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Toby C. Chai

Toby C. Chai

🇺🇸 United States

Training and career​

  • Current position Chief of urology, Boston Medical Center; Richard K. Babayan, MD Professor and Chair of Urology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine1
  • Medical school Indiana University School of Medicine2
  • Residency Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center2
  • Fellowship Clinical and laboratory research, University of Virginia Medical Center1
  • Leadership Trustee, American Board of Urology1

Known for​

  • Urothelial ATP signaling in interstitial cystitis (2006). Compared bladder urothelial cells from patients with interstitial cystitis and controls, reporting increased extracellular ATP signaling in the patient cells.3
  • Urinary biomarkers and midurethral sling outcomes (2014). Studied inflammatory and tissue-remodeling urinary biomarkers before and after sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence.4

Cited on WARWIKI

1 publication with Toby C. Chai as a listed author is cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Warren JW, Horne LM, Hebel JR, Marvel RP, Keay SK, Chai TC. "Pilot study of sequential oral antibiotics for the treatment of interstitial cystitis." J Urol. 2000;163(6):1685-8. PMID: 10799160.
    Cited on: Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome

Footnotes​

  1. Toby C. Chai, MD. Boston Medical Center. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Toby Chai. Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2

  3. Sun Y, Chai TC. "Augmented extracellular ATP signaling in bladder urothelial cells from patients with interstitial cystitis." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 2006;290(1):C27–C34. doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00552.2004 ↩

  4. Chai TC, Richter HE, Moalli P, et al. "Inflammatory and Tissue Remodeling Urinary Biomarkers before and after Mid Urethral Sling Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence." Journal of Urology. 2014;191(3):703–709. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2013.10.051 ↩