Clint D. Bahler, MD, MS

Dr. Clint Bahler completed medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine after finishing a degree in biomedical engineering at Purdue University with highest distinction. He completed his urologic surgery residency at Indiana University School of Medicine and chose to undergo additional specialty fellowship training in da Vinci robotic surgery with Dr. Chandru Sundaram at IU School of Medicine. His areas of clinical interest are prostate cancer and kidney cancer.

Dr. Bahler performs single port robotic surgery (da Vinci SP) in addition to multi-port (da Vinci Xi) robotic surgery.  He also performs advanced surgical techniques such as "Retzius Sparing" robotic prostatectomy to preserve urinary control and minimize incontinence.  A post-surgery guide can be found here: Recovery after robotic surgery.

Dr. Bahler enjoys bringing medical advances to patients and is currently a NIH funded (R01) principal investigator for a clinical trial using advanced PSMA-based imaging in prostate cancer (LINK) and using novel surgical techniques in kidney cancer (LINK).

For urgent clinic appointments for elevated PSA and cancer consultations, please contact Amanda Hayden at 317-944-3458 or ahayden5@iuhealth.org.

 A PDF guide on protate cancer and screening can be viewed here: PSA and Prostate Cancer.  A nutrition guide provided by the Prostate Cancer Foundation can be found here: Nutrition Guide.

VIDEOS:

Prostate cancer: Indy Dad Shares Cancer Journey

Prostate cancer: Active surveillance

Prostate cancer: David's Prostate Cancer Journey

Collins K, Brocken E, Bahler CD, Alabd A, Koch MO, Cheng L.  High-intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of prostate cancer: assessing location of failure after focal therapy in prostate cancer and review of histological characteristics and clinicopathologic correlates after treatment-a 5-year experience.  Hum Pathol. 2022 Jan;119:79-84. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2021.11.005. Epub 2021 Nov 18. PMID: 34801600

Abrams LR, Koch MO, Bahler CD.  Focal High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of the Prostate.  J Endourol. 2021 Sep;35(S2):S24-S32. doi: 10.1089/end.2020.1161.

Bahler CD, Johnson MM, Davicioni E, et al: Predictors of Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA/FOLH1) Expression in a Genomic Database. Urology 2020; 144: 117–122.

Tachibana I, Ferguson EL, Mahenthiran A, Natarjan J, Masterson TA, Bahler CD, et al: Delaying Cancer Cases in Urology during COVID-19: Review of the Literature. J. Urol. 2020: 101097JU.

Green MA, Hutchins GD, Bahler CD, et al: [68Ga]Ga-P16-093 as a PSMA-Targeted PET Radiopharmaceutical for Detection of Cancer: Initial Evaluation and Comparison with [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 in Prostate Cancer Patients Presenting with Biochemical Recurrence. Mol Imaging Biol 2020; 22: 752–763.

Bahler CD, Green M, Hutchins GD, Cheng L, Magers MJ, Fletcher J, Koch MO. Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen Targeted Positron Emission Tomography of Primary Prostate Cancer: Assessing Accuracy with Whole Mount Pathology. J Urol. 2020 Jan;203(1):92-99.

Bahler CD, Sundaram CP. Effect of Renal Reconstruction on Renal Function After Partial Nephrectomy. J Endourol. 2016 May;30 Suppl 1:S37-41.

 Bahler CD, Hopf HL, Sundaram CP. Author Reply. Urology. 2016 Apr;90:111.

Gerber RC, Bahler CD, Kraus MA, Sundaram CP. Laparoscopic Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension Due to Medication Intolerance: A Case Report. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Mar 16.

Bahler CD, Sundaram CP. Effect of Renal Reconstruction on Renal Function After Partial Nephrectomy. J Endourol. 2016 Mar 3.

Hopf HL, Bahler CD, Sundaram CP. Long-Term Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction. Urology. 2016 Jan 19.

Bahler CD, Sundaram CP, Kella N, Lucas SM, Boger MA, Gardner TA, Koch MO.  A Parallel Randomized Clinical Trial Examining the Return of Urinary Continence After Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy with or without a Small Intestinal Submucosa Bladder Neck Sling. J Urol. 2016 Jan 16.

*Shumate AM, *Bahler CD, Goggins WC, Sharfuddin AA, Sundaram CP. Native Nephrectomy with Renal Transplantation is Associated with a Decrease in Hypertension Medication Requirements in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. J Urol. 2015 Aug 26. *Co-first authors

Bahler CD, K Clint Cary, Swapnil Garg, Eric M DeRoo, Christian H Tabib, Jagan K Kansal, M Francesca Monn, Chandra K Flack, Timothy A Masterson, M Kumar Sandrasegaran, Richard S Foster, and Chandru P Sundaram. Differentiating Reconstructive Techniques in Partial Nephrectomy: A Propensity Score Analysis.  Canadian Journal of Urology. 2015 Jun;22(3):7788-96.

Bahler CD, Dube HT, Flynn KJ, Garg S, Monn MF, Gutwein LG, Mellon MJ, Foster R, Cheng L, Sandrasegaran MK, Sundaram CP. Feasibility of Omitting Cortical Renorrhaphy During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: A Matched Analysis. J Endourol. 2015 May;29(5):548-55

Bahler CD, Foster RS, Bihrle R, Beck SD, Gardner TA, Sundaram CP, Masterson TA, Cheng L, Koch MO. Radical prostatectomy as initial monotherapy for patients with pathologically confirmed high-grade prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2010 May;105(10):1372-6.