Toby C. Chai, MD

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.