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Tom F. Lue

Biography​

Tom F. Lue is a professor of urology at UCSF, holds the Emil Tanagho Endowed Chair in Clinical Urology, and serves as vice chair of the Department of Urology.12 He received an MB from Kaohsiung Medical College in Taiwan.1 He trained in surgery at Macky Memorial Hospital in Taipei and Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, then completed a urology residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.1 He completed a neurourology fellowship at UCSF in 1982.1

Contributions​

Lue's cited work examines penile erection anatomy and vascular physiology, erectile dysfunction treatment, and vascular surgery. His cited Peyronie's disease work describes venous patch grafting, tunical plication, and extra-tunical grafting.34567

Cited on WARWIKI

24 publications with Tom F. Lue as a listed author are 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. Lue TF, El-Sakka AI. Venous patch graft for Peyronie's disease. Part I: technique. J Urol. 1998;160(6 Pt 1):2047–9. doi
    Cited on: Saphenous Vein Graft · Plaque Incision / Excision with Grafting · History of Prosthetics & Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
  2. Wessells H, Lue TF, McAninch JW. Complications of penile lengthening and augmentation seen at one referral center. J Urol. 1996;155(5):1617–1620. PMID 8627836.
    Cited on: Autologous Fat Injection (AFI) — Penile Girth Enhancement · Dermal Fat Grafts & AlloDerm (ADM) Wraps — Surgical Graft-Based Penile Girth Augmentation · Male Cosmetic Genital Surgery
  3. Villalta JD, Lue TF. Vascular Surgery for Erectile Dysfunction. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:641-654.
    Cited on: Penile Arterial Revascularization · Penile Venous Ligation Surgery
  4. Breyer BN, Reed-Maldonado AB, Lue TF. Procedures for Peyronie Disease. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:973–979.
    Cited on: Plaque Incision / Excision with Grafting
  5. Wang B, Gao W, Zheng MY, Lin G, Lue TF. Recent advances in stem cell therapy for erectile dysfunction: a narrative review. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2023;23(6):565–573. doi
    Cited on: Stem Cell Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction
  6. Liu T, Shindel AW, Lin G, Lue TF. "Cellular signaling pathways modulated by low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy." Int J Impot Res. 2019;31(3):170–176. doi
    Cited on: Low-Intensity Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (Li-ESWT)
  7. Reed-Maldonado AB, Alwaal A, Lue TF. The extra-tunical grafting procedure for Peyronie's disease hourglass and indent deformities. Transl Androl Urol. 2018;7(Suppl 1):S1-S6. doi
    Cited on: Tunica Plication for Peyronie's Disease
  8. Brant WO, Garcia MM, Bella AJ, Chi T, Lue TF. T-shaped shunt and intracavernous tunneling for prolonged ischemic priapism. J Urol. 2009;181(4):1699-1705. doi
    Cited on: Priapism Shunts & Decompression
  9. Brant WO, Bella AJ, Lue T. Correction of Peyronie's Disease: Plaque Incision and Venous Grafting. In: Montague DK, Gill IS, Angermeier KW, Ross JH, eds. Textbook of Reconstructive Urologic Surgery. Informa Healthcare; 2008:694–698.
    Cited on: Plaque Incision / Excision with Grafting
  10. Rahman NU, Dean RC, Carrion R, Bochinski D, Lue TF. Crural ligation for primary erectile dysfunction: a case series. J Urol. 2005;173(6):2064–2066. doi
    Cited on: Penile Venous Ligation Surgery
  11. Gholami SS, Lue TF. Correction of penile curvature using the 16-dot plication technique: a review of 132 patients. J Urol. 2002;167(5):2066–2069.
    Cited on: Tunica Plication for Peyronie's Disease
  12. Lue TF. "Erectile Dysfunction." N Engl J Med. 2000;342(24):1802–1813. doi
    Cited on: The Penis

Footnotes​

  1. Tom F. Lue, MD, ScD (Hon), FACS. UCSF Department of Urology. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Tom Lue. UCSF Profiles. Accessed October 2026. ↩

  3. Goldstein I, Lue TF, Padma-Nathan H, et al. Oral sildenafil in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. N Engl J Med. 1998;338(20):1397–404. doi:10.1056/nejm199805143382001 ↩

  4. Villalta JD, Lue TF. Vascular Surgery for Erectile Dysfunction. In: Brandes SB, Morey AF, eds. Advanced Male Urethral and Genital Reconstructive Surgery. 2nd ed. Humana Press; 2014:641-654. ↩

  5. Lue TF. "Erectile Dysfunction." N Engl J Med. 2000;342(24):1802–1813. doi:10.1056/nejm200006153422407 ↩

  6. Brock G, Hsu GL, Nunes L, von Heyden B, Lue TF. "The Anatomy of the Tunica Albuginea in the Normal Penis and Peyronie's Disease." J Urol. 1997;157(1):276–281. ↩

  7. Lue TF, Zeineh SJ, Schmidt RA, Tanagho EA. "Neuroanatomy of Penile Erection: Its Relevance to Iatrogenic Impotence." J Urol. 1984;131(2):273–280. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)50344-450344-4)) ↩