Professional Activities, Memberships and Distinctions
Samadi is founder and Director of Mount Sinai's Robotic Fellowship Program. It is dedicated to clinical and surgical excellence by providing exceptional opportunities for doctors who have completed their residency to train directly with Samadi. Fellows usually will spend a year working as a full-time, paid assistant to Samadi. All surgeries are performed by Samadi. Fellowships are awarded based on merit, along with potential to contribute to the fields of urology, oncology, and minimally invasive surgery. According to the tax return of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Samadi received annual compensation in 2010 of $6,389,585. He is the highest paid employee of the school.
The Robotic Fellowship Program has three components: Medical research, clinical training with an emphasis on robotic, laparoscopic, and renal surgical methods, and treatment of urological diseases; which includes prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers.
Samadi frequently presents his clinical research at medical conferences as a subject matter expert nationally and internationally. He has been a guest speaker in major academic lecture series'. Over the past decade, Samadi has been actively involved in training and proctoring urologists across the country and internationally. In 2011 Dr. Samadi participated in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine’s inaugural year in New York, performing a live robotic prostatectomy procedure for exceptional high school students.
Samadi is a member of the American Urological Association and the American Medical Association. Samadi is included in Castle Connolly Medical's America's Top Doctors. New York Magazine named Samadi to their Best Doctors List in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Samadi is also a host of Sunday Housecall on FOX News Channel with Dr. Marc Siegel. The program airs every Sunday at 10:30am eastern time on the FOX News Channel. You can also find the show at foxnews.com/sundayhousecall, on Twitter twitter.com/sundayhousecall, and on facebook facebook.com/sundayhousecall. The show frequently covers topics like diabetes, cancer treatment and prevention, heart health and many other topics.
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