Michael H. Rittenberg, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Riverview Urologic Associates
423 Third Avenue , Suite B
Kingston , PA 18704
(570) 288-3601
Personal |
Date of Birth: 2/24/55 |
Education |
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1973 |
Wyoming Valley West High School |
1977 |
Wesleyan University B.A. Biology |
1981 |
Jefferson Medical College M.D. |
1981 - 1983 |
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital General Surgery |
1983 - 1987 |
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Urology |
Hospital Appointments |
Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Wilkes-Barre, PA Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wilkes-Barre, PA Mercy Special Care Hospital, Nanticoke, PA Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA Riverview Ambulatory Surgery Center, Kingston, PA |
Academic |
Clinical Adjunct Faculty - Kings College Physicians Assistant Program |
Memberships |
American Medical Association American College of Surgeons Jefferson Medical College Alumni Association Wesleyan University Alumni Association Urological Association of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Medical Society Luzerne County Medical Society American Urological Association Mid-Atlantic Section of American Urological Association American Association of Clinical Urologists |
Board |
Cancer Committee - Wyoming Valley Health Care System Credentials Committee - Wyoming Valley Health Care System Member Medical Executive Committee – Wyoming Valley Health Care System OR Committee – Mercy Hospital Co-Chairman Dues Collection Committee – Temple Israel Treasurer – Temple Israel Board Member – Jewish Federation of Greater Wilkes-Barre |
Awards |
Paul Zimskin Urology Prize - Jefferson Medical College 3rd Prize Clinical Research 1984 Resident’s Night Philadelphia Urological Society |
Publications |
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Scheduled Speaker at Mid-Atlantic AUA Meeting |
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“Ureteropyeloscopic Removal of Ureteral Calculi”, Allen R. Seeger, Michael H. Rittenberg, and Demetrius H. Bagley; |
“Ureteroscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Calculi During Pregnancy”, Michael H. Rittenberg and Demetrius H. Bagley. |
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“Protective Factors in Posterior Urethral Valves”, Michael H. Rittenberg, William C. Hulbert, Howard M. Snyder, and John W. Duckett -- Presented at: 82 nd Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Anaheim, California May, 1987 -- Presented at: Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Southampton Princes Hotel, Bermuda September, 1986 |
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“Ureteroscopy Under Local Anesthesia:, Michael H. Rittenberg, David J. Ellis, and Demetrius H. Bagley. -- Presented at: Philadelphia Urological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April, 1987 -- Presented at: Society of University Urology Residents, Los Angeles, California May, 1987 |
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“Intrarenal Dimensions - Guidelines for Flexible Ureteropyeloscopies”, Demetrius H. Bagley and Michael H. Rittenberg. |
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“Flexible Cystoscopy of the Inaccessible but Catheterized Urethra”, Michael H. Rittenberg and Demetrius H. Bagley. J. Endourology 1: 161-163 1987 |
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“Percutaneous Antegrade Flexible Ureteroscopy”, Demetrius H. Bagley and Michael H. Rittenberg. -- Presented at: The Third World Congress on Endourology, New York, New York, September, 1985 |
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“Ureteral Calculi: Ureteroscopic Removal Vs. Open Ureterolithotomy”, Allen R. Seeger, Michael H. Rittenberg, and Demetrius H. Bagley -- Presented at: The Third World Congress on Endourology, New York, New York, September, 1985 -- Presented at: Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting of the American Urological Association, Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October, 1985 |
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“Flexible Ureteropyeloscopy: Reaching the Inferior Infundibula”, Demetrius H. Bagley and Michael H. Rittenberg -- Presented at: The XXth Congress of the International Society of Urology, Vienna, Austria June, 1985 |
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“Pain Control: Comparison of Operative and Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy”, Michael H. Rittenberg, Harvey Koople, Louis Keller, Thomas McNamara, and Demetrius H. Bagley. -- Presented at: Philadelphia Urological Society, Winner Third Prize - Clinical Research Category 1984 -- Presented at: The Third Congress of the International Society of Urologic Endoscopy, Karlsruhe, Germany August, 1984 -- Presented at: Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting of the American Urological Association at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia October, 1984 |
Professional |
Preceptor – Ethicon Endosurgical – Surgical Training for Laparoscopic Nephrectomy Preceptor – Bard Urology – Surgical Training for Tegress Implantation |
Speaker's |
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Bayer Pharmaceutical Novartis Pharmaceutical |
Consultant |
Pfizer Pharmaceutical – Lecturer at Regional Sales Meetings |