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Department of Urology

Jonathan Harper, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
School of Medicine
University of Washington

Dr Harper is a clinician, surgeon, and teacher who specializes in minimally invasive surgery and endourology.

Board Certification

American Board of Urology Qualifying Exam, 2008.

Education & Training

Dr Harper graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz. There he majored in Biology and was part of the national championship tennis team. He received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2003. During medical school he achieved highest academic honors and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his surgery internship and urology residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center and went on to complete a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Endourology at UCLA.

Research Interests

  • New technology, techniques, and outcomes involving laparoscopic/robotic surgery and Endourology
  • Single Port Laparoscopy
  • Outcomes with laparoscopic donor nephrectomy

Professional Organizations

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Medical Association
American Urological Association
Endourological Society
Western Section American Urological Association

Select Awards

2006: American Urological Association Western Section Resident Scholarship Award
2006: Annual Postgraduate Convention 1st place overall poster presentation
2006: The Walter E. Macpherson Society 2nd place Scientific Exhibit
2003: The Merck Medical Book Award for Scholarly Activity and Academic Achievement
2002: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
2002: Dr E.M. Gullatt Scholar for Academic Achievement

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Selected Publications:

Harper JD, Figueroa H, Ebrahimi K, Baldwin DD. Laparoscopic scissors: a subjective and objective comparison of three brands. J Endourol. 2009 Aug;23(8):1359-63. PMID: 19619060.
[The following link will open a new window. PubMed Abstract- Accessed September 22, 2009]

Harper JD, Ebrahimi KY, Auge BK, Lamberton GR, Pham AK, Zuppan C, Albala DM, Preminger GM, Baldwin DD. Comparison of a novel radially dilating balloon ureteral access sheath to a conventional sheath in the porcine model. J Urol. 2008 May;179(5):2042-5. Epub 2008 Mar 19. PMID: 18355865
[The following link will open a new window. PubMed Abstract- Accessed September 22, 2009]

Harper JD, Kaiser S, Ebrahimi K, Lamberton GR, Hadley HR, Ruckle HC, Baldwin DD. Prior video game exposure does not enhance robotic surgical performance. J Endourol. 2007 Oct;21(10):1207-10. PMID: 17949327.
[The following link will open a new window. PubMed Abstract - Accessed September 22, 2009]

Harper JD, Baron PW, Ojogho ON, Baldwin DD. Incidence of increased creatine kinase and its effect on kidney function in hand assisted laparoscopic kidney donors and their recipients. J Urol. 2007 Oct;178(4 Pt 1):1391-5; discussion 1395. Epub 2007 Aug 16. PMID: 17707064
[The following link will open a new window. PubMed Abstract - Accessed September 22, 2009]

Harper JD, Shah SK, Baldwin DD, Moorhead JD. Laparoscopic nephrectomy for pediatric giant hydronephrosis. Urology. 2007 Jul;70(1):153-6. PMID: 17656227.
[The following link will open a new window. PubMed Abstract - Accessed September 22, 2009]

Curriculum Vitae [51K PDF*]

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Portrait of Dr. Jonathan Harper

Contact Information:

University of Washington Medical Center
Box 356510
1959 N.E. Pacific
Seattle, WA 98195
Ph: (206) 543-3918