Dr. Austenfeld received his medical degree from the University of Kansas in 1983 and did his urologic training at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City from 1983 to 1988. He completed an oncology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 1989 and then practiced as Director of Urologic Oncology at the University of Kansas until 1996. He is now Associate Clinical Professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City and is in private practice at Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Austenfeld is a Past -President of the American Association of Clinical Urologists and Past-President of the South Central Section of the American Urological Association. He is a trustee of the American Board of Urology and serves on the American Urological Association Health Policy Council.

Dr. Austenfeld is board certified by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the Metropolitan Medical Society, the Kansas City Urological Society and the Society of Urological Oncologists. He is on Ingram Magazine’s list of Top Doctors in Kansas City, KC Magazine’s list of Kansas City’s Best Doctors, and is recognized nationally as a Best Doctor in America by Best Doctors Inc.

Dr. Austenfeld practices general urology with focused professional interests in urological cancers and reconstructive surgery. He performs minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery including Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and has special training in procedures for male and female urinary incontinence. He is one of the few urologists in Kansas City to perform bladder reconstruction after bladder removal for malignancy. He is a primary investigator for ongoing clinical research trials and a reviewer for several major peer-reviewed journals.