J Paul Yurkanin

Dr. Yurkanin earned his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York in 1992. From there, he went on to study medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. and graduated in 1996. After medical school, he served two years as a General Surgery resident at the University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA, followed by four years as a Urology resident at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson, AZ. In addition to residency training, Dr. Yurkanin completed a one year Endourology and Laparoscopic Urology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Following completion of his fellowship training, Dr. Yurkanin returned to Tucson where he founded Arizona Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery AMIUS in 2003. The goals of AMIUS are to utilize advanced robotic, laparoscopic, and endoscopic surgical techniques to treat various urologic conditions. In particular, AMIUS focuses on treating urologic cancers, congenital urinary tract diseases such as ureteropelvic junction obstruction, urinary tract stone disease, and benign prostate enlargement.

Additionally, Dr Yurkanin routinely performs the non-scalpel vasectomy.