The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland is recognized as possessing the foremost urology department in America according to the annual hospital survey in U.S. News and World Reports. A recent article by Dr. Alan Partin from Johns Hopkins and published on January 26th, 2011 in the Johns Hopkins Health Alerts described the various surgical options for prostate cancer surgery. These include open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery. If you are considering surgery as an option for treating prostate cancer, this article might be useful in your deliberations.