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Biography: Dr. Kyle Lester joined the Urology Group in 2023. He was born and raised in Bluefield, WV. His interest for medicine began at an early age as the son of a small-town general surgeon. He earned a bachelor of arts in German and a minor in Economics from Sewanee and went on to complete medical school at the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Lester was active in the Student Osteopathic Surgical Association acting as the vice president for the local chapter, and graduated magna cum laude. He completed his urological surgery residency at the Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia, PA in 2019. He received excellent training in all aspects of urology, particularly endourology, prosthetics and reconstruction, oncology and general urology. His training also included time at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Fox Chase Cancer Center. After residency, he completed an additional year of fellowship training in robotics and urologic oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Florida in 2020. His robotics training was primarily focused on robotic radical prostatectomy and kidney surgery. After fellowship Dr. Lester accepted a position in 2020 with the Central Ohio Urology Group located in Columbus, OH. He spent two and half years with the practice before moving back to Virginia. Dr. Lester and his wife are excited to be closer to family and friends. Dr. Lester prides his practice on shared decision making and spending time with patients. His areas of interest include general urology, transperineal prostate biopsy, robotic kidney and prostate surgery, surgical management of stone disease and minimally invasive BPH. He resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and two children. Dr. Lester enjoys soccer, snow skiing, running, the outdoors, triathlons, German culture and spending time with family.

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.