John B. Maggioncalda, MD, PhD was recruited to the Lehigh Valley region in 2005 for his specialized experience in the minimally invasive treatments of urologic diseases involving the daVinci laparoscopic robotic surgical technology, renal stones, and pelvic floor reconstruction in men and women. He is a board member of the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Institutional Research Review Committee, Surgery and Anesthesia Research Committee, and is a clinical assistant professor of surgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey College of Medicine and Medical Center, Hershey, PA. His interests and accomplishments encompass robotic, minimally invasive and laparoscopic urologic surgery, including the daVinci robotic prostatectomy, robotic partial and radical nephrectomy, robotic partial cystectomy, and robotic urologic reconstructive surgery of the kidney, bladder and ureters.
Dr. Maggioncalda earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, and proceeded in attaining his Ph.D. degree in molecular virology and medical degree, respectively, from Thomas Jefferson University's School of Graduate Studies and Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. He trained in general surgery and completed his residency training in the surgical subspecialty of urology, with a focus on laparoscopic robotic surgery, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick, NJ. He received his American Board of Urology board certification in 2007.
Dr. Maggioncalda is a past president of the Lehigh County Medical Society. He is a member of the American Urological Association, and Lehigh County and Pennsylvania Medical Societies.