Arnon Krongrad, MD

A surgeon-scientist in South Florida.

About

Arnon Krongrad is a surgeon-scientist in South Florida. In 1999, he became the first surgeon to perform laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in the United States, and he coauthored Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: A Technical Monograph, which standardized the operation now performed robotically worldwide. A board-certified urologist, he founded the Krongrad Institute, America's longest-running program devoted to the procedure.

His basic and clinical research has appeared in JAMA and Cancer Research, and he was a coauthor on Larry Clark's landmark selenium trials, among the first to show that a dietary supplement could reduce cancer incidence. His current research centers on metabolic health, including early-stage clinical trials of the peptide Pep19 in adults with obesity, with results published in Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews and forthcoming in iScience.

He earned his BA in chemistry at Columbia College and his MD at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, completed a surgical internship at the University of Hawaii and a urology residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and completed a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

He is a cofounder and chief medical officer of Proteimax Biotechnology, a peptide discovery company focused on metabolic health, and founder of Ezz, a knowledge club devoted to maximum health. He shares updates on LinkedIn and X.

Latest articles

Conditions and diseases

Fat quality, not quantity, is the number that matters

Arnon Krongrad, MD

August 24, 2026Aug 24, 2026

I've been doing this long enough to have believed in technologies that failed, and doubted technologies that succeeded. That is a humbling education, and it is the one I trust most. I watched the Prostatron arrive, microwave thermotherapy that was…

I’ve been doing this long enough to have believed in technologies that failed, and doubted technologies that succeeded. That is a humbling education, and it is the one I trust most.

I watched the Prostatron arrive, microwave thermotherapy that was going to spare men the operating room for their prostates. It had its moment, and then the moment passed. I watched Computer Motion’s ZEUS, a surgical robot of real elegance (the …

Physician voices

Why is erectile dysfunction so politically impotent?

Arnon Krongrad, MD & Kimberly Langer

March 23, 2016Mar 23, 201633

It is open season on erectile dysfunction. First, a politician in South Carolina introduced a bill to make it hard to get Viagra and then a politician in Kentucky. If the bills pass, they will hold patients with erectile dysfunction hostage to unrelated agendas. You might think that erections would be as politically untouchable as guns. After all, erections are nearly as popular as they are …

Drugs and prescribing

Finasteride, fruit, and the matter of prostate health

Arnon Krongrad, MD

October 14, 2010Oct 14, 20104

by Arnon Krongrad, MD The noose was loose on its neck. At first I worried, but then I relaxed. This was a bottle of pomegranate juice, the antioxidant superpower. As the billboard implied, it could cheat death. Perhaps if I…

by Arnon Krongrad, MD

The noose was loose on its neck. At first I worried, but then I relaxed. This was a bottle of pomegranate juice, the antioxidant superpower. As the billboard implied, it could cheat death. Perhaps if I consumed pomegranate juice, I could cheat death.

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission charged POM Wonderful, LLC, makers of pomegranate products, with deceptive advertising. …

Conditions and diseases

Chronic prostatitis is a public health problem

Arnon Krongrad, MD

September 17, 2010Sep 17, 20105

by Arnon Krongrad, MD David was afraid. After years of peregrinations with pain, he had exhausted all the options. David knew he wasn’t crazy. The problem was the doctors: They had no more treatments for chronic prostatitis. The doctors did…

by Arnon Krongrad, MD

David was afraid. After years of peregrinations with pain, he had exhausted all the options. David knew he wasn’t crazy. The problem was the doctors: They had no more treatments for chronic prostatitis. The doctors did not want to see him.

Chronic prostatitis is a public health problem. Contrasted with fibromyalgia, autism, and breast cancer, however, nobody talks about it. President Obama declared …