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Department of Urology at Georgia regents University
Augusta, GA
About
Bio
Rabii Madi, MD
Professor of Urology
Director of Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery at Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
Specialty:
Urologic Oncology
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urologic Surgery
Education and Training:
Fellowship: Urologic Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center
Residency: Urology, American University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Medical School: Kursk State Medical University, Russia
Research and Clinical Interests
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urologic Surgery
Therapies for Genitourinary Cancers
Urological Oncology
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Urology
Urology - Oncology
Licenses
United States: Georgia
Languages spoken
Arabic, Russian
Doctor Q&A
63 Answers
23 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 26-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Yes, it can: Recent researches have shown that men with diabetes have low sperm count. Uncontrolled blood sugar level and fluctuating blood sugar levels lead to lo... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Nocturia: What you have is called nocturia. It is considered abnormal if you have to get up more than once at night to urinate. There are many reasons for it de... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Symptoms: Not sure, but a rare entity called urethral diverticulum can cause the symptoms you are describing. A thorough pelvic exam is needed.
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A 59-year-old member asked:
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ED: If you are relatively healthy and not taking nitrates for chest pain, i would remcommend pd5 inhibitors such as viagra, cialis, or levitra (vardenafil... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Gross hematuria : Visible blood in the urine is called gross hematuria and it always needs to be investigated. Your husband is young and it is unlikely he will have a s... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Stones : Are You forming kidney stones or bladder stones? Spina bifida occulta can affect the nerves of the bladder. Repeated urinary tract infection can also ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
UTI probably : It sounds like UTI. You need a urine analysis and urine culture. Antibiotics like ciprofloxacin should help.
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A male asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Penis size : Length of penis varies from one man to another. The size does not affect sexual performance and satisfaction of the partner in most cases. There is n... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Psychogenic ED: Probably anxiety related or psychogenic factors can play a role in his situation. He is still too young for organic ED. It is very common in young man... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Spontaneous healing : Usually it heals by itself without any intervention.
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A female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Urinary frequency: it could be a sign of urinary tract infection or UTI. you need to do a urine analysis, culture and may be started on antibiotics. Absence of burning ... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Testicular pain: could be different causes. Most testicular pain is physiologic and self limited. however, acute testicular pain can be a sign of serious pathologies l... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Shouldn't : It shouldn't affect. It improves election and helps to maintain it
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
No: clindamycin is not the typical medication prescribed for STDs. You need to see your pcp for proper examination and treatment.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Urodynamic : If UA is negative. You might need urodynamic to study the bladder function. You might also need cystoscopy to inspect the bladder
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Testicular lump: Hard to tell from your description. You might need Ultrasound of testicles and see a urologist.
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Green discharge : Green discharge could be a sign of STD ( sexually transmitted disease) and needs proper evaluation and treatment. Special culture is needed for diagno... Read More
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A member asked:
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Prostatitis : What are your symptoms? Did you do any urine analysis and urine culture? For you long you took the cipro?
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Ureteritis: Looks like chronic inflammation found on pathology. It is not a malignant or cancerous entity
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
UTI: It seems like urinary tract infection. The presence of white blood cells in urine is a sign of infection and the numbers represent the colonies of bac... Read More
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A female asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Frequent urination: Do a urine testing ( urine analysis and urine culture) first to make sure there is no infection.
If there is no infection, you need a proper assessme... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Ignore: Urination while sitting can avoid the syncope.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Probably not: What you are describing does not not appear to be concerning or serious. However, if that bump is growing in size, it is better to show it to your pcp... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
After varicocele: there are no limitations besides the usual post-operative limitations . you can shower after 2 days. keep the incision clean. avoid heavy lifting for ... Read More
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A 67-year-old male asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
It could be: yes . it is safe to stop it immediately
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Creatinine: It is still within the normal range and could be related to high protein diet. The best thing you do is to increase your water intake and cut back on ... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Possible recurrence : You have to repeat the US. Could be that the hydrocele recurred.
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A 19-year-old member asked:
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Epididymal cyst: Epididymal cyst is a benign cyst and does not turn into cancer. It might grow though and in that case it might cause some testicualr discomfort. Regul... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Yes you can: There are medications which are helpful to control symptoms of IC. For frequency and urgency, anticholinergic can help ( oxybutinin, vesicare, (solife... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Hematuria: Blood in the urine or hematuria might come from different reasons such as kidney stone, urinary tract infection, .. In many cases, no etiology is iden... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Hormonal therapy : For stage 4 prostate cancer, hormonal therapy will be the starting treatment. Once the cancer becomes hormone resistant, typically in 2 years, other s... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Is it possible for a kidney cancer mass to be felt in the general hip area closer to the lower side?
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Unlikely to be felt: Kidney cancers are rarely visible or palpable or felt on physical exam. Rarely though, a very big kidney tumor could be visible as bulge and felt in... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Urethral discharge : Whitish urethra discharge could be a sign of sexually transmitted diseases(STD). Go to ED and have a urethral swab. You probably need empirical treatm... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Duration?: For how long you have those symptoms? a good starting point is to have a urine analysis and culture to r/o any urinary tract infection. Basic blood te... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Safe: not really unless you have heart issues.
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A 55-year-old male asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
DJ stent: You are supposed to pull out the stent by pulling the strings. This is done when the DJ stent is inserted for a short duration. Your urologist should ... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Kidney stone: In some cases, family history is important in diagnosing and managing kidney stones. The etiology of kidney stone formation is multifactorial, a small... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Test the bladder : Urodynamics are tests used to study the function of the bladder. It collects data about the bladder capacity, stability, power of contraction, etc.. I... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Pain: You need to see a urologist, recurrent UTI with pain can be secondary to bladder stone, prostate infection, sometimes bladder tumor might present as u... Read More
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A 41-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rabii Madianswered
Urology 25 years experience
Your question: I don't think it is anything abnormal. You don not need to worry about it. The cremaster muscles in the scrotum can contract while running and cause t... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Recurrent UTI: Adequate hydration, avoid holding urine for a prolonged period of time, avoid chemicals like vaginal deodorant. Evaluation by a urologist might be nec... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Strips: There are strips that could be used for quick testing of urine. I am not sure whether they are available for individual or home use.
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Not really: Steroids have androgenic effect which can work like the male hormone testosterone. It does not affect the size of the penis but might affect the testi... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
A common entity: Premature ejaculation occurs when a man ejaculates sooner during sexual intercourse than they or their partner would like. As long as it happens infre... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Abdominal pain: There are many explanations for your pain. It is helpful to mention if there are any associated symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, any urinary sympto... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Varicocele: Varicoceles are tortuous veins around the testicle (mostly on the left side). They are deep inside the scrotum and not usually visible unless they are... Read More
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A 65-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Bladder pain: Bladder pain is a non-specific symtpom. Can you describe more what you are feeling? Location, frequency, associated symptoms such as frequcny, urgency... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
PSA : The most common blood test we use is the PSA to screen for prostate cancer. If psa is high, prostate cancer needs to be excluded usually through a pro... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Syrsurgery on penis: It is the repair of narrow opening of the urine channel (urethra) at the tip of the penis. It is usually performed on young boys. In most cases, it is... Read More
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A 46-year-old male asked:
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Urology 25 years experience
Yes there are: There are many ways. Medications such as viagra, cialis, Levitra (vardenafil) are effective. Other ways include vacum pump device, intra-corporal inje... Read More
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Jul 20, 2013
Excellent Urologist.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Madi is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Madi is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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The location is about 10 cm below navel.It is more sore than pain actually. The frequency of my urinate in the night is just 1 time only. Is it any relation with Prostate?Urgency I can manage it, Bloo...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you so much! I was a little freaked out since I have papillary thyroid cancer, and follicular variant papillary thyroid cancer.
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A superb app coupled with outstandingly good advice! Extremely valuable! Am most grateful for the selfless advice offered by the Mrs.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Kursk Medical Institute, Russia
Graduated 1998MD
Residency
American university of Beirut
Completed 2004
Awards
Who is who in america, Marquis Who's Who
Founding Rx Editor, First Place, National - Winter
2015
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Affiliations
American Urologic Association
Society Of Urologic Oncology
Society Of University Urologists
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