Dr. David A. Duchene is an Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and Director, Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery Lab. Born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Dr. Duchene received his undergraduate degree in biology from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed medical school training, general surgery internship, and urology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He also completed an endourological society fellowship in laparoscopic & robotic urological surgery and stone disease at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

Dr. Duchene is a candidate member of the American Urological Association and South Central Section of the AUA. He is also an active member in the Endourological Society.

Dr. Duchene has written several peer-reviewed journal articles and text book chapters in the field of urology and also serves as a reviewer for multiple publications, including the Journal of Urology, Urology, and the Journal of Endourology. In addition to numerous presentations at international, national, and regional meetings, Dr. Duchene is also the director of minimally-invasive urological surgery at the University of Kansas and instructs residents in laparoscopic surgery techniques.

Dr. Duchene has special interest in the urologic application of minimally-invasive surgical techniques to urologic tumors, adrenal disorders, renal reconstruction, and kidney stones. This includes using the DaVinciŠ robotic platform to perform robotic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer and robotic pyeloplasty for ureteropelvic junction obstruction. He also offers laparoscopic ablation therapy (cryotherapy and radiofrequency ablation) for kidney lesions and endoscopic procedures for kidney stones.