Evan M. Vapnek, MD

Evan M. Vapnek, MD

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Dr. Evan M. Vapnek is a Board Certified Urologist and a founding member of Unio Specialty Care. He is the former Surgical Director of the Living Donor Program of the Sharp Memorial Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, and has been practicing in San Diego since 1999. A native New Yorker, Dr. Vapnek received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester before earning his M.D. from the State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn.

He completed two years of General Surgery training at the University of California, San Francisco, followed by a Urology residency at Downstate Medical Center. He completed a two-year fellowship in Renal Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He has hospital appointments at Sharp Memorial Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Sharp Coronado Hospital, and Sharp Chula Vista Hospital.

His clinical focus includes Advanced Robotic Surgery, Advanced Endoscopic Stone Surgery, Kidney Cancer and Kidney Reconstruction Surgery, and Female Stress Incontinence.

Specialties and Services
Education & Training
  • Undergraduate (B.S.): University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Medical School (M.D.): SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • General Surgery Training (2 years): University of California, San Francisco
  • Residency (Urology): SUNY Downstate Medical Center
  • Fellowship (Renal Transplantation, 2 years): Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Board Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Urology, 2001
  • Licensure: California #G 75357
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Curriculum Vitae

CURRENT POSITION

  • Urological Physicians of San Diego, a Division of Unio Specialty Care
  • Surgical Director, Living Donor Transplant Program, Sharp Memorial Hospital Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Center

EDUCATION

  • 1987 to 1991 — State University of New York, Downstate Medical School — Brooklyn, New York — Degree: M.D.
  • 1983 to 1987 — University of Rochester — Rochester, New York — Degree: B.S., Biological Sciences: Neuroscience — Distinction in Research

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

  • 1997 to 1999 — Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, — Cleveland, Ohio, Renal Transplantation and Renovascular — Surgery Fellowship
  • 1993 to 1997 — Department of Urology, State University of New York — Health Science Center at Brooklyn, New York – — Post-graduate levels III – VI
  • 1991 to 1993 — Department of Surgery, University of California, — San Francisco, California – Post-graduate levels I – II

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

  • Licensure:
  • California #G 75357 exp. 1/31/12
  • Board Certification:
  • Diplomate American Board of Urology, Certified 2001, exp. 2/28/2021

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
  • Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, CA

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • New York Academy of Medicine, Ferdinand Valentine Fellowship for Urologic Research, July 1997-June 1998
  • 2nd Prize – Clinical Division, Murray Freedman Essay Contest, American College of Surgeons, Brooklyn-Long Island Chapter, May 1994
  • Department of Urology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Award for Highest Score on AUA In-Training Exam 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • San Diego Urological Society, Past President
  • American Urological Association
  • Western Section, American Urological Association
  • American Medical Association
  • American Society of Transplantation
  • Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular Surgery

COMMITTEES

  • 2008 – present — Vice Chairman, Urology Supervisory Committee, Sharp Memorial Hospital
  • 2004 — Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Lifesharing Organ Procurement Organization
  • 2001 – present — Cancer Committee, Scripps Mercy Hospital

PUBLICATIONS

  • Kapoor A., Morita, K., Engeman, T., Koga, S., Hobart, M., Vapnek, E. , and Fairchild, R. Early production of IFN-g induced chemokines in allogeneic heart grafts is mediated by CD8 T cells. Transplantation, Vol. 69, 2000: pp. 1147-1155
  • Plawker, M.W., Fleisher, J.M., Vapnek, E.M. , Macchia, R.J. Current Trends in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Staging Among United States Urologists, Journal of Urology, Vol. 158, No 5 (November) 1997: pp. 1853-1858.
  • Bretan, P.N., Banfasche, R., Vapnek, E. , Garavoy, M. Minimizing Recipient-Donor Size Differences Improves Long-Term Graft Survival Using Single Pediatric Cadaveric Kidneys. Transplantation Proceedings, Vol. 26, No 1 (February), 1994: pp. 28-29.

PRESENTATIONS

  • Early Intra-Graft Expression of Chemokine Genes During Acute Rejection of Allogeneic Skin and Cardiac Grafts. American Urological Association, Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, San Diego, CA, June 1998
  • Early Intra-Graft Expression of Chemokine Genes During Acute Rejection of Allogeneic Cardiac Grafts.
  • American Society of Transplant Physicians, Chicago, IL, May 1998.
Professional Affiliations
  • American Urological Association
  • Western Section, American Urological Association
  • Urologic Society for Transplantation and Vascular Surgery
  • San Diego Urological Society, past president
  • American Medical Association