General Info

Dr. Geoffrey N. Box is assistant professor of urology at The Ohio State University. He completed his residency training at The Ohio State University in 2006. He then went to the University of California, Irvine where he completed a two-year fellowship in Laparoscopy, Endourology, Image-Guided Therapy and Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopy. He is currently the Director of Laparoscopic Urology Surgery and will be responsible for the development and oversight of educational and research programs in this area. In addition, he along with Dr. Bodo Knudsen, will be in charge of the Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery Fellowship. As Vice Chair of Educational Affairs, Dr Box oversees all facets of the educational programs for the teaching and training of medical students, residents and fellows. His clinical interests include the minimally invasive treatment of genitourinary disease using laparoscopic and robotic techniques with a focus on kidney and prostate cancers. His research interests include the development of new surgical techniques to reduce the invasiveness of surgery. Along those lines, he has been among the pioneers in urologic NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery) and current serves as the co-chairman of the Urology NOTES Working Group.