Education:

Brandeis University 1975 - 1979 Waltham, MA B.A. Biology

University of Sussex 1977 - 1978 Brighton, England

University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT 1980 - 1984 M.D.

Residency:
St. Louis University Affiliated Hospitals
St. Louis, MO
General Surgery 1984 - 1986
Urology 1986- 1989

Board Certified:
American Board of Urology February 1991. Recertified Feb 2001.

Honors:
Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Biology
Brandeis University 1979

Licensure:
Missouri 1984/ Massachusetts 1989

Research:
The use of a mitotic chromosome loss mutation (chl) m genetic mapping studies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Senior thesis, Brandeis University.

The recurrence rate after repair of incisional herniae at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. Senior thesis, University of Vermont College of Medicine.

Publications:
The Vesicopsoas Hitch Procedure. Parra RO, Richardson, TK, Shaker, LH, Gregory, JG. Surgical Rounds July 1989 17-21.

The Value of Lipid Associated Sialic Acid as a Tumor Marker as Compared to Prostatic Acid Phosphatase and Prostatic Specific Antigen in the Evaluation of Patients with Prostatic Cancer. South Central Section of the American Urological Association, Colorado Springs, CO. Oct. 1988.

Chronic Prostatic Abscess in the Myelomeningocele Patient. Shaker, LH, Chief Residents' Meeting at the AUA. May 1989.

Experience with a Simplified Technique for the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinency. Parra, RO, Shaker, LH. British Journal of Urology 66 615-M 1990.

Medical Society Memberships:
American Medical Association
American Urological Association
Hampden District Medical Society
Massachusetts Association of Practicing Urologists
Massachusetts Medical Society
The New England Section of the American
Urological Association
Maimonides Medical Society

Hospital Affiliations:
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
Mary Lane Hospital Ware, MA
Mercy Hospital Springfield, MA
Shriners Hospital, Springfield, MA