Khurshid Ridwan Ghani, MBChB, MS, FRCS

After graduating from the University of Leeds, Dr. Ghani completed basic surgical training in Edinburgh followed by urology training in London. He was awarded a Master of Surgery thesis from the University of London for research on percutaneous stone surgery. Following completion of sub-specialist training in Endourology at the Stone Unit at Guy’s Hospital, London, Dr. Ghani was awarded The Urology Foundation Scholarship and undertook a fellowship in robotic surgery at the Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.

He joined the University of Michigan in 2013 and leads the Endourology program at the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System. He treats patients with kidney problems: stones, cancer and obstruction. Dr Ghani has authored over 260 peer-reviewed articles, and his research focuses on endoscopic stone surgery and quality improvement. Specifically, he is known worldwide for advancing a Dusting technique for ureteroscopy and received extramural funding to study laser lithotripsy in the laboratory. He is the Course Director of the annual Developments in Ureteroscopic Stone Treatment (D.U.S.T.) symposium, an international meeting that has exposed hundreds of urologists to advanced techniques.

In addition, Dr Ghani serves as the Director of the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MUSIC), which is a consortium of 50 urology practices in Michigan and beyond, aiming to improve the quality of care for patients with prostate cancer, stones, kidney cancer, and BPH. Within MUSIC, he is the principal investigator of multiple randomized clinical trials assessing quality of life and healthcare use after ureteroscopy. The largest is the Stent Omission after Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy (SOUL), funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Institute, and is the largest study in the world assessing stent omission.

Dr. Ghani has received numerous prizes for his presentations and research from the American Urological Association, Endourological Society, European Association of Urology, and has lectured, and taught surgeons throughout the world. He is an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Urology. In 2025, he was appointed Director of Research for the global Endourological Society, for his exceptional contributions to the field and dedication to advancing research in endourology.

Surgical innovation in endoscopic and robotic urologic surgery, health services research, surgical quality improvement