PUR excellence

The PUR Clinic strives to offer world-class care for patients both local and from around the globe.

At The PUR Clinic in Clermont, the name says it all: Personalized Urology and Robotics. Patient-centered, individualized care is top priority at this newly launched clinic in the heart of South Lake County. With a growing need for more medical practices that address patients’ needs one-on-one, The PUR Clinic leads the revolution by providing the most advanced, innovative, and compassionate care available for men and women seeking urologic care. Their practice also specializes in advanced interventions for male infertility and chronic testicular pain, groin pain, or female pelvic pain.

“Our focus is on quality, not quantity,” says Dr. Sijo Parekattil. “Our goal is not to be the biggest but to be the best.”

Such is evidenced by the growing number of national and international visitors that are coming to The PUR Clinic to receive specialized treatment at the hands of co-directors Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt and Dr. Sijo Parekattil. Recognized as global pioneers in the field of robotic-assisted microsurgery, they have performed more than 1,000 of these procedures through their partnership and over 100 at The PUR Clinic since it opened December 2013 at South Lake Hospital, in partnership with Orlando Health.

“We continually receive a lot of great feedback from our patients,” says Dr. Brahmbhatt. “They like the personalized touch we offer. This brings the human aspect back into medicine. Our patients appreciate the time our staff takes in listening to them. I think that is most rewarding.”

Both Drs. Brahmbhatt and Parekattil are dual fellowship trained in male infertility and robotic surgery. Both surgeons are credited with pioneering many of the robotic assisted microsurgical procedures used at The PUR Clinic to treat male infertility and chronic groin and testicular pain. They both combine their fascination for robotics with their love for microsurgery to provide state-of-the-art urologic interventions for men and women.

The PUR Clinic uses the advanced techniques offered by the da Vinci robotic surgery system. It includes a high definition 3D camera and four surgical arms that are controlled by the surgeon that give them more control than traditional laparoscopy. In addition to performing robotic microsurgery for vasectomy reversal and chronic groin and testicular pain, half their time is dedicated to general urology for the management of kidney stones, erectile dysfunction, enlarged prostate, prostate/kidney/bladder cancer, low testosterone, and more.

Outside of their clinical duties, Dr. Brahmbhatt and Dr. Parekattil have made it a priority to give back to the community. Through their STAR (Science and Technology Advancement through Robotics) initiative they hope to inspire future leaders in science and technology. During STAR, high school students spend a month in the summer exploring their interests in science, technology, engineering, and robotics through hands-on and didactic lectures. They are also active board members with the Robotic Assisted Microsurgical and Endoscopic Society (RAMSES), a multispecialty group with an interest in robotic assisted microsurgery. The purpose of the society is to further the development and application of robotic assisted microsurgical tools and platforms for enhanced surgical and patient outcomes. The 2014 annual RAMSES meeting will be hosted in Lake County.

One of their biggest community events is slated for June 12, 2014. The Drive for Men’s Health marathon will serve as a way to increase awareness of men’s health issues and to encourage men to make their health a priority. Dr. Brahmbhatt and Dr. Parekattil plan to set the record for driving from Clermont to New York City in an all-electric Tesla vehicle. The drive will be done in collaboration with National Men’s Health Week, which is June 9 through 15.

“We want people to understand that men need to make their health a priority,” says Dr. Brahmbhatt. “We’re going to try to make the drive in less than 24 hours. During our charging breaks, we will engage the global community in presentations and discussions focusing on men’s health issues.”

This marathon will also help raise funds to help support research and education. Half the funds will be used for a genetic study on men with chronic groin or testicular pain. The PUR Clinic is trying to assess if there may be any genetic abnormalities that could explain why some men suffer from these conditions. The other half will go toward scholarships for students attending the new Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland.

For more information about The PUR Clinic visit mypur.org. To support the Drive for Men’s Health, visit drive4menshealth.org.