Second Urologist Joins WMH Team – Welcome Dr. Goldstein!

(Honesdale, March 6, 2024)…Board-certified urologist Irwin Goldstein, MD officially began seeing patients in the Urology Clinic of Wayne Memorial Hospital this month. He joined his long-time colleague Donald L. Preate, Jr., MD, who started at the Honesdale-based hospital in January.

“I worked with Dr. Preate in several capacities before coming here,” said Dr. Goldstein, “including five years at Delta Medix, his former practice and, prior to that, while he was a resident in urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  I’m very pleased to be able to join him at Wayne Memorial. We share a similar patient-care philosophy. Every patient is an individual and deserves to be treated as such.”

Dr. Goldstein’s training took place largely in the Philadelphia area. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from LaSalle College and a Master of Science in Biology from Villanova, he went on to complete medical school at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Goldstein finished residencies in surgery and urology at, respectively, Philadelphia’s Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Albert Einstein Medical Center.  He also completed a fellowship in renal transplantation and vascular access surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Goldstein has enjoyed academic positions, including Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and affiliated hospitals and Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Goldstein worked most recently for the Lehigh Valley Health System, alongside Dr. Preate, in the Scranton area.

As a urologist, Dr. Goldstein specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the urinary system, which includes the bladder, kidneys, ureters and urethra. A urologist also treats conditions involving the reproductive organs and the adrenal glands. Some conditions he might see are urinary tract infections, enlarged prostate, interstitial cystitis and kidney stones.

Dr. Goldstein hails from a “medical” family.  He fondly tells the story of growing up with a pharmacist father who taught him the chemical name of aspirin—acetylsalicylic acid—when he was a boy, thus planting a seed for an interest in a life in the medical arena.

To make an appointment with Dr. Goldstein or Dr. Preate, call (570) 253- 8201.

Other specialties at Wayne Memorial include general and interventional cardiology, nephrology, neurology, pulmonology, gastroenterology and general surgery.

Photo: Irwin Goldstein, MD.