David Canes, MD, is the medical director of the Lahey Institute of Urology at Parkland Medical Center. He is fellowship-trained in advanced laparoscopic and robotic urology, and has been involved in more than 350 robotic urologic procedures using the da Vinci® Surgical System. Dr. Canes has helped other surgeons learn the technique of robotic prostatectomy both regionally and abroad.

Dr. Canes attended medical school at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and went on to complete a six-year Urology residency training program at Lahey Clinic Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Canes pursued additional subspecialty fellowship training at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute of Cleveland Clinic, a world-renowned center for minimally invasive surgery. Under the mentorship of Mihir Desai, MD, and Inderbir Gill, MD, MCh, he specialized in advanced laparoscopy, robotic surgery and endourology. Subsequently, Dr. Canes was recruited to join the staff at the Institute of Urology at Lahey Clinic.

Dr. Canes practices at the Institute of Urology at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, and the newly established Lahey Institute of Urology at Parkland Medical Center in Derry, New Hampshire. He primarily focuses on minimally invasive and robotic surgery for urologic cancers, including prostate, bladder, kidney, ureteral and adrenal tumors, although his training encompassed open surgery, as well. Dr. Canes's specialty training also includes the endourologic management of complex kidney and ureteral stones.

Dr. Canes has published extensively in the field of minimally invasive urologic surgery, and has presented his work at national and international meetings. He is a member of several professional societies including the American Urological Association and the Endourology Society.