Dr. Howard Bruce Somers, MD

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Primary: Other Doctors

Sub-Specialty: Specialist

Additional Specialties: Urology

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Phone: (480) 496-4444

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Phone: (480) 961-2323

Address: 4545 E Chandler Blvd Ste 300, Phoenix, AZ 85048

Website: http://www.drhowardsomers.yourmd.com

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General Practitioners

Primary Care
In addition, our care is fully integrated with your primary care physician. In doing so, we maintain ongoing communication with your personal physician(s) to ensure you are receiving the best care possible.
Male Infertility
Dr. Cajipe treats all aspects of general urology in both men and women. He is interested in kidney stones, prostatic enlargement, as well as urologic cancer and is trained in open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgery. During his training, he was able to publish research in male infertility, bladder cancer, and renal cancer. Dr. Cajipe prides himself not only in his patient care and surgical skills but also in his bedside manner.
Constipation
Erectile Dysfunction
Urinary Incontinence
Cystocele (Bladder Drop), Rectocele (Rectal Drop), Perineal Laxity (weak perineum) and Enterocele (bowel descent) are all pelvic hernia that create protrusions through the vagina. Often, women will feel a "bulge" or sense heaviness in the vagina, back pain, difficulty with urination, constipation, or feel they are "sitting on a ball". If severe, it may completely protrude through the vaginal opening. Surgical correction to restore proper anatomy, vaginal length and caliber is done minimally invasively through the vagina, often with mesh or grafts. Sexual function is restored or preserved. These conditions often occur with urinary incontinence.

Female Infertility
Pelvic Pain
Acute bacterial infection of the prostate can present with urinary difficulty, frequency, stream intermitency, perineal pain, burning and some sometimes fever. This can one time or be a recurrent problem. Sometimes, prostate infection can lead to an elevated PSA. Chronic prostatitis, sometimes known as Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, is not caused by infection, but is a pain syndrome similar to Interstitial Cystitis. Treatment is focused at the specific symptoms, yet it can be recalcitrant and difficult to manage at times.

Bladder Cancer
It is often heralded by gross blood in the urine. Superficial and deep bladder cancers are treated differently. If superficial, surveillance with periodic cystoscopy, with or without instillation of medication into the bladder, is used. If deep, aggressive surgery with bladder removal and reconstruction is usually necessary.
Urology
Ironwood Urology was established in 1994 to provide comprehensive medical and surgical urological services to men and women of all ages in a community setting. Ironwood Urology is committed to providing the highest quality patient care in a compassionate, safe and patient-focused manner.
Kidney Cancer
Drs. Avila, Bigelow, and Eisenberg all completed their training during the modern robotic era with pioneers of robotic surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Baylor Medical Center, Cornell University, and the University of Southern California. With this level of training, which is unsurpassed in the Phoenix Metro area, they are able to offer the full complement of advanced robotic surgical techniques including for prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, benign kidney disease, female incontinence, as well as other urologic diseases
Kidney Stones
All physicians are accepting new patients. For urgent issues such as kidney stones, masses or hematuria patients can be seen usually within 24 hrs.
Endoscopy
Kidney stones usually present with flank pain and bloody urine. Some stones, if small enough and in proper position, can be managed conservatively and allowed to pass with the aide of medication. If kidney function is disturbed, or pain too severe, or if infection is present, or if the stone is too large to pass, the stone is treated. Various minimally invasive procedures are available including "shock wave", and endoscopy with laser to fragment and remove stones. Once the stone is out, it is analyzed, and in addition, a metabolic workup is performed with blood and urine tests to figure out the cause of stones and implement a strategy for prevention. This may include diet modification, supplements, and/or medication.
Interstitial Cystitis
Prostate Cancer
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, or BPH, is a condition in which the prostate enlarges as men get older. BPH is a very common condition that affects over 40 million Americans and over 500 million aging men worldwide. Over 40% of men in their 50s and over70% of men in their 60s have BPH1. While BPH is a benign condition and unrelated to prostate cancer, it can greatly affect a man’s quality of life.As the prostate enlarges, it presses on and blocks the urethra, causing bothersome urinary symptoms such as:•Frequent need to urinate both day and night•Weak or slow urinary stream•A sense that you cannot completely empty your bladder•Difficulty or delay in starting urination•Urgent feeling of needing to urinate•A urinary stream that stops and startsIf you suffer from the above symptoms, you are not alone. BPH is the leading reason men visit a urologist.
Cancer Care
The diagnoses of cancer can be a challenging issue that affects patients and family on an emotional, physical, as well as psychological level. Our cancer care team is fully equipped to provide excellent treatments for cure including surgical, medical, as well as supportive measures to guarantee a compassionate experience for all of our cancer patients and families.

Multiple Sclerosis
This is the term reserved for bladder dysfunction secondary to neurological or surgical injury. Neurogenic bladders require special management in order to minimize recurrent urinary infections, and preserve kidney function. It can result for spinal cord injury, stroke, brain injury, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s diseases, multiple sclerosis, post-polio syndrome, tabes dorsalis, and after certain types of pelvic or back surgeries.

X-Rays
Chemotherapy
A very common cancer in men ages 18-45, it is usually found by the man on self-exam. Sometimes radiation or chemotherapy is necessary after surgery, but cures rate are very high.

General Surgery
Dr. Avila graduated from Princeton University and then attended The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where he finished as one of its top graduates. He completed his general surgery and urological surgery training at Baylor College of Medicine, Scott Department of Urology, in the world-renowned Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Avila then completed fellowship in Reproductive Medicine, Microsurgery, and Fertility at the Baylor Clinic in Houston.
Minimally Invasive Surgery
A board–certified urologist and founding member of this practice, Dr. Bigelow has practiced in Arizona since 2008. He graduated with honors in biochemistry from the University of Chicago, and earned his medical degree at the University Of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. Dr. Bigelow completed his general surgery and urology training at Weil-Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He focuses on all aspects of general urology, specializing in the evaluation and management of cancers of the genitourinary tract. Dr. Bigelow is an expert in robotic and minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of benign and malignant urologic diseases. He has contributed to extensive research in prostate cancer and the use of robotic surgical techniques and its outcomes. He also trains urologists interested in robotic and minimally invasive urologic surgery.
Vasectomy
What takes 30 minutes to accomplish (vasectomy) takes about 3 hours to undo. Done with a surgical microscope and under general anesthesia, fine surgical technique and suture are required.
Robotic Surgery
Our physicians are supremely equipped with the latest technologies including robotic surgery, minimally invasive procedures, as well as cutting-edge chemotherapy treatments that are often used in combination to provide a treatment plan that is uniquely patient-specific and highly successful.
Laparoscopy
Management depends heavily on size and position of the tumor in the kidney. If small, it can be removed while sparing the rest of the kidney, or in select cases, frozen and destroyed, sparing the rest of the kidney. If the kidney must be removed, it can be done minimally invasively by laparoscopy, reserving open surgery for large tumors or those not amenable to other techniques.

Plastic Surgeons

Laparoscopic Surgery
Robotic surgery has become a mainstain in the modern field of urologic surgery. Building on advances made with traditional minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, robotics adds an additional level of maneuverability and precision.

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