## About

Toby C. Chai, MD, is a board-certified urologist specializing in urogynecology (female urological and pelvic medicine) and reconstructive and trauma surgery. He is Chief of Urology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston Medical Center – Brighton (BMC Brighton) and is the Richard K. Babayan, MD Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology at the Boston University Chobanian & ...  Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Chai holds an undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and earned his medical degree from the University of Indiana School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He completed his urology residency training at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor and subsequently completed a postdoctoral clinical and laboratory research fellowship at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.

Dr. Chai has published more than 150 papers, reviews, and medical texts, and serves as an associate editor for the *Journal of Urology* and on the editorial board for the *American Journal of Physiology—Renal Physiology*. He has received multiple prestigious national urologic awards, including the American Urological Association’s Victor Politano Award and Distinguished Service Award; the Zimskind Award and Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction; and the Continence Champion Award from the National Association for Continence. He is a trustee of the American Board of Urology.

Dr. Chai is an expert in the treatment of urinary incontinence, including performing urinary tract reconstructive surgery.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Urology](/departments/urology), [Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/gynecology/urogynecology-and-reconstructive-pelvic-surgery)
- ### Specialties
    
    Bladder reconstruction; continence; female urological and pelvic medicine; lower urinary tract functional disorders; neurogenic bladder; urinary incontinence; urinary tract reconstructive surgery; urogynecology
- ### Pronouns
    
    He/Him
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.8485](tel:617.638.8485)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Shapiro Center  
    [725 Albany St.  
    3rd Floor, Suite 3B  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=725+Albany+St.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
    
       
    BMC Brighton, Main Hospital  
    [736 Cambridge St  
    Suite 303  
    Brighton, MA 02135](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=736+Cambridge+St%2C+Brighton%2C+MA+02135)
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- ### Administrative Title
    
    Richard K. Babayan, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989–1994
- ### Fellowship
    
    Clinical and Medical Laboratory Research (American Foundation for Urological Diseases Research Scholar), University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA, 1995–1997
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Urology, American Board of Urology; Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, American Board of Urology
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1989
 
 

 

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