Gerald Portman, MD, earned his medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and followed this with a residency in urology at Yale New Haven Hospital. He received advanced training in robotic oncology and minimally invasive surgery with a fellowship in urology at Hackensack University Medical Center. He then was named an assistant professor to the department of Urology at Yale University School of Medicine. He has earned board certification from the American Board of Urology.