Research Projects & Grants

Federal

  • Intrinsic Stiffness of Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell in the Development of Hypertension, Role: Co-Investigator, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (03/2014 - 02/2018) Status: Closed

For Profit Organization

  • A prospective, multicenter, post-market clinical registry to collect real-world evidence on the clinical performance of SOLTIVETM laser for treatment of kidney or ureteral stones, Role: PI, Olympus Corporation of the Americas, (07/2022 - 01/2023) Status: Completed
  • NADiA® ProsVue™ field experience trial, Role: Investigator, NADiA ProsVue, (09/2013 - 09/2014) Status: Completed

Internal

  • Prone Semirigid Ureteroscopy For Retrograde Lithotripsy During Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (07/2024) Status: Approved
  • Percutaneous Antegrade and Retrograde Approach for the Management of Entombed Ureteral Stents, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (07/2024) Status: Approved
  • Trends in PSA Change after Water Vapor Therapy (Rezum) for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (07/2024) Status: Approved
  • Percutanous nephrolithotomy access using ultrasound versus fluoroscopy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (06/2024 - 06/2025) Status: Approved
  • EVALUATION OF CT DOSE BASED ON BMI, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (06/2024) Status: Approved
  • Low-dose Fluoroscopy during percutaneous nephrostolithotomy: feasibility, outcomes, and effects on radiation exposure, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (05/2024 - 05/2025) Status: Approved
  • Do intraoperatively collected intrarenal urine cultures correlate with preoperatively collected urine cultures in patients with ureteral stones?, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (04/2025 - 04/2026) Status: Approved
  • EFFICACY OF RADPAD SHIELD IN REDUCING SURGEON RADIATION EXPOSURE DURING PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (05/2024) Status: Approved
  • Renal pelvic pressure variation during percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (03/2025 - 03/2026) Status: Approved
  • EVALUATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MICROBIOME AND PROSTATIC DISEASE, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (05/2024) Status: Approved
  • Clinical Outcomes of Ureteral Stenting For Non-Urologic Procedures, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (04/2024) Status: Approved
  • Comparison of low dose and conventional CT for urolithiasis in patients with BMI > 30, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (02/2024) Status: Approved
  • Comparison of Radiation Exposure from Flat Panel and Image Intensifier C-Arms During Stent Insertion, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (10/2023) Status: Approved
  • Stone Culture Results After Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (06/2023) Status: Approved
  • Outcomes of Simple Prostatectomy Compared to Prostate Enucleation in Men with Benign Prostatic hyperplasia, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (06/2023) Status: Approved
  • Do illuminated foot pedals improve the speed and accuracy of pedal activation during endoscopic procedures?, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (05/2023 - 05/2024) Status: Completed
  • Outcomes of PCNL in patients with neuromuscular disease, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (02/2023) Status: Approved
  • Outcomes of renal transplantation in patients who had received radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (01/2023) Status: Approved
  • Analysis of Patients Presenting with Ureteral Stones, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (11/2022) Status: Approved
  • Efficacy and Complications of Thulium vs. Holmium Lasers During Lithotripsy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (10/2022) Status: Approved
  • Effect of Laser Direct Alignment Radiation Reduction Technique (DARRT) in Establishing Renal Access during PCNL on Intraoperative and Postoperative Outcomes compared to Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound-guided Access, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (10/2022) Status: Approved
  • Outcomes of Renal Mass Cryoablation in patients with Impaired Liver Function, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (10/2022) Status: Approved
  • Effect of access sheath irrigation on endoscopic kidney operations, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (09/2022) Status: Approved
  • Complications of post-prostatectomy radiation therapy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (09/2022) Status: Approved
  • Do Sequential 24-hour Urine Collections in An Individual Patient Improve Urinary Parameters?, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (09/2022) Status: Approved
  • Efficacy of the liposomal bupivacaine for pain control following urologic procedures, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (06/2021 - 06/2022) Status: Completed
  • Pubourethral mesh versus autologous urethral sling, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (03/2021 - 03/2022) Status: Completed
  • Translabial ultrasound for the evaluation of synthetic mesh in the vagina, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (02/2021 - 02/2022) Status: Completed
  • Residual account for Dr. Baldwin managed by Research Affairs Post Award, Role: PD/PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (02/2021 - 01/2027) Status: Awarded
  • The effects of caffeine on overactive bladder symptoms and mental health in postmenopausal women, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (01/2021 - 01/2022) Status: Completed
  • Live donor nephrectomies: follow up of renal function, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (09/2020 - 09/2021) Status: Completed
  • Cost analysis of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) cases, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (07/2020) Status: Approved
  • Does a multivitamin's ingredients influence kidney stone formation?, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (05/2020) Status: Approved
  • Cost analysis of ureteroscopy cases, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (10/2019 - 10/2020) Status: Completed
  • Contact surface area to predict outcomes following partial nephrectomy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (04/2019 - 04/2020) Status: Completed
  • Parenteral narcotics by patient controlled anesthesia pump versus intermittent nurse administration: comparison of postoperative pain and health related quality of life in patients undergoing hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (08/2017 - 07/2018) Status: Completed
  • Fluoroless stent placement: a feasibility study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (12/2014 - 12/2015) Status: Completed
  • The successful use of non-polymer ligating clips in laparascopic donor nephrectomy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (02/2014 - 02/2015) Status: Completed
  • PSA levels and prostate cancer detection rates in patients with end-stage renal disease, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (09/2013 - 09/2014) Status: Completed
  • Outcomes of kidney transplantation following robotic radical prostatectomy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (06/2012 - 06/2023) Status: Approved
  • A randomized placebo controlled study of oral anxiolytic with periprostatic block to control pain during transrectal ultrasounded guided biopsy of the prostate, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (06/2012 - 06/2013) Status: Completed
  • Massage therapy and the relationship to post-operative pain management, Role: Investigator, Loma Linda University Medical Center, (02/2012 - 02/2013) Status: Completed
  • In vitro comparison of changes in effective patient weight between purely laparoscopic and hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Urology, (01/2011 - 01/2012) Status: Completed
  • Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Surgery, (08/2007) Status: Completed
  • Urothelial carcinoma and other coexisting pelvic malignancies, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Urology, (04/2005 - 04/2006) Status: Completed
  • LLU Cancer Center biospecimen laboratory - specimens collection protocol, Role: Investigator, LLU Cancer Institute, (09/2024 - 09/2025) Status: Approved