Gerald Portman, MD

Gerald Portman, MD

  • Urology
  • Urologic Oncology

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

Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated

Primary Areas of Practice

  • Urology
  • Urologic Oncology

Other Areas of Practice

  • Endourology and Stone Disease

Procedures

  • Adrenalectomy
  • Circumcision
  • Cystectomy
  • Cystoscopy
  • Endoscopic Surgery
  • Kidney-Sparing Surgery
  • Lithotripsy
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy
  • Nephrectomy
  • Nephrectomy, Laparoscopic
  • Nephrectomy, Robotic
  • Nephrolithotomy
  • Orchiectomy
  • Partial Cystectomy
  • Partial Nephrectomy
  • Percutaneous Transurethral Resection
  • Pyeloplasty
  • Robotic Prostatectomy
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Uretoscopy (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

  • Englewood Health Physician Network Urology

    350 Engle Street Suite 6530 Englewood, NJ 07631

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

  • Englewood Health Physician Network Urology

    22-18 Broadway Suite 301 Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

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

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 HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Managed Care
  • Aetna PPO
  • Aetna POS
  • 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

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth EPO
  • EmblemHealth EPO2
  • EmblemHealth FEHB
  • EmblemHealth FEHBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI PPO
  • EmblemHealth GHI CBP
  • 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)

Horizon BCBS

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

Horizon NJ Health

  • Horizon NJ Health Medicaid

MagnaCare

  • Local 825
  • MagnaCare PPO

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

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

UnitedHealthcare

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

United Healthcare Community and State

  • Dual Complete
  • United Healthcare Community and State Medicare
  • United Healthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ Family Care)

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