Dr. Judson Brandeis is honored to have been voted as the Top Urologist in the SF Bay Area by SF Magazine from 2014 to 2020. In February 2019, he opened his comfortable office in San Ramon, where he focuses his practice entirely on Men’s Sexual Health and Rejuvenation.
Brandeis is a national leader in technology and innovations in sexual medicine. Dr. Brandeis is the National Director of Clinical Excellence for GAINSWave and created and runs the SWEET Study, the largest study of Shockwave Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction ever performed. BrandeisMD was one of the first offices in California to offer PT-141, Oxytocin, and Apomorphine for erectile dysfunction.
Dr. Brandeis created and directed 5 IRB-approved clinical research protocols in sexual medicine, two of which are still active. These include the SWEET Study, the largest study of shockwave therapy use in treating erectile dysfunction (active), the SWAP study for Peyronie’s Disease (completed), the P-LONG study for penile elongation (active), the LuBE study for improving the intensity of orgasms (completed), and the SURGE study (completed), which tests a transdermal serum to improve penile blood flow in prostate cancer patients.
Dr. Brandeis is a national sexual medicine educator who has conducted weekend educational seminars all around the country and has created a male sexual medicine curriculum on Teachable.com. Dr. Brandeis is the director of sexual medicine for The Aesthetic Show annual meeting in Las Vegas and is also the author of the ‘Advances in Sexual Medicine’ chapter for the Large Urology Group Practice Association textbook.
Originally from New York, Dr. Brandeis left the Empire State to attend Brown University to study History before attending Vanderbilt for Medical School. He spent a year at Harvard Medical School conducting research sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Finally, Dr. Brandeis completed his formal medical training with 2 years of general surgery and 4 years of Urology training at the renowned UCLA Department of Urology.
He’s a Teacher
Dr. Judson Brandeis believes in the importance of sharing knowledge and experience with other physicians. He is the lead trainer for Male Sexual Wellness at REVIVE. He teaches certification courses on Male Sexual Wellness, Shockwave Therapy, and Platelet Rich Plasma (P shot). Recent courses have taken place in Los Angeles, Miami, and Dallas. Participants comment on Dr. Brandeis’s enthusiasm for Male Sexual Medicine and his ability to explain complicated topics.
Dr. Brandeis also serves as faculty for X-Medica and lectures in their Sexual Wellness Series, most recently in Los Angeles. He has also been invited to be on the faculty of the world-renowned Aesthetic Show in Las Vegas.
Dr. Brandeis is a frequent CME lecturer at John Muir Hospital, teaching the Walnut Creek and Concord physician community about Kidney Stones, Enlarged Prostate, Prostate Cancer, and Prostatitis.
He’s a Leader
Dr. Brandeis served as the Chief of Urology at John Muir Hospital for 8 years. As the Chief of Urology, he helped start the Surgical Robotics Program at the Concord Campus in 2002. Being at the cutting-edge of technology, Dr. Brandeis started using the DaVinci surgical robot for cancer surgery 5 years before it was being used at Stanford and UCSF. In addition, Dr. Brandeis opened the Kidney Stone Center at John Muir Concord, which is now the busiest stone center in the Bay Area.
At his previous urology practice, where he served as the managing partner for many years, he started the MRI-guided prostate biopsy program, Women’s Continence Center, and Minimally Invasive Therapy for BPH. Dr. Brandeis has been the Chief of Urology at Hill Physicians for the past 7 years.
Judson Brandeis has participated in Leadership Committees for John Muir Health and Hill Physicians for many years.
His Credentials:
Education
- Undergraduate Degree: Brown University
- Medical School: Vanderbilt University
- Howard Hughes Research Fellowship Harvard Medical School
- Surgical Internship: UCLA Department of Surgery
- Urology Residency: UCLA Department of Urology
Background
- Board Certified American Board of Urology
- Partner at Pacific Urology 2001-2018
- Chief of Urology John Muir Hospital 2010-2019
- Chief of Urology Hill Physicians 2011-201
Awards
- SF Magazine Top Urologist SF Bay Area 2014-2019
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors Award recipient
- Patient’s Choice Award by popular doctor rating website Vitals.com
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship in Kidney Transplantation Immunology.