Mei N Tuong, MD
Urology
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Bio & Overview
Mei Tuong, MD, grew up in central New York and was exposed to medicine from an early age. Her father was a community urologist, and she witnessed how positive an impact physicians can have on people’s lives. As a result, Dr. Tuong was drawn to a career in medicine where she could help both people and her community.
Dr. Tuong first grew to love Charlottesville and the surrounding area after attending the University of Virginia for her undergraduate studies. She graduated UVA with distinction and then went on to attend medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical University. There, she focused on rural medical health. She returned to Charlottesville to complete a urology residency at UVA and during her time, completed a master’s degree in Clinical Research at UVA. After residency, Dr. Tuong completed a fellowship in Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Tuong was drawn to urology for the diversity of urologic diseases, the ability to treat patients with innovative technology, and the impact urologists can have on their patient’s lives. Dr. Tuong specializes in functional and genitourinary reconstruction with a focus on urethral strictures, ureteral strictures, erectile dysfunction, male stress urinary incontinence, complications from urologic trauma, pelvic radiation complications, neurogenic bladder, urinary fistulas, and buried penis.
Dr. Tuong works with her patients to identify their most important concern. Then, they explore the options available that will help them achieve this goal. The focus is always on improving the patient’s quality of life.
Outside of work, Dr. Tuong enjoys hiking, playing ice hockey, cheering on the UVA basketball team, and spending time with her husband and son.
Academic Information
- Department
- Urology
- Academic Role
- Assistant Professor
- Division
- Urologic Reconstruction
Conditions & Treatments
- Buried penis
- Complex genitourinary reconstruction
- Erectile disorder
- Male genitourinary reconstruction
- Male sling
- Neurogenic urinary bladder
- Penile plication
- Penile prosthesis
- Post prostatectomy erectile impairment
- Post prostatectomy incontinence
- Prosthetic urology
- Pyeloplasty
- Reconstruction of penis
- Reconstruction of urethra
- Reconstructive urologic surgery
- Robotic pyeloplasty
- Robotic surgery
- Robotic surgery for upj repair
- Robotic surgery for urinary obstruction (kidney disorders)
- Robotic urological surgery
- Stress incontinence
- Strictures of upper urinary tract
- Transitional urology
- Ureter stricture
- Ureteral obstruction
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction
- Urethral stenosis
- Urethral stricture
- Urethral trauma
- Urinary diversion
- Urinary fistula repair
- Urinary incontinence surgery
- Urologic trauma
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- Upstate Medical University: College of Health Professions
- Residency
- UVA Health Medical Center
- Fellowships
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Highlights
Meet Mei Tuong, MD
My name is Mei Tuong, and I'm a urologic surgeon at UVA Health. I specialize in functional and reconstructive urology. As a urologist that specializes in functional and reconstructive urology, I see a wide range of patients, but specifically I see patients who have been treated for cancer and have issues in terms of urinary incontinence or sexual dysfunction. I specialize in being able to treat any sort of complications after cancer surgery and get my patients back to some sort of lifestyle that they can enjoy after their cancer treatments. I first developed a interest in medicine from a young age. My father was a community urologist, and from an early age, I saw how doctors can have a huge impact on not only their patient's lives, but also their communities. When a new patient comes to see me in clinic, they can expect for me to listen to what their goal for the visit is and taking into consideration their lifestyle, their other medical issues, we can together make a plan to achieve their goal. At the University of Virginia, when patients come here to the medical center, they can expect the highest standard of care for not only diagnostic tests, but also treatments and surgeries. And within the UVA community, there's a wide range of doctors who specialize in all different types of medicine. Within UVA itself, there's kind of a collegiality that's very unique to the medical center, and I don't think can be found at any other hospital system.
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