Dr. David Cuellar

Dr. David Cuellar is a board-certified Urologist with Urology Austin. Dr. David Cuellar is a graduate of the UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, and completed his residency at the University of Maryland. Dr. Cuellar also completed an advanced training fellowship in minimally invasive/laparoscopic surgery and complex stone surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He has special interests in robotic surgery and laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of all genitourinary cancers. Other areas of interest include kidney stone treatment and prevention, vasectomy, elevated PSA, prostate cancer, low testosterone, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH or enlarged prostate) and erectile dysfunction. Dr. Cuellar is now offering Aquablation for men with BPH. This FDA approved procedure uses unheated, sterile saline to precisely remove prostate tissue overgrowth. Dr. Cuellar serves as the head of Urology at Seton Northwest Hospital (2017-present), a position he held at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center for the six prior years. He has been on the Robotics Steering Committee for both hospitals. In addition, he is a proctor/trainer for the daVinci Robotic Surgical System and began using the daVinci robotics system in Austin in 2004. That year, he was one of the first two surgeons in any specialty in Austin to use the daVinci robotic surgical system. In addition, Dr. Cuellar was the first Urologist in North America to use the daVinci Xi Surgical System (the most common and widely used platform today). In July 2018, Seton Northwest Hospital recognized Dr. David Cuellar for completing 1,000 robotic Urology surgeries. At that time, Dr. Cuellar was the only practicing urologist in Austin to have accomplished this! In 2019, Dr. Cuellar was trained on the daVinci SP (single port) Surgical System – the newest state-of-the-art robotic system that reduces surgical access to one incision, while allowing 360 degree maneuverability and an expanded range of surgical instruments. Dr. Cuellar has been recognized as a “Top Doctor” under the category of Urology in the January 2020 edition of Austin Monthly Magazine. He also received this designation in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.