Margaret Pearle, M.D., Ph.D.

Margaret Pearle, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor with joint appointments in UT Southwestern Medical Center's Department of Urology and the Mineral Metabolism Center, and is holder of the Ralph C. Smith Distinguished Chair in Urologic Education.

She sees patients who need medical or surgical treatment for kidney stones.

Dr. Pearle received her medical degree from the University of Chicago and completed her residency at Northwestern University Medical Center. She attended Washington University School of Medicine for her fellowship.

Her research interests include evaluation of dietary and medical therapies for kidney stone prevention, assessment of outcomes for minimally invasive surgical treatments, and development and assessment of resident teaching tools. She has published and spoken extensively on these topics.

Texas Monthly has named Dr. Pearle a Super Doctor. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Trustee of the American Board of Urology, a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the American Urological Association, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Endourological Society.

Medical School

University of Chicago (1987)

Internship

Northwestern University Medical Center (1988), General Surgery

Residency

Northwestern University Medical Center (1993), Urology

Fellowship

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (1994), Urology

• Medical therapy for stone disease
• Minimally invasive surgical therapy for stone disease
• Surgical education and use of virtual reality simulation
• Urological outcomes research in endourology and stone disease

Featured Publications

Prospective, randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for lower pole calyceal calculi 1 cm or less in size.

Pearle, M. S., Lingeman, J. E., Leveillee, R., Kuo, R., Preminger, G. M., Nadler, R. B., Macaluso, J., Monga, M. Kumar, U., Dushinski, J., Albala, D. M., Wolf, J. S. Jr., Assimos, D., Fabrizio, M., Munch, L, C., Nakada, S. Y., Auge, B., Honey, J., Ogan, K., Pattaras, J., McDougall, E. M., Averch, T., D., Turk, T., Pietrow, P. and Watkins. S. J. Urol. 2005 173 2005-2009

Urologic Diseases in America Project: Urolithiasis

Pearle, M. S., Calhoun, E. A., Curhan, G. C. and The Urologic Diseases in America Project: J. Urol. 2005 173 848-857

AUA Nephrolithiasis Guideline Panel. Chapter 1: AUA guideline on management of staghorn calculi: diagnosis and treatment recommendations

Preminger, G. M., Assimos, D. G., Lingeman, J. E., Nakada, S. Y., Pearle, M. S., Wolf, J. S. Jr. J. Urol. 2005 173 1991-2000

Cost effectiveness of medical management strategies for nephrolithiasis

Lotan Y., Cadeddu, J.A., Roehrborn, C.G., Pak, C.Y.C. and Pearle, M.S. J Urol 2004 172 667-671

Effect of ascorbic acid consumption on urinary stone risk factors

Traxer, O., Huet, B., Poindexter, J., Pak, C.Y.C. and Pearle, M.S. J Urol 2003 170 397-401

A randomized, controlled, prospective study validating the acquisition of percutaneous renal collecting system access skills using a computer-based hybrid virtual reality surgical simulator ? phase I.

Knudsen, B. E., Matsumoto, E. D., Chew, B. H., Johnson, B., Margulis, V., Cadeddu, J. A.,. Pearle. M. S., Pautler. S. E., and. Denstedt, J. D. J. Urol. 2006 176 2173-2178

The contemporary management of renal and ureteric calculi

Galvin, D. J. and Pearle, M. S. BJU Int. 2006 98 1283-1288

Effect of high and low calcium diet on stone-forming risk during liberal oxalate intake

Matsumoto, E., Heller, H. J., Adams-Huet, B., Brinkely, L. J., Pak, C. Y. C. and Pearle M. S. J. Urol. 2006 176 132-136

Effect of cranberry juice consumption on urinary stone risk factors.

Gettman, M., Ogan, K., Brinkley, L., Adams-Huett, B., Pak, C. Y. C., and Pearle, M. S. J. Urol. 2005 174 590-594

International Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness of Medical Management Strategies for Nephrolithiasis

Lotan, Y., Cadeddu, J. A. and Pearle, M. S. Urol. Research 2005 33 223-230

• Gold Cytoscope Award
  American Urological Association (2003)
• First Place, Samuel Ambrose Socioeconomic Essay Contest at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida
  Cost effective treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction: A decision tree analysis" (2002)
• Ralph Smith Distinguished Chair in Urological Education
  (2002)
• Royal College of Surgeons Travelling Fellowship
  The Royal College of Surgeons (1998)

• American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons
• American Urological Association
• Endourological Society
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Research in Calculus Kinetics (R.O.C.K.) Society