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Ben Chew

Associate Professor
Academic Appointment
Associate Professor
Research Focus
Kidney Stones Surgery and Rehabilitation
Degrees / Designations

MD, M.Sc., FRCSC

Contact Info
www.stonecentrevgh.ca
ben.chew@ubc.ca
DrBenChew

Biography

Dr. Ben Chew is a scientist at the Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital and associate professor in the  Department of Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He has been on active staff at Vancouver General Hospital since July 2006. Originally from Duncan, BC, he graduated from UBC medicine in 1998 and completed his urology residency at the University of Toronto in 2003. His fellowship focused on kidney stones and minimally invasive surgery at the University of Western Ontario. 
 
Dr. Chew’s research focuses on how kidney stones form and intestinal absorption of minerals that can form kidney stones (calcium and oxalate). He is also interested in biomaterials as they pertain to urinary devices. He is investigating new coatings and special drug-eluting materials for urinary catheters and stents in an attempt to make them more biocompatible and reduce device-related infection, encrustation, and patient discomfort.
 
Dr. Chew has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and received several awards including the Best Endourology Paper Award at the World Congress of Endourology in 2009, the Best Scientific Paper at the World Congress of Endourology in 2005, the Best Abstract Prize for Stone Disease at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting in 2005 and 2008, and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholarship and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Surgeon Scientist scholarship. He has both peer-reviewed funding and funding from industry to continue his research in stone disease and biomaterials.

Research Studies

Crohn's Disease, Kidney Stones

Calcium Supplements Strategy for Kidney Stones Prevention in Crohn's Patients

Kidney Stones

"Dusting" Versus "Basketing" - Treatment Of Intrarenal Stones

Kidney Stones

Struvite Antibiotic Study

Kidney Stones, Urinary Tract Infections

A Randomized Trial of Preoperative Prophylactic Antibiotics Prior to Kidney Stone Surgery (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy [PCNL])

Kidney Stones

Urine and Stool Analysis in Kidney Stone Disease

Prostate Diseases

Etiology Study of Prostatitis

News and Awards

Same lifestyle, different stones: The link between diet, gut bacteria and kidney stones

May 23, 2018

Risk of urinary tract infections complicates recovery from kidney stone surgery

Sep 7, 2016

Risk of urinary tract infections complicates recovery from kidney stone surgery

Sep 7, 2016

Comparing partners’ gut bacteria may be key to preventing kidney stones

Aug 12, 2015

Publications

  • The Journal of urology -

    A Randomized Controlled Trial of Preoperative Prophylactic Antibiotics Prior to Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in a Low Infectious Risk Population: A Report from the EDGE Consortium.

    Chew BH, Miller NL, Abbott JE, Lange D, Humphreys MR, Pais VM, Monga M, Krambeck AE, Sur RL
  • Journal of endourology -

    In Vitro Comparison of a Novel Single Probe Dual-Energy Lithotripter to Current Devices.

    Carlos EC, Wollin DA, Winship BB, Jiang R, Radvak D, Chew BH, Gustafson MR, Simmons WN, Zhong P, Preminger GM, Lipkin ME
  • The Journal of urology -

    Dusting versus Basketing during Ureteroscopy-Which Technique is More Efficacious? A Prospective Multicenter Trial from the EDGE Research Consortium.

    Humphreys MR, Shah OD, Monga M, Chang YH, Krambeck AE, Sur RL, Miller NL, Knudsen BE, Eisner BH, Matlaga BR, Chew BH
  • Journal of endourology -

    Percuflex Helical Ureteral Stents Significantly Reduce Patient Analgesic Requirements Compared to Control Stents.

    Chew BH, Rebullar KA, Harriman D, McDougall E, Paterson RF, Lange D
  • Journal of endourology -

    Complications, Re-Intervention Rates, and Natural History of Residual Stone Fragments After Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

    Emmott AS, Brotherhood HL, Paterson RF, Lange D, Chew BH
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