Are implant doctors surgeons??

[rooster2]

Checking the backgrounds of several urology implant doctors in the Indianapolis area, I don't see that any have surgeon training. Is it typical for a urologist to do implants without being a surgeon? If so, how would they have gotten training to do implants? How can I learn the competency of any implant doctor?

[Hawkman]

By very definition, they are all surgeons. In fact, there are few if any urologists that are not trained as surgeons.

[Bigred]

All MDs can do surgery but that doesn’t mean they are Board Certified in specific fields.

[David_R]

After having been in prostate cancer support groups for many years (with monthly meetings where doctors gave lectures followed by open discussion), I was surprised to learn there that urologists are surgeons. They are (technically, I guess) urologic surgeons.

Urologists who do inflatable penile prostheses (implants) are called prosthetic urologists and have had additional training, I understand.