Patient Story
Prostate Cancer: Bill's Story
Patient Story Highlights
- Competitive swimmer and lawyer Bill Shipp came to Johns Hopkins for a second opinion after being diagnosed with prostate cancer by his local urologist.
- Mohamad Allaf, M.D., director of minimally invasive and robotic urologic surgery, recommended a robotic radical prostatectomy (prostate removal surgery) — one of the most common procedures performed at the Brady Urological Institute.
- Allaf’s approach focused on optimizing Bill’s recovery, both from the surgery and from a functional standpoint.
- Bill was swimming again just four weeks after his minimally invasive surgery, and has since completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
Bill's Surgeon
Mohammad E. Allaf, MD
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville, Lutherville, MD
