Dr. Terranova is currently Medical Director of Urology Services for St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. He specializes in laparoscopic and robotic management of malignant and benign urologic conditions and in the treatment and prevention of urinary stone disease. Dr. Terranova is fellowship trained in urologic laparoscopy and stone management. Dr. Terranova initiated urologic laparoscopy in Delaware. He specializes in laparoscopic kidney removal both for malignant (cancer) and benign conditions and has trained many other urologists in these techniques. As part of the kidney transplant team at Christiana Hospital, he also performs laparoscopic kidney removal for patients who wish to donate their kidneys to others.
Dr. Terranova also helped to pioneer the da Vinci robotic surgical program at Christiana Hospital and focuses on prostate removal and removal of small kidney tumors (without removing the entire kidney) with the da Vinci robot. Dr. Terranova was the first physician in Delaware to be fellowship trained in Laparoscopy and Endourology.
Dr. Terranova graduated from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and earned a B.S. in Chemistry in 1992. He then obtained a Masters in Chemistry in 1993 also at The College of William and Mary. Dr. Terranova earned his Medical Degree at The Medical College of Virginia in 1997 and continued his higher education and completed his residency in Urologic Surgery in 2002. Dr. Terranova continued his training by completing a fellowship in Laparoscopy (minimally invasive surgery) and Endourology (scope and stone management) at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
Dr. Terranova joined Brandywine Urology in 2003 and has been continuously awarded as one of the Top Doctors by Delaware Today since 2008.
Dr. Terranova is accepting new patients at both office locations.
Education
Medical School:
Medical College of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia
General Surgery & Urology Internship & Residency:
Medical College of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia
Laparocopy and Endurology Surgery Fellowship:
University Medical Center; Durham, North Carolina
Board Certifications:
Urologic Surgery from the American Board of Urology
Society Memberships:
American Urological Association
Delaware Urological Society
The Endurological Society
American Medical Association
Delaware Medical Society
Delaware Urologic Society