Gerald Portman, MD

Gerald Portman, MD

  • Urologic Oncology
  • Urology

It is an honor and a privilege to be able to help patients, both medically and surgically, in a diverse and important field such as urology

Languages Spoken

  • Russian

Related Practices

  • Urology of Englewood Health

Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated

Primary Areas of Practice

  • Urologic Oncology
  • Urology

Other Areas of Practice

  • Endourology and Stone Disease

Procedures

  • Adrenalectomy
  • Circumcision
  • Cystectomy
  • Cystoscopy
  • Endoscopic Surgery
  • Kidney-Sparing Surgery
  • Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
  • Lithotripsy
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy
  • Nephrectomy
  • Nephrolithotomy
  • Orchiectomy
  • Partial Cystectomy
  • Partial Nephrectomy
  • Percutaneous Transurethral Resection
  • Pyeloplasty
  • Robotic Nephrectomy
  • Robotic Prostatectomy
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Ureteroscopy (With or Without Biopsy)

Conditions Treated

  • Adrenal Cancer
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Enlarged Prostate
  • Erectile Dysfunction
  • Hematuria
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Kidney Stones
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Prostatitis
  • Renal Cancer
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Urinary Tract Infection
  • Urologic Cancer
  • Urologic Disorders

Locations &
Appointments

Locations

  • Urology of Englewood Health Physician Network

    350 Engle Street Suite 6530 Englewood, NJ 07631

    Main: 201-608-2849
    Fax: 201-608-2772

    Tuesday
    9:00 AM
    -
    5:00 PM
    Thursday
    9:00 AM
    -
    5:00 PM

  • Urology of Englewood Health Physician Network

    22-18 Broadway Suite 301 Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

    Main: 973-321-2755
    Fax: 973-321-2750

    Monday
    9:00 AM
    -
    12:00 PM

    Dr. Portman sees patients in Fair Lawn on the first and third Monday of each month.

  • Multispecialty Care of West New York

    435 57th Street West New York, NJ 07093

    Main: 201-520-1069
    Fax: 201-520-1085

Insurance

Insurances Accepted

Below is a list of the insurance plans that your provider participates in. It is very important that you contact your insurance company prior to receiving services or care. Each health insurance plan is different and some provide different levels of coverage: only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.

1199 (SEIU)

  • 1199 (SEIU)

Aetna

  • Aetna Assure Premier Plan
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Managed Care
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO
  • Medsolutions
  • Meritan Health

Amerigroup

  • Amerigroup Medicaid
  • Amerivantage

AmeriHealth

  • AmeriHealth Administrator
  • AmeriHealth HMO
  • AmeriHealth PPO
  • Value Network (Exchange Plan)

APWU

  • APWU Health Plan

Cigna

  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna PPO
  • Cigna Supplemental
  • Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
  • Health Partners

Clover Health

  • Clover Health|Clover Medicare Advantage

CoreSource

  • CoreSource

Coventry

  • CCN

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth EPO
  • EmblemHealth EPO2
  • EmblemHealth FEHB
  • EmblemHealth FEHBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI CBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI PPO
  • EmblemHealth National
  • EmblemHealth PPO1
  • EmblemHealth PPO2
  • EmblemHealth PPO3
  • EmblemHealth Tri-State
  • Vytra

Empire BCBS

  • Blue Access Network
  • Blue Priority
  • Direct HMO
  • Direct PPO
  • Empire BCBS EPO
  • Empire BCBS HMO
  • Empire BCBS POS
  • Empire BCBS PPO
  • Pathway EPO
  • Pathway HMO
  • Prism
  • Silver
  • Total Blue

Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

  • Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

First Health

  • First Health

GEHA

  • GEHA Health Plan

Horizon BCBS

  • Federal Employee Program
  • Horizon BCBS EPO
  • Horizon BCBS HMO
  • Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
  • Horizon BCBS PPO
  • NJ Carpenters Fund
  • OMNIA Tier 1
  • Traditional

Horizon NJ Health

  • Horizon NJ Health Medicaid

MagnaCare

  • Local 825
  • MagnaCare PPO

Mail Handlers

  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)

Medicaid

  • Medicaid NJ

Medicare

  • Medicare NJ

MultiPlan/PHCS

  • Beech Street
  • MultiPlan Humana
  • MultiPlan Worker's Comp
  • PHCS
  • Pomco

MVP Health Care

  • MVP Health Care PPO

NALC

  • NALC Health Benefit Plan

Nippon Life Insurance Co of America

  • Nippon Life Benefits

Oxford

  • Freedom
  • Garden State Network
  • Liberty
  • Metro
  • Oxford Medicare

QualCare

  • Choice Care
  • HIP HMO
  • HIP PPO
  • HIP PRIME HMO
  • HIP PRIME PPO
  • Oscar
  • QualCare EPO
  • QualCare FEHB
  • QualCare GHI PPO
  • QualCare HMO
  • QualCare Humana
  • QualCare PPO
  • QualCare Worker's Comp

Railroad Medicare

  • Railroad Medicare NJ

TRICARE North Region

  • CHAMPVA
  • DVA

UMR

  • UMR

United Healthcare Community and State

  • Dual Complete
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

  • AARP
  • Commercial and Marketplace
  • Compass Benefit (Exchange)
  • Medica
  • River Valley
  • UnitedHealthcare EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare POS
  • UnitedHealthcare PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources

Wellcare

  • Wellcare Medicaid Managed Care
  • Wellcare Medicare Managed Care

About

About Gerald Portman

Dr. Portman is board certified in urology. His primary clinical interests are urology and urologic oncology, including cancers of the bladder, kidney, prostate, and testis; benign prostatic hyperplasia; kidney stone disease; and men's health. He has expertise in endourology, including laparoscopic and robotic urologic surgery and laparoscopic nephrectomy, as well as in MRI-ultrasound fusion-guided prostate biopsy. Dr. Portman received his MD from the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He did a urology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, followed by a robotics and laparoscopy fellowship at Hackensack University Medical Center. In addition to English, he is fluent in Russian.

Education &
Training

Education & Degrees

MD: SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn

Residency

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Fellowship

Hackensack University Medical Center,Laparoscopy, Robotic Oncology and Minimally Invasive Urology

Board Certifications

  • Urology

Publications

Publications

World Congress of Endourology Vancouver, CA September 2017

Clinical Assessment Of The Durability Of A Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope For TheTreatment Of Large Stone Burden Or Extensive Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. Portman, Stites,Press, Munver

Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy In Coagulopathic Patients: Diagnosis and Management. Portman, Stites, Degen, Basralian, Sawczuk, Munver

Critical Analysis of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Jehovah's Witnesses. Portman, Stites, Hsieh,Munver

Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Patients With A Circumaortic Left Renal Vein: Feasibility and Outcomes. Portman, Hsieh, Stites, Munver

World Congress of Endourology, Cape Town, South Africa, November 2016

Interobserver Variability Between Pathologists During Microscopic Evaluation Of Pelvic Lymph Nodes During Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Sivarajan, Dutta, Degen, Portman, Munver

Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy For Renal Cell Carcinoma In A 38 cm Renal Specimen. Sivarajan, Dutta, Degen, Portman, Munver

Safety And Efficacy Of Laparoscopic And Robot-Assisted Renal Surgery In The Extremely Obese (BMI > 40 kg/m2) And Beyond (BMI > 50 kg/m2). Sivarajan, Dutta, Degen, Portman, Munver

Feasibility of Laparoscopic And Robot-Assisted Radical Nephrectomy For Malignant Renal Masses ≥ 15 cm. Sivarajan, Dutta, Degen, Portman, Munver

Symptomatic Subcapsular Renal Hematoma After Ureteroscopy With Laser Lithotripsy: Initial Experience, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis. Sivarajan, Dutta, Degen, Portman, Munver

The Use Of Transillumination To Facilitate Precise Identification Of Anatomic Structures During Robot-Assisted Surgery. Sivarajan, Dutta, Degen, Portman, Munver