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Biography: Dr. Duane Cespedes is currently the Director of Comprehensive Continence and Pelvic Health Center in Easton, Maryland. He served previously as the co-director for the Center for Pelvic Health at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and is the former Chairman and Program Director of the Urology Department at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio where he trained residents in urogynecology for 15 years. He retired from the Air Force after 24 years of service at the rank of Colonel. He received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and performed a Urology residency in San Antonio. He subsequently performed a fellowship in Urogynecology / Female Urology with Dr. Edward McGuire in Houston, Texas. Since that time, he has been active both clinically and academically in the area of female urology, incontinence and pelvic reconstruction having published over 100 chapters and papers. He is also active in research and is the former chairman of the Institutional Research Board at Wilford Hall Medical Center. Dr. Cespedes has received many awards including the Paul Zimskind award of excellence in Female Urology and Urodynamics in 2004. He currently serves as a consulting editor for UROLOGY. His current areas of interest include urodynamics, the treatment of pelvic prolapse, and male and female incontinence.

Care Philosophy: Dr Runz is a Board Certified urologist who practices all aspects of adult urology with special interest in robotic surgery for prostate cancer, mens health, Greenlight laser prostate surgery and all aspects of minimally invasive kidney stone treatment and kidney stone prevention workup. Dr Runz built the first Robotic Surgery program at Shore Health System to bring the latest surgical robotic system to the Eastern Shore of Maryland where he serves as the Director of Robotic surgery. He is accomplished in office urology, urologic surgery, hospital sponsored group practice, hospital physician alignment, physician leadership initiatives and quality evaluation. He shares his urology expertise and the latest healthcare information on Twitter daily @DrRunz_Urology and on Facebook at Shore Comprehensive Urology to help improve his patients health and understanding.