML, Smith S, Finlayson E, Smith J, Chi T
• Clinical and postoperative characteristics of stentless ureteroscopy patients: a prospective analysis from ReSKU.
  The Canadian journal of urology 2023 Hamouche F, Unno R, Hakam N, Charondo LB, Yang H, Ahn J, Bayne DB, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Effects of Delayed Surgical Intervention Following Emergency Department Presentation on Stone Surgery Complexity.
  Journal of endourology 2023 Bayne D, Maru J, Srirangapatanam S, Hicks C, Neuhaus J, Scales C, Chi T, Stoller M

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• Ultrasound-Only Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Is Safe and Effective Compared to Fluoroscopy-Directed Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.
  Journal of endourology 2023 Hosier GW, Hakam N, Hamouche F, Cortez X, Charondo L, Yang H, Chan C, Chang K, Unno R, Sui W, Bayne DB, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Voided volume may not impact stone outcomes: Review of a large institutional nephrolithiasis cohort.
  BJUI compass 2023 Shee K, Chan C, Yang H, Sui W, Bowman M, Hamouche F, Charondo LB, Ho S, Chi T, Stoller ML
• Heterogeneity in stone culture protocols and endourologist practice patterns: a multi-institutional survey.
  Urolithiasis 2022 Tzou DT, Stern KL, Duty BD, Hsi RS, Canvasser NE, De S, Wong AC, Royal CR, Sloss ML, Ziemba JB, Harper JD, Bechis SK, Zampini AM, Borofsky MS, Bell JR, Friedlander JI, Leavitt DA, Nevo A, Patel ND, …
• Maternal family history of urolithiasis is associated with earlier age of onset of stone disease.
  World journal of urology 2022 Unno R, Taguchi K, Hosier G, Usawachintachit M, Sui W, Yang H, Hamouche F, Bayne D, Stoller M, Chi T
• Single-Use Ureteroscopes Are Associated with Decreased Risk of Urinary Tract Infection After Ureteroscopy for Urolithiasis Compared to Reusable Ureteroscopes.
  Journal of endourology 2022 Unno R, Hosier G, Hamouche F, Bayne DB, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Determinants of ureteral obstruction after percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
  Urolithiasis 2022 Lee HH, Yang H, Martin-Tuite P, Unno R, Hamouche F, Ahn J, Bayne D, Stoller M, Chi T
• Underinsurance And Multiple Surgical Treatments for Kidney Stones.
  Urology 2022 Bayne D, Hicks CR, Srirangapatanam S, Armas-Phan M, Maru J, Gennatas E, Allen IE, Seligman H, Stoller M, Suskind A, Chi TL
• The Duration of Stone Disease and the Impact of a Stone Event on Patients' Quality of Life.
  Journal of endourology 2022 Raizenne BL, Deyirmendjian C, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Antonelli JA, Streeper NM, Sivalingam S, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Landman J, Chi T, Pais VM, Chew BH, Bird VG, Andonian S, Canvasser NE, …
• Editorial Comment.
  The Journal of urology 2022 Hosier GW, Chi T
• Multi-Institutional Variation in Performance of Low-Dose Computed Tomography for the Evaluation of Suspected Nephrolithiasis.
  Journal of endourology 2022 Raskolnikov D, Tzou DT, Ahn JS, Bechis SK, Chi TL, Sorensen MD, Stoller ML, Harper JD
• Therapeutic Living Donor Nephrectomy for Proximal Ureteral Pathology: A Longitudinal Case Series.
  Urology 2022 Freise J, Nunez M, Chi T, Stoller M, Freise C, Roll GR
• Community Income, Healthy Food Access, and Repeat Surgery for Kidney Stones.
  Urology 2021 Bayne D, Srirangapatanam S, Hicks CR, Armas-Phan M, Showen A, Suskind A, Seligman H, Bibbins-Domingo K, Stoller M, Chi TL
• A large staghorn stone diagnosed and managed in an asymptomatic patient using the "Kidney Injury Test (Kit)" spot urine assay: A case report.
  Urology case reports 2021 Charondo LB, Hamouche F, Sarwal RD, Sarwal MM, Chi T, Stoller ML
• The erector spinae plane block can facilitate outpatient stone surgery by reducing breakthrough pain.
  BJU international 2021 Yang H, Lee HH, Martin-Tuite P, Chappidi M, Bowman M, Hamouche F, Ahn J, Stoller M, Braehler M, Chi T
• What is the relationship of stress to patients' kidney stone-related quality of life?
  Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada 2021 Lundeen C, Lim JRZ, Scotland KB, Ardekani RS, Penniston KL, Streeper NM, Chi T, Landman J, Viprakasit DP, Chew BH
• Nedosiran Dramatically Reduces Serum Oxalate in Dialysis-Dependent Primary Hyperoxaluria 1: A Compassionate Use Case Report.
  Urology 2021 Shee K, Ahn J, Hamouche F, Mena J, Chi T, Stoller ML
• European Association of Urology Section of Urolithiasis and International Alliance of Urolithiasis Joint Consensus on Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.
  European urology focus 2021 Zeng G, Zhong W, Pearle M, Choong S, Chew B, Skolarikos A, Liatsikos E, Pal SK, Lahme S, Durutovic O, Farahat Y, Khadgi S, Desai M, Chi T, Smith D, Hoznek A, Papatsoris A, Desai J, Mazzon G, Somani B,…
• The impact of the number of lifetime stone events on quality of life: results from the North American Stone Quality of Life Consortium.
  Urolithiasis 2021 Tapiero S, Limfuco L, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Penniston KL, Nakada SY, Antonelli JA, Streeper NM, Sivalingam S, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Okhunov Z, Patel RM, Chi T, Pais VM, Chew BH, Bird VG, Andonian S, …
• Live Renal Ultrasonography Facilitates Double-J Ureteral Stent Insertion at the Bedside: A Pilot Study for the COVID-19 Era.
  Journal of endourology 2020 Yang H, Chappidi M, Overland M, Ahn J, Bayne D, Chi T
• Estimating the health-related quality of life of kidney stone patients: initial results from the Wisconsin Stone Quality of Life Machine-Learning Algorithm (WISQOL-MLA).
  BJU international 2020 Nguyen DD, Luo JW, Lu XH, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Antonelli JA, Streeper NM, Sivalingam S, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Landman J, Chi T, Pais VM, Chew BH, Bird VG, Andonian S, Canvasser NE, Harper…
• Low Urologist Density Predicts High-Cost Surgical Treatment of Stone Disease.
  Journal of endourology 2020 Bayne DB, Armas-Phan M, Srirangapatanam S, Ahn J, Brown TT, Stoller M, Chi TL
• Response to: Khusid, Atallah, and Gupta re: "Metabolic Syndrome Negatively Impacts Stone-Specific Quality of Life" by Lim et al.
  Journal of endourology 2020 Lim JRZ, Scotland KB, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Antonelli JA, Streeper NM, Sivalingam S, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Landman J, Chi T, Pais VM, Bird VG, Andonian S, Bhojani N, Canvasser NE, Harper …
• Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment Prior to Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis Improves Postoperative Outcomes: Results from a Multicenter Study.
  The Journal of urology 2020 Xie L, Tapiero S, Flores AR, Armas-Phan M, Limfueco L, Karani R, Jiang P, Cobb KD, Sur RL, Chi T, Landman J, Kaler KS, Clayman RV
• Ectopic biomineralization in kidney stone formers compared to non-stone formers.
  Translational andrology and urology 2020 Fernandez AM, Sherer BA, Gansky SA, Mena JD, Srirangapatanam S, Wiener SV, Chi T, Ho SP, Stoller ML
• Metabolic Syndrome Negatively Impacts Stone-Specific Quality of Life.
  Journal of endourology 2020 Lim JRZ, Scotland KB, Bechis SK, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Antonelli JA, Streeper NM, Sivalingam S, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Landman J, Chi T, Pais VM, Bird VG, Andonian S, Bhojani N, Canvasser NE, Harper …
• Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Horseshoe Kidneys: Results of a Multicentric Study.
  Journal of endourology 2020 Vicentini FC, Mazzucchi E, Gökçe MI, Sofer M, Tanidir Y, Sener TE, de Souza Melo PA, Eisner B, Batter TH, Chi T, Armas-Phan M, Scoffone CM, Cracco CM, Perez BOM, Angerri O, Emiliani E, Maugeri O, …
• Stone formation in patients less than 20 years of age is associated with higher rates of stone recurrence: Results from the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter (ReSKU).
  Journal of pediatric urology 2020 Li Y, Bayne D, Wiener S, Ahn J, Stoller M, Chi T
• Fatty acid-binding protein 4 downregulation drives calcification in the development of kidney stone disease.
  Kidney international 2020 Taguchi K, Chen L, Usawachintachit M, Hamamoto S, Kang M, Sugino T, Unno R, Tzou DT, Sherer BA, Okada A, Yasui T, Ho SP, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Editorial Commentary.
  Urology practice 2020 Ahn JS, Chi TL
• Non-radiological assessment of kidney stones using the kidney injury test (KIT), a spot urine assay.
  BJU international 2020 Yang JYC, Sarwal RD, Ky K, Dong V, Stoller M, Sarwal MM, Chi T
• Thiel-embalmed cadavers as a novel training model for ultrasound-guided supine endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery.
  BJU international 2019 Veys R, Verpoort P, Van Haute C, Wang ZT, Chi T, Tailly T
• The effect of travel distance on health-related quality of life for patients with nephrolithiasis.
  Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada 2019 Narang GL, Wiener LE, Penniston KL, Antonelli JA, Averch TD, Sivalingam S, Chew BH, Bird VG, Pais VM, Sur RL, Chi T, Streeper NM, Nakada SY, Koch GG, Viprakasit DP
• Ultrasound-guided Morcellation During Difficult Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate.
  Urology 2019 Tzou DT, Metzler IS, Tsai C, Goodman J, Bayne DB, Chi T
• Ultrasound guidance can be used safely for renal tract dilatation during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
  BJU international 2019 Armas-Phan M, Tzou DT, Bayne DB, Wiener SV, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Techniques - Ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy: How we do it.
  Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada 2019 Beiko D, Razvi H, Bhojani N, Bjazevic J, Bayne DB, Tzou DT, Stoller ML, Chi T
• The Impact of Stone Multiplicity on Surgical Decisions for Patients with Large Stone Burden: Results from ReSKU.
  Journal of endourology 2019 Zetumer S, Wiener S, Bayne DB, Armas-Phan M, Washington SL, Tzou DT, Stoller M, Chi T
• A conserved role of the insulin-like signaling pathway in diet-dependent uric acid pathologies in Drosophila melanogaster.
  PLoS genetics 2019 Lang S, Hilsabeck TA, Wilson KA, Sharma A, Bose N, Brackman DJ, Beck JN, Chen L, Watson MA, Killilea DW, Ho S, Kahn A, Giacomini K, Stoller ML, Chi T, Kapahi P
• Ultrasound-guided Access and Dilation for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Supine Position: A Step-by-Step Approach.
  Urology 2019 Tzou DT, Metzler IS, Usawachintachit M, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Association of Patient Age and Gender with Kidney Stone Related Quality of Life.
  The Journal of urology 2019 Stern KL, Gao T, Antonelli JA, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Chi T, Chew BH, Bird VG, Pais VM, Streeper NM, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Penniston KL, Sivalingam S
• Low Income and Nonwhite Race are Strongly Associated with Worse Quality of Life in Patients with Nephrolithiasis.
  The Journal of urology 2019 Ahmad TR, Tzou DT, Usawachintachit M, Reliford-Titus S, Wu C, Goodman J, Antonelli JA, Viprakasit DP, Averch TD, Sivalingam S, Chew BH, Bird VG, Pais VM, Streeper NM, Sur RL, Nakada SY, Penniston KL, …
• Computed Tomography Radiation Exposure Among Referred Kidney Stone Patients: Results from the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter.
  Journal of endourology 2019 Tzou DT, Zetumer S, Usawachintachit M, Taguchi K, Bechis SK, Duty BD, Harper JD, Hsi RS, Sorensen M, Sur RL, Reliford-Titus S, Chang HC, Isaacson D, Bayne DB, Wang ZJ, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on Stone Burden at Presentation to Tertiary Referral Center: Data From the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter.
  Urology 2019 Bayne DB, Usawachintachit M, Armas-Phan M, Tzou DT, Wiener S, Brown TT, Stoller M, Chi TL
• Editorial Comment.
  The Journal of urology 2019 Bayne DB, Chi T
• Assessing Cost-Effectiveness of New Technologies in Stone Management.
  The Urologic clinics of North America 2019 Bayne DB, Chi TL
• American Urological Association, American College of Emergency Physicians and American College of Radiology Quality Improvement Summit 2017: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging.
  Urology practice 2019 Nielsen ME, Averch T, Chi T, Fredricks N, Shiu-Kai Fung G, Montie J, Purysko A, Remer EM, Smith-Bindman R, Sternberg K, Venkatesh A, Wolf JS, Ziemba J, Moore C
• Editorial Comment.
  The Journal of urology 2018 Tzou DT, Chi T
• Increasing Body Mass Index Steepens the Learning Curve for Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.
  Urology 2018 Bayne DB, Usawachintachit M, Tzou D, Taguchi K, Shindel A, Chi TL
• Ultrasound-Guided Morcellation During Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate.
  Journal of endourology case reports 2018 Tzou DT, Metzler IS, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of orbital and anterior visual pathway lesions.
  Magnetic resonance imaging 2018 Jittapiromsak N, Hou P, Liu HL, Sun J, Schiffman JS, Chi TL
• The Morbidity of Ureteral Strictures in Patients with Prior Ureteroscopic Stone Surgery: Multi-Institutional Outcomes.
  Journal of endourology 2018 May PC, Hsi RS, Tran H, Stoller ML, Chew BH, Chi T, Usawachintachit M, Duty BD, Gore JL, Harper JD
• Management of Inverted Papilloma During Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate.
  Urology 2018 Tzou DT, Cadwell C, Simko JP, Chi T, Stoller ML
• Micro-Costing Analysis Demonstrates Comparable Costs for LithoVue Compared to Reusable Flexible Fiberoptic Ureteroscopes.
  Journal of endourology 2018 Taguchi K, Usawachintachit M, Tzou DT, Sherer BA, Metzler I, Isaacson D, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Radiation Therapy as an Effective Salvage Strategy for Secondary CNS Lymphoma.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2018 Milgrom SA, Pinnix CC, Chi TL, Vu TH, Gunther JR, Sheu T, Fowler N, Westin JR, Nastoupil LJ, Oki Y, Fayad LE, Neelapu S, Rodriguez MA, Hagemeister FB, Fanale MA, Lee HJ, Hosing C, Ahmed S, Nieto Y, …
• Clinical Outcomes for Cystinuria Patients with Unilateral Versus Bilateral Cystine Stone Disease.
  Journal of endourology 2018 Usawachintachit M, Sherer B, Hudnall M, Tzou DT, Taguchi K, Hsi RS, Stoller M, Chi T
• Ultrasound for Intraoperative Confirmation of Antegrade Ureteral Stent Placement During Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty.
  Urology 2018 Bayne DB, Usawachintachit M, Chi T
• Identifying factors associated with need for flexible ureteroscope repair: a Western Endourology STone (WEST) research consortium prospective cohort study.
  Urolithiasis 2017 Taguchi K, Harper JD, Stoller ML, Duty BD, Sorensen MD, Sur RL, Usawachintachit M, Tzou DT, Wenzler DL, Isaacson D, Xu A, Chu C, Zaid UB, Taylor ER, Ramaswamy K, Chi T
• Variation in Radiologic and Urologic Computed Tomography Interpretation of Urinary Tract Stone Burden: Results From the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter.
  Urology 2017 Tzou DT, Isaacson D, Usawachintachit M, Wang ZJ, Taguchi K, Hills NK, Hsi RS, Sherer BA, Reliford-Titus S, Duty B, Harper JD, Sorensen M, Sur RL, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Defining the Costs of Reusable Flexible Ureteroscope Reprocessing Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing.
  Journal of endourology 2017 Isaacson D, Ahmad T, Metzler I, Tzou DT, Taguchi K, Usawachintachit M, Zetumer S, Sherer B, Stoller M, Chi T
• Optimizing RNA Extraction of Renal Papilla Biopsy Tissue in Kidney Stone Formers: A New Methodology for Genomic Study.
  Journal of endourology 2017 Taguchi K, Usawachintachit M, Hamamoto S, Unno R, Tzou DT, Sherer BA, Wang Y, Okada A, Stoller ML, Yasui T, Chi T
• Most common sites on MRI of intracranial neoplastic leptomeningeal disease.
  Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 2017 Debnam JM, Mayer RR, Chi TL, Ketonen L, Weinberg JS, Wei W, Groves MD, Guha-Thakurta N
• Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound as a Radiation-Free Alternative to Fluoroscopic Nephrostogram for Evaluating Ureteral Patency.
  The Journal of urology 2017 Chi T, Usawachintachit M, Weinstein S, Kohi MP, Taylor A, Tzou DT, Chang HC, Stoller M, Mongan J
• Editorial Comment.
  The Journal of urology 2017 Chi T
• Genetic Risk Factors for Idiopathic Urolithiasis: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Causal Network Analysis.
  European urology focus 2017 Taguchi K, Yasui T, Milliner DS, Hoppe B, Chi T
• Prognostic Role of Conventional and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Optic Pathway Gliomas.
  Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging 2017 Jittapiromsak N, Hou P, Liu HL, Sun J, Slopis JM, Chi TL
• A Prospective Case-Control Study Comparing LithoVue, a Single-Use, Flexible Disposable Ureteroscope, with Flexible, Reusable Fiber-Optic Ureteroscopes.
  Journal of endourology 2017 Usawachintachit M, Isaacson DS, Taguchi K, Tzou DT, Hsi RS, Sherer BA, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Medical expulsive therapy use in emergency department patients diagnosed with ureteral stones.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2017 Wang RC, Addo N, Chi T, Moore C, Mallin M, Shiboski S, Stoller M, Smith-Bindman R
• Editorial Comment.
  Urology 2017 Chi T
• Ultrasound-Guided Renal Access and Tract Dilation.
  Videourology (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 2017 Usawachintachit M, Tzou DT, Washington SL, Hu W, Li J, Chi T
• α-Lipoic acid treatment prevents cystine urolithiasis in a mouse model of cystinuria.
  Nature medicine 2017 Zee T, Bose N, Zee J, Beck JN, Yang S, Parihar J, Yang M, Damodar S, Hall D, O'Leary MN, Ramanathan A, Gerona RR, Killilea DW, Chi T, Tischfield J, Sahota A, Kahn A, Stoller ML, Kapahi P
• Ultrasound Guidance Reduces Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Cost Compared to Fluoroscopy.
  Urology 2016 Hudnall M, Usawachintachit M, Metzler I, Tzou DT, Harrison B, Lobo E, Chi T
• Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Detects Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Setting of Chronic Renal Insufficiency.
  Clinical genitourinary cancer 2016 Tzou DT, Weinstein S, Usawachintachit M, Mongan J, Greene KL, Chi T
• Orbital oncocytoma: evaluation with dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging using a time-signal intensity curve and positive enhancement integral images.
  Clinical imaging 2016 Jittapiromsak N, Hou P, Williams MD, Chi TL
• Feasibility of Retrograde Ureteral Contrast Injection to Guide Ultrasonographic Percutaneous Renal Access in the Nondilated Collecting System.
  Journal of endourology 2016 Usawachintachit M, Tzou DT, Mongan J, Taguchi K, Weinstein S, Chi T
• Dietary Zinc and Incident Calcium Kidney Stones in Adolescence.
  The Journal of urology 2016 Tasian GE, Ross ME, Song L, Grundmeier RW, Massey J, Denburg MR, Copelovitch L, Warner S, Chi T, Killilea DW, Stoller ML, Furth SL
• Antegrade ultrasound contrast injection facilitates accurate nephrostomy tube positioning during percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
  International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association 2016 Usawachintachit M, Tzou DT, Mongan J, Weinstein S, Chi T
• Animal models of urinary stone disease.
  International journal of surgery (London, England) 2016 Tzou DT, Taguchi K, Chi T, Stoller ML
• Ultrasound Use in Urinary Stones: Adapting Old Technology for a Modern-Day Disease.
  Journal of endourology 2016 Tzou DT, Usawachintachit M, Taguchi K, Chi T
• Rationale and Design of the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter (ReSKU): A Prospective Observational Registry to Study the Natural History of Urolithiasis Patients.
  Journal of endourology 2016 Chang HC, Tzou DT, Usawachintachit M, Duty BD, Hsi RS, Harper JD, Sorensen MD, Stoller ML, Sur RL, Chi T
• Emergency Department Imaging Modality Effect on Surgical Management of Nephrolithiasis: A Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial.
  The Journal of urology 2016 Metzler IS, Smith-Bindman R, Moghadassi M, Wang RC, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Feasibility of Antegrade Contrast-enhanced US Nephrostograms to Evaluate Ureteral Patency.
  Radiology 2016 Chi T, Usawachintachit M, Mongan J, Kohi MP, Taylor A, Jha P, Chang HC, Stoller M, Goldstein R, Weinstein S
• X-ray-free Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: How to Select the Right Patient?
  Urology 2016 Usawachintachit M, Tzou DT, Hu W, Li J, Chi T
• Emphysematous pyelonephritis: the impact of urolithiasis on disease severity.
  Translational andrology and urology 2016 Sanford TH, Myers F, Chi T, Bagga HS, Taylor AG, Stoller ML
• Using an abdominal phantom to teach urology residentes ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle placement.
  International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology 2016 Filippou P, Odisho A, Ramaswamy K, Usawachintachit M, Hu W, Li J, Chi T
• Adopting Ultrasound Guidance for Prone Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Evaluating the Learning Curve for the Experienced Surgeon.
  Journal of endourology 2016 Usawachintachit M, Masic S, Allen IE, Li J, Chi T
• Significant differences in struvite and cystine stone frequency seen among Chinese nephrolithiasis patients living in North America compared to those living in China.
  Translational andrology and urology 2016 Chi T, Usawachintachit M, Filippou P, Bayne D, Hu W, Chang H, Xia L, Chen Q, Xue W, He H, Long Q, Arsovska O, Taylor E, Paterson R, Sur RL, Chew B, Stoller ML, Li J
• Ultrasound Guidance to Assist Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Reduces Radiation Exposure in Obese Patients.
  Urology 2016 Usawachintachit M, Masic S, Chang HC, Allen IE, Chi T
• Methylene Blue Injection as an Alternative to Antegrade Nephrostography to Assess Urinary Obstruction After Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.
  Journal of endourology 2016 Truesdale MD, Elmer-Dewitt M, Sandri M, Schmidt B, Metzler I, Gadzinski A, Stoller ML, Chi T
• Ultrasound Guidance for Renal Tract Access and Dilation Reduces Radiation Exposure during Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.
  Advances in urology 2016 Chi T, Masic S, Li J, Usawachintachit M
• Ultrasound-Guided Renal Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Description of Three Novel Ultrasound-Guided Needle Techniques.
  Journal of endourology 2016 Chu C, Masic S, Usawachintachit M, Hu W, Yang W, Stoller M, Li J, Chi T
• Editorial Comment.
  Urology 2015 Chi T
• Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Association with Recurrent Nephrolithiasis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
  The Journal of urology 2015 Hsi RS, Spieker AJ, Stoller ML, Jacobs DR, Reiner AP, McClelland RL, Kahn AJ, Chi T, Szklo M, Sorensen MD
• The elementome of calcium-based urinary stones and its role in urolithiasis.
  Nature reviews. Urology 2015 Ramaswamy K, Killilea DW, Kapahi P, Kahn AJ, Chi T, Stoller ML
• Validation of a Visual Prostate Symptom Score in Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in a Health Safety Net Hospital.
  Urology 2015 Selekman RE, Harris CR, Filippou P, Chi T, Alwaal A, Blaschko SD, Breyer BN
• Elemental Content of Calcium Oxalate Stones from a Canine Model of Urinary Stone Disease.
  PloS one 2015 Killilea DW, Westropp JL, Shiraki R, Mellema M, Larsen J, Kahn AJ, Kapahi P, Chi T, Stoller ML
• A Drosophila model identifies a critical role for zinc in mineralization for kidney stone disease.
  PloS one 2015 Chi T, Kim MS, Lang S, Bose N, Kahn A, Flechner L, Blaschko SD, Zee T, Muteliefu G, Bond N, Kolipinski M, Fakra SC, Mandel N, Miller J, Ramanathan A, Killilea DW, Brückner K, Kapahi P, Stoller ML
• Laparoscopic Nephrectomy with Autotransplantation: Safety, Efficacy and Long-Term Durability.
  The Journal of urology 2015 Tran G, Ramaswamy K, Chi T, Meng M, Freise C, Stoller ML
• Targeted microbubbles: a novel application for the treatment of kidney stones.
  BJU international 2015 Ramaswamy K, Marx V, Laser D, Kenny T, Chi T, Bailey M, Sorensen MD, Grubbs RH, Stoller ML
• Determinants of nephrostomy tube dislodgment after percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
  Journal of endourology 2014 Bayne D, Taylor ER, Hampson L, Chi T, Stoller ML
• Dyslipidemia is associated with an increased risk of nephrolithiasis.
  Urolithiasis 2014 Masterson JH, Woo JR, Chang DC, Chi T, L'Esperance JO, Stoller ML, Sur RL
• Alexander Randall may have had it right after all.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Balancing the utility of new technology against cost in urinary stone disease.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Gastric bypass surgery patients warrant special attention for preventing urinary stones.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Kidney stone disease.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Stoller ML
• Looking beyond the guidelines for perioperative antibiotics in nephrolithiasis.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Making sense of dietary calcium and urinary stone disease.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Moderation may be the best fad diet for urinary stone disease.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Reactive oxygen species may unite many mechanisms by which calcium oxalate stones form.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• The days of cost effective management for nephrolithiasis are already upon us.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• The link between metabolic syndrome and nephrolithiasis: a white whale for understanding urinary stone disease.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Treating the cystine stone former presents a singular clinical challenge.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Ureteral stents are part of an ever-expanding technology horizon.
  Translational andrology and urology 2014 Chi T, Taylor E, Stoller ML
• Dietary intake of fiber, fruit and vegetables decreases the risk of incident kidney stones in women: a Women's Health Initiative report.
  The Journal of urology 2014 Sorensen MD, Hsi RS, Chi T, Shara N, Wactawski-Wende J, Kahn AJ, Wang H, Hou L, Stoller ML, Women’s Health Initiative Writing Group
• Activity, energy intake, obesity, and the risk of incident kidney stones in postmenopausal women: a report from the Women's Health Initiative.
  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2013 Sorensen MD, Chi T, Shara NM, Wang H, Hsi RS, Orchard T, Kahn AJ, Jackson RD, Miller J, Reiner AP, Stoller ML
• Early post-bevacizumab progression on contrast-enhanced MRI as a prognostic marker for overall survival in recurrent glioblastoma: results from the ACRIN 6677/RTOG 0625 Central Reader Study.
  Neuro-oncology 2013 Boxerman JL, Zhang Z, Safriel Y, Larvie M, Snyder BS, Jain R, Chi TL, Sorensen AG, Gilbert MR, Barboriak DP
• Drosophila melanogaster as an emerging translational model of human nephrolithiasis.
  The Journal of urology 2013 Miller J, Chi T, Kapahi P, Kahn AJ, Kim MS, Hirata T, Romero MF, Dow JA, Stoller ML
• Strontium substitution for calcium in lithogenesis.
  The Journal of urology 2012 Blaschko SD, Chi T, Miller J, Flechner L, Fakra S, Kapahi P, Kahn A, Stoller ML
• Complications associated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
  Translational andrology and urology 2012 Taylor E, Miller J, Chi T, Stoller ML
• New insights into the pathogenesis of renal calculi.
  The Urologic clinics of North America 2012 Bagga HS, Chi T, Miller J, Stoller ML
• Microcomposition of human urinary calculi using advanced imaging techniques.
  The Journal of urology 2012 Blaschko SD, Miller J, Chi T, Flechner L, Fakra S, Kahn A, Kapahi P, Stoller ML
• Systemic implications of urinary stone disease.
  Translational andrology and urology 2012 Kovshilovskaya B, Chi T, Miller J, Stoller ML
• Impact of nutritional factors on incident kidney stone formation: a report from the WHI OS.
  The Journal of urology 2012 Sorensen MD, Kahn AJ, Reiner AP, Tseng TY, Shikany JM, Wallace RB, Chi T, Wactawski-Wende J, Jackson RD, O'Sullivan MJ, Sadetsky N, Stoller ML, WHI Working Group
• Randall plaque versus renal stone?
  Translational andrology and urology 2012 Chi T, Miller J, Stoller ML
• Stones: Passing a stone in your sleep might be easier than you think.
  Nature reviews. Urology 2011 Chi T, Stoller ML
• Laterality of nephrocalcinosis in kidney stone formers with severe hypocitraturia.
  BJU international 2011 Le JD, Eisner BH, Tseng TY, Chi T, Stoller ML
• Androgen blockade for the treatment of high-flow priapism.
  The journal of sexual medicine 2010 Mwamukonda KB, Chi T, Shindel AW, Lue TF
• An ex-vivo evaluation of the application and strength of a novel laparoscopic knot substitute device.
  Journal of endourology 2010 Chi T, Eisner BH, Berger AD, Stoller ML
• Penile sonographic and clinical characteristics in men with Peyronie's disease.
  The journal of sexual medicine 2009 Smith JF, Brant WO, Fradet V, Shindel AW, Vittinghoff E, Chi T, Huang YC, Davis CB, Conti S, Lue TF
• Renal arteriovenous malformation.
  The Journal of urology 2009 Chi T, Eisner B, Stoller ML
• Changes in urinary stone risk factors in hypocitraturic calcium oxalate stone formers treated with dietary sodium supplementation.
  The Journal of urology 2009 Stoller ML, Chi T, Eisner BH, Shami G, Gentle DL
• Management of severe urethral complications of prostate cancer therapy.
  The Journal of urology 2006 Elliott SP, McAninch JW, Chi T, Doyle SM, Master VA
• Increased echogenicity as a predictor of poor renal function in children with grade 3 to 4 hydronephrosis.
  The Journal of urology 2006 Chi T, Feldstein VA, Nguyen HT
• The independent impact of extended pattern biopsy on prostate cancer stage migration.
  The Journal of urology 2005 Master VA, Chi T, Simko JP, Weinberg V, Carroll PR
• Variability in testis biopsy interpretation: implications for male infertility care in the era of intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
  Fertility and sterility 2005 Cooperberg MR, Chi T, Jad A, Cha I, Turek PJ